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April 28, 2015
The Wierdest, Busiest WordPress Week Ever
If you run a WordPress site, I hope you weren't on vacation over the last week.
The last part of April has been the strangest, busiest week anyone can remember in WordPress. Here's a quick recap:
April 20: Dozens of plugins release new versions to fix a major security hole (link).
April 21: WordPress 4.1.2 released to fix the security hole fixed in plugins the previous day (link)
April 23: WordPress 4.2 released (link)
April 24: WordPress 4.1.3 released to fix a bug in 4.1.3 (link)
April 27: WordPress 4.2.1 released to fix another major security hole (link)
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The last part of April has been the strangest, busiest week anyone can remember in WordPress. Here's a quick recap:
April 20: Dozens of plugins release new versions to fix a major security hole (link).
April 21: WordPress 4.1.2 released to fix the security hole fixed in plugins the previous day (link)
April 23: WordPress 4.2 released (link)
April 24: WordPress 4.1.3 released to fix a bug in 4.1.3 (link)
April 27: WordPress 4.2.1 released to fix another major security hole (link)
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April 24, 2015
Google's Mobile Armageddon and Your Robots.txt File
If you work on websites, you've probably heard about Google's "Mobile Armageddon". Google is changing its search results to benefit sites that are mobile-friendly.
Google provided a mobile-friendly test that you can use to check whether your site will benefit from these new changes.
I used Google's test for this site, and I was surprised that some of our main pages were being marked as "Not mobile friendly", even though the pages clearly were mobile-friendly.
After digging deeper, I found out it was a simple fix and all I had to do was modify our robots.txt file to give Google access.
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Google provided a mobile-friendly test that you can use to check whether your site will benefit from these new changes.
I used Google's test for this site, and I was surprised that some of our main pages were being marked as "Not mobile friendly", even though the pages clearly were mobile-friendly.
After digging deeper, I found out it was a simple fix and all I had to do was modify our robots.txt file to give Google access.
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April 23, 2015
3 Videos to Get You Started with GIMP Layers
GIMP is a really powerful and free alternative to Photoshop.
Over the last few weeks, we've released a video series on GIMP with over 6 hours of training.
In these 3 videos from the series, you'll learn how GIMP handles layers. If you've not used image editing software before, layers allow you to stack images on top of each so you can create fresh, new combinations.
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Over the last few weeks, we've released a video series on GIMP with over 6 hours of training.
In these 3 videos from the series, you'll learn how GIMP handles layers. If you've not used image editing software before, layers allow you to stack images on top of each so you can create fresh, new combinations.
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April 22, 2015
Shoplift: Magento's Terrible Security Release
2015 has not been a good year for Magento.
First came the news that eBay is now looking to sell eBay Enterprises, the parent company of Magento, leaving the future of Magento itself unclear.
Now we're seeing Magento stumble through one of the most bizarre security releases ever.
Back in January, a security company called Check Point found a high critical security flaw in all Magento sites. The "Shoplift" bug allows an attacker to take complete command of a Magento store and its server.
Let's see a timeline of what happened with the Shoplift flaw ...
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First came the news that eBay is now looking to sell eBay Enterprises, the parent company of Magento, leaving the future of Magento itself unclear.
Now we're seeing Magento stumble through one of the most bizarre security releases ever.
Back in January, a security company called Check Point found a high critical security flaw in all Magento sites. The "Shoplift" bug allows an attacker to take complete command of a Magento store and its server.
Let's see a timeline of what happened with the Shoplift flaw ...
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April 20, 2015
New Video Class: Google Analytics
Google Analytics sets the standard for tracking everyone and everything on your website, but not everyone knows how to use it to its full potential.
In this class, Topher takes you into each main section of the analytics dashboard and helps you get the most out of the amazing information available to you.
You'll learn who your visitors how, where they come from, what devices they use and much more.
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In this class, Topher takes you into each main section of the analytics dashboard and helps you get the most out of the amazing information available to you.
You'll learn who your visitors how, where they come from, what devices they use and much more.
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April 17, 2015
Jack Studer from the Lamp Post Group in Chattanooga
Welcome to the "New Tech Cities" series at OSTraining.
In this series we're talking about cities that were rundown but are re-inventing themselves, as using technology to do so. We're trying to get to the bottom of the questions, "What does it take to turn around a struggling city?" and "Can technology help?"
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In this series we're talking about cities that were rundown but are re-inventing themselves, as using technology to do so. We're trying to get to the bottom of the questions, "What does it take to turn around a struggling city?" and "Can technology help?"
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April 15, 2015
What to Expect in Joomla 3.5 and 3.6
Joomla 3.4 was released at the end of February and the roadmap is starting to take shape for Joomla 3.5.
There's no estimated release date yet, but there are some exciting plans.
Here's an overview of what you might see in Joomla 3.5.
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There's no estimated release date yet, but there are some exciting plans.
Here's an overview of what you might see in Joomla 3.5.
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The $200 Million Marketing Budgets Behind Shopify, Squarespace and Wix
Yesterday, Shopify, the e-commerce website building platform, filed for an IPO.
A couple of months ago we covered the website platform industry and saw that it was growing fast, but some of the Shopify numbers were still shocking.
In particular, Shopify revealed that they spent nearly $46 million dollars on marketing in 2014. That's about equal to their entire revenue in 2013!
I decided to take a closer look at the marketing budgets of these website services.
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A couple of months ago we covered the website platform industry and saw that it was growing fast, but some of the Shopify numbers were still shocking.
In particular, Shopify revealed that they spent nearly $46 million dollars on marketing in 2014. That's about equal to their entire revenue in 2013!
I decided to take a closer look at the marketing budgets of these website services.
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April 14, 2015
7 Videos to Help Publish Your Plugin on WordPress.org
There are over 37,000 plugins on WordPress.org.
That means it must be really easy to get your new plugin published on WordPress.org, right?
Wrong. It's not the most intuitive system. WordPress.org has some quirks you need to learn and hoops you'll need to jump through.
In these seven video, Topher gives you an overview of exactly what you need to do go publish your plugin on WordPress.org.
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That means it must be really easy to get your new plugin published on WordPress.org, right?
Wrong. It's not the most intuitive system. WordPress.org has some quirks you need to learn and hoops you'll need to jump through.
In these seven video, Topher gives you an overview of exactly what you need to do go publish your plugin on WordPress.org.
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Help Us Create Free Drupal 8 Training Videos
Drupal 8 is just around the corner, and the Drupal community is excited!
We want to make sure that as many people as possible can use Drupal 8. However, many new Drupal 8 users will need training, which can be expensive and difficult to find.
So, we started a Kickstarter project to create Drupal 8 training and give it away for free!
Sounds intriguing? Watch the video to find out more ...
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We want to make sure that as many people as possible can use Drupal 8. However, many new Drupal 8 users will need training, which can be expensive and difficult to find.
So, we started a Kickstarter project to create Drupal 8 training and give it away for free!
Sounds intriguing? Watch the video to find out more ...
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