Stephen Burge's Blog, page 141
October 20, 2014
SEBLOD: a Powerful Joomla Content Builder
It's really great to be able to talk with people who are pushing the boundaries of their software.
The Octopoos team is really expanding what can be done with Joomla. They make an content-building extension called SEBLOD which is a very flexible and highly-regarded. They also use SEBLOD to build sites for the likes of General Electric, Unilever and Lipton Tea.
We have a new video class on SEBLOD this week. We also interviewed the team to find out more about this really impressive extension.
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The Octopoos team is really expanding what can be done with Joomla. They make an content-building extension called SEBLOD which is a very flexible and highly-regarded. They also use SEBLOD to build sites for the likes of General Electric, Unilever and Lipton Tea.
We have a new video class on SEBLOD this week. We also interviewed the team to find out more about this really impressive extension.
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New Video Class: Why Drupal?
In this week's new Drupal class, Rod Martin helps you consider if Drupal is right for your next web project.
If you're new to Drupal, this class will give you an overview of what to expect.
Drupal is a feature-rich, robust and powerful solution for building websites, used by the White House, Ivy League Schools, businesses and non-profits all over the world.
This is the 37th Drupal 7 class in our library! Click here to see the full list of Drupal classes.
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If you're new to Drupal, this class will give you an overview of what to expect.
Drupal is a feature-rich, robust and powerful solution for building websites, used by the White House, Ivy League Schools, businesses and non-profits all over the world.
This is the 37th Drupal 7 class in our library! Click here to see the full list of Drupal classes.
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New Video Class: SEBLOD for Joomla
In this week's new Joomla class, James Morrell shows you how to build a restaurant website using SEBLOD, a content construction kit (CCK) for Joomla!.
If you need more than just a title and body for your Joomla content, then SEBOLD is a really good option.
With the help of SEBLOD, you can build complete content types and layouts while still using the Joomla content area to add your articles.
SEBLOD is used to power sites for several famous companies including General Electric and Lipton Tea.
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If you need more than just a title and body for your Joomla content, then SEBOLD is a really good option.
With the help of SEBLOD, you can build complete content types and layouts while still using the Joomla content area to add your articles.
SEBLOD is used to power sites for several famous companies including General Electric and Lipton Tea.
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October 19, 2014
All OSTraining Extensions are Moving to Alledia.com
We have some news today about all the Joomla extensions currently hosted on OSTraining.
We're moving almost all those extensions from OSTraining.com to Alledia.com.
Why are we doing this? There are 3 main reasons:
Clarity: OSTraining.com is a training site and it was confusing to also host software here.
Ambition: We want to make our extensions great, and not just a small feature on OSTraining.com.
Resources: Developing great extensions isn't cheap. We need room to provide financial support for our developers.
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We're moving almost all those extensions from OSTraining.com to Alledia.com.
Why are we doing this? There are 3 main reasons:
Clarity: OSTraining.com is a training site and it was confusing to also host software here.
Ambition: We want to make our extensions great, and not just a small feature on OSTraining.com.
Resources: Developing great extensions isn't cheap. We need room to provide financial support for our developers.
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October 16, 2014
Teaching Joomla at Portland Community College
On this blog we interview people who are helping open source make inroads at universities.
We've spoken with teachers of open source at Harvard, Emory, Penn State and other colleges.
This week we're delighted to talk with Amy who teaches Joomla at Portland Community College in Oregon.
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We've spoken with teachers of open source at Harvard, Emory, Penn State and other colleges.
This week we're delighted to talk with Amy who teaches Joomla at Portland Community College in Oregon.
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Drupal 7.32 is an Absolutely Necessary Update
We're accustomed to the Drupal security team releasing security fixes.
Fortunately, most of the fixes were relatively minor. They either impacted a small group of sites, or they were unlikely to lead to your site being hacked.
Let's take a brief look at the 4 previous Drupal security advisories in 2014:
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Fortunately, most of the fixes were relatively minor. They either impacted a small group of sites, or they were unlikely to lead to your site being hacked.
Let's take a brief look at the 4 previous Drupal security advisories in 2014:
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October 14, 2014
New Book: Learning Zurb Foundation
Every month we release at least one new web design book for OSTraining members.
For October we're releasing 2 books! One of the books is "earning Zurb Foundation" by Kevin Horek.
Foundation is one of the most well-known responsive frameworks available, and allows you to speed up the prototyping, designing, and theming of your web project.
This book starts off with teaching you the basics, and gradually moves on to cover the most advanced parts of this amazing framework.
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For October we're releasing 2 books! One of the books is "earning Zurb Foundation" by Kevin Horek.
Foundation is one of the most well-known responsive frameworks available, and allows you to speed up the prototyping, designing, and theming of your web project.
This book starts off with teaching you the basics, and gradually moves on to cover the most advanced parts of this amazing framework.
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New Book: Learning Magento Theme Development
Every month we release at least one new web design book for OSTraining members.
For October we're releasing 2 books! One of the books is "Learning Magento Theme Development" by Richard Carter.
This book is a step-by-step guide to theming Magento 1.8, aimed at readers with little technical expertise.
Starting with simple changes you can make to customize your store, from changing the logo and favicon to other simple configurable items, the book moves on to cover more in-depth theming techniques to help you build a fully custom Magento theme you can be proud of.
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For October we're releasing 2 books! One of the books is "Learning Magento Theme Development" by Richard Carter.
This book is a step-by-step guide to theming Magento 1.8, aimed at readers with little technical expertise.
Starting with simple changes you can make to customize your store, from changing the logo and favicon to other simple configurable items, the book moves on to cover more in-depth theming techniques to help you build a fully custom Magento theme you can be proud of.
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October 13, 2014
Track Google Analytics Clicks and Downloads in Joomla
Over the last week, several people have asked us about tracking Google Analytics "events" on their Joomla site.
"Events" describe anything from clicking on an external link to leave your site or downloading a file from your site.
Advanced Google Analytics is a plugin that can track all the events you need. Here's how to set it up and use it:
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"Events" describe anything from clicking on an external link to leave your site or downloading a file from your site.
Advanced Google Analytics is a plugin that can track all the events you need. Here's how to set it up and use it:
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OSWistia - Add Wistia Videos to Joomla
Whenever you watch videos at OSTraining, you watch videos streamed from Wistia.com.
Since 2013, all our training and blog videos have been hosted by Wistia. You can read our post from last year to see why we like Wistia so much,
To make publishing our videos easier, we built a Joomla extension called OSWistia. We've now released OSWistia for free so that anyone can use it.
This is the 15th Joomla extension that we've published.
Here's how to use OSWistia ...
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Since 2013, all our training and blog videos have been hosted by Wistia. You can read our post from last year to see why we like Wistia so much,
To make publishing our videos easier, we built a Joomla extension called OSWistia. We've now released OSWistia for free so that anyone can use it.
This is the 15th Joomla extension that we've published.
Here's how to use OSWistia ...
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