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October 13, 2014
New Video Class: Build a Drupal Site
One of the most difficult things for Drupal beginners is understanding how the many pieces fit together.
How do you make sense of Views, Panels, Fields, Content types, Themes and more? Our answer is that you should use a workflow which clearly explains which piece to use next and why it comes next.
In all our Drupal classes we use a workflow to make Drupal easier to understand and use.
In our new video class, "How to Build a Drupal Website", Steve teaches you how to use that workflow to build a good-looking Drupal business website in less than 60 minutes.
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How do you make sense of Views, Panels, Fields, Content types, Themes and more? Our answer is that you should use a workflow which clearly explains which piece to use next and why it comes next.
In all our Drupal classes we use a workflow to make Drupal easier to understand and use.
In our new video class, "How to Build a Drupal Website", Steve teaches you how to use that workflow to build a good-looking Drupal business website in less than 60 minutes.
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October 12, 2014
The Payment Module: A Simpler Alternative to Drupal Commerce
Here at OSTraining we've given significant coverage to Drupal Commerce. You can watch a video class with nearly 30 lessons and download a book, "Building E-commerce Sites with Drupal Commerce".
However, Drupal Commerce is an enterprise-quality solution and a good number of OSTraining members have asked for simpler solutions.
For those members, we often recommend the Payment module, which makes it easy to add e-commerce fields to your content.
Payment supports about half-a-dozen gateways (PayPal, Stripe, iDEAL, Authorize.net, Ogone, Rabo OmniKassa).
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use the Payment module, together with PayPal.
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However, Drupal Commerce is an enterprise-quality solution and a good number of OSTraining members have asked for simpler solutions.
For those members, we often recommend the Payment module, which makes it easy to add e-commerce fields to your content.
Payment supports about half-a-dozen gateways (PayPal, Stripe, iDEAL, Authorize.net, Ogone, Rabo OmniKassa).
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use the Payment module, together with PayPal.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
October 8, 2014
Simple Renew Beta 2 with Multiple Subscriptions
Simple Renew is the best way to create a membership site with Joomla 2.5 or 3.
We're pleased to announce the second beta release of Simple Renew.
By default, this second beta release of Simple Renew will continue to operate just like the first beta.
However, in this new version, there is a new option called "Multiple Subscriptions". Setting this option to Yes will allow your subscribers to sign up for more than one plan. This is ideal for software developers, SaaS services or anyone selling one more than one simple product.
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We're pleased to announce the second beta release of Simple Renew.
By default, this second beta release of Simple Renew will continue to operate just like the first beta.
However, in this new version, there is a new option called "Multiple Subscriptions". Setting this option to Yes will allow your subscribers to sign up for more than one plan. This is ideal for software developers, SaaS services or anyone selling one more than one simple product.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
October 7, 2014
New Video Class: Pods Framework for WordPress
WordPress is all about creating content. WordPress arrives with Posts and Pages, which you can organize using Categories and Tags.
But, what if you need more detailed content options that are unique to your site?
With the Pods Framework, you can create all of the content types and custom fields from within the WordPress admin area.
A WordPress website with Pods enabled is much more powerful and flexible than a WordPress website on its own.
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But, what if you need more detailed content options that are unique to your site?
With the Pods Framework, you can create all of the content types and custom fields from within the WordPress admin area.
A WordPress website with Pods enabled is much more powerful and flexible than a WordPress website on its own.
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6 Modules to Avoid Before Drupal 8 Arrives
Over the last few months, Dave Reid, one of the most active Drupal developers, has been giving a presentation called "Future-proof your Drupal 7 site".
Dave talks about decisions can you make now on your current or new Drupal 7 sites to make transitioning to Drupal 8 easier.
He comes up with a list of modules that have been backported to Drupal 8. Using those modules means you won't have to re-train your staff for Drupal 8.
Dave also has some recommendation for modules to avoid, because they've been replaced by alternative solutions in Drupal 8. Here are 6 modules that might be worth avoiding if want an easier update to Drupal 8 in years to come ...
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Dave talks about decisions can you make now on your current or new Drupal 7 sites to make transitioning to Drupal 8 easier.
He comes up with a list of modules that have been backported to Drupal 8. Using those modules means you won't have to re-train your staff for Drupal 8.
Dave also has some recommendation for modules to avoid, because they've been replaced by alternative solutions in Drupal 8. Here are 6 modules that might be worth avoiding if want an easier update to Drupal 8 in years to come ...
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How Many Sites Use Plain Text Passwords?
In the last couple of years, at least two popular web design sites have been hacked and had customer data stolen.
In 2014 it was iThemes, a WordPress company. In 2012, it was Envato, a marketplace for web design products.
In both cases the culprit was aMember, an application for running membership sites.
What was the problem? Until 2011, all aMember installations stored customer passwords in plain text. Once sites using aMember were compromised, customer data was easily stolen because it wasn't encrypted.
These hacks made me curious. I wondered whether aMember was alone. I did some digging to try and find out which popular applications use (or used) plain text passwords. Here's what I found ...
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In 2014 it was iThemes, a WordPress company. In 2012, it was Envato, a marketplace for web design products.
In both cases the culprit was aMember, an application for running membership sites.
What was the problem? Until 2011, all aMember installations stored customer passwords in plain text. Once sites using aMember were compromised, customer data was easily stolen because it wasn't encrypted.
These hacks made me curious. I wondered whether aMember was alone. I did some digging to try and find out which popular applications use (or used) plain text passwords. Here's what I found ...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
October 6, 2014
New Video Class: Pods Framework
WordPress is all about creating content. WordPress arrives with Posts and Pages, which you can organize using Categories and Tags.
But, what if you need more detailed content options that are unique to your site?
With the Pods Framework, you can create all of the content types and custom fields from within the WordPress admin area.
A WordPress website with Pods enabled is much more powerful and flexible than a WordPress website on its own.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
But, what if you need more detailed content options that are unique to your site?
With the Pods Framework, you can create all of the content types and custom fields from within the WordPress admin area.
A WordPress website with Pods enabled is much more powerful and flexible than a WordPress website on its own.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
New Video Class: Why Joomla!?
In this week's new Joomla class, Rod Martin helps you consider if Joomla! is right for your next web project.
If you're new to Joomla, this class will give you an overview of what to expect.
Joomla! is the second most popular open source content management system on the web today. It is a feature-rich, robust and powerful solution for building websites.
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If you're new to Joomla, this class will give you an overview of what to expect.
Joomla! is the second most popular open source content management system on the web today. It is a feature-rich, robust and powerful solution for building websites.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
October 1, 2014
Update Joomla 3.3.5 to 3.3.6 or 2.5.26 to 2.5.27
Earlier this week, Joomla released security updates for both version 2.5 and 3. The versions released where 2.5.26 and 3.3.5.
Shortly after the release a bug was found with the file installer that's used for core updates and extension installs.
This bug was found very quickly so it will only impact people who upgraded within 24 hours to 2.5.26 and 3.3.5.
If you did update, you will need to run a second, short update to the fix the problem. So, only for users on exactly 2.5.26 or 3.3.5, here's what you need to do ...
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Shortly after the release a bug was found with the file installer that's used for core updates and extension installs.
This bug was found very quickly so it will only impact people who upgraded within 24 hours to 2.5.26 and 3.3.5.
If you did update, you will need to run a second, short update to the fix the problem. So, only for users on exactly 2.5.26 or 3.3.5, here's what you need to do ...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
September 28, 2014
New Video Class: Simple WordPress Payments
We have video classes on some of the most powerful WordPress shopping carts including WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads.
However, sometimes you just want to create a simple "pay me now" button in WordPress.
You want it simple, efficient, and most importantly, easy to use.
In this new class, Topher introduces us to Simple WordPress Payments, which uses the payment processor Stripe. This is easiest way to collect payments on your WordPress site.
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However, sometimes you just want to create a simple "pay me now" button in WordPress.
You want it simple, efficient, and most importantly, easy to use.
In this new class, Topher introduces us to Simple WordPress Payments, which uses the payment processor Stripe. This is easiest way to collect payments on your WordPress site.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
