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June 3, 2014
Your June Book is Git: Version Control for Everyone
One of the awesome benefits of being an OSTraining member is that you get a new, professional-quality book to download each month. We add a book each month to our library; and each month you're a member, you get to download this months books plus all previous releases.
The book for June is "Git: Version Control for Everyone" by William Rice.
Git is a version control system which allows you to track the history of your files. You can track all the changes to the files and roll back to a previous version whenever you need to. Git it an essential part of every webdeveloper's workflow.
We use Git for almost every line of code on this site. and you should use it for your sites too. This book will get you started.
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The book for June is "Git: Version Control for Everyone" by William Rice.
Git is a version control system which allows you to track the history of your files. You can track all the changes to the files and roll back to a previous version whenever you need to. Git it an essential part of every webdeveloper's workflow.
We use Git for almost every line of code on this site. and you should use it for your sites too. This book will get you started.
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June 2, 2014
Smart Slider 2 for WordPress
One of our students was having issues configuring a WordPress slider that was buggy. So we suggested he give Smart Slider 2 a try instead. After using Smart Slider 2 his review was:
"I just accomplished in less than 30 minutes what I have been trying to do since yesterday. Very intuitive ui and gives me exactly what I was looking for."
So we created this tutorial for Smart Slider 2 so that you can see what it's capable of. Let's get started.
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"I just accomplished in less than 30 minutes what I have been trying to do since yesterday. Very intuitive ui and gives me exactly what I was looking for."
So we created this tutorial for Smart Slider 2 so that you can see what it's capable of. Let's get started.
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June 1, 2014
Learn How To Use Easy Digital Downloads for WordPress
Say hello to Easy Digital Downloads, the world's easiest way to sell digital downloads through WordPress for free.
In this week's new class, our WordPress teacher Topher shows you how launch your own products with Easy Digital Downloads.
We'll take you through the instalation and set up, then move on to payment gateways, reports, discounts and much more.
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In this week's new class, our WordPress teacher Topher shows you how launch your own products with Easy Digital Downloads.
We'll take you through the instalation and set up, then move on to payment gateways, reports, discounts and much more.
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May 30, 2014
Absolute Beginners Guide to AngularJS
One of our predictions for 2014 was that traditional CMSs will become much more reliant on Javascript.
That predicition is coming true, and AngularJS is at the forefront of this change.
Angular was created by Google. Its goal is to add model–view–controller (MVC) capabilities to web applications so that both development and testing become easier.
In this video, Douglas walks you through the fundamentals of Angular so that you'll have a good idea of how Angular works and a clear understanding of how to get started.
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That predicition is coming true, and AngularJS is at the forefront of this change.
Angular was created by Google. Its goal is to add model–view–controller (MVC) capabilities to web applications so that both development and testing become easier.
In this video, Douglas walks you through the fundamentals of Angular so that you'll have a good idea of how Angular works and a clear understanding of how to get started.
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Absolute Beginners Guide to Angular.js
One of our predictions for 2014 was that traditional CMSs will become much more reliant on Javascript.
That predicition is coming true, and Angular.js is at the forefront of this change.
Angular was created by Google. Its goal is to add model–view–controller (MVC) capabilities to web applications so that both development and testing become easier.
In this video, Douglas walks you through the fundamentals of Angular so that you'll have a good idea of how Angular works and a clear understanding of how to get started.
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That predicition is coming true, and Angular.js is at the forefront of this change.
Angular was created by Google. Its goal is to add model–view–controller (MVC) capabilities to web applications so that both development and testing become easier.
In this video, Douglas walks you through the fundamentals of Angular so that you'll have a good idea of how Angular works and a clear understanding of how to get started.
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Joomla in the Enterprise with Sears
Cory Webb used to be run a Joomla design shop, but since last year he's been working for Sears.
His role at Sears is to manage an internal Joomla website for over 1000 Sears associates.
In this talk, Cory talks about the server architecture, workflows and user authentication methods used to power this Joomla site.
Some of the tools he talksa bout include Jenkins CI server, GitHub, JomSocial, Easyblog, and AcyMailing. Cory discusses how a lot of these tools can be used in non-enterprise websites.
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His role at Sears is to manage an internal Joomla website for over 1000 Sears associates.
In this talk, Cory talks about the server architecture, workflows and user authentication methods used to power this Joomla site.
Some of the tools he talksa bout include Jenkins CI server, GitHub, JomSocial, Easyblog, and AcyMailing. Cory discusses how a lot of these tools can be used in non-enterprise websites.
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May 27, 2014
Learn Development Workflows with Pantheon
Many of the people who watch our video classes are new to web development and looking for guidance as to the best tools and processses.
In our latest class, Rod Martin introduces some of the very best tool and processes for Drupal developers. You're going to see how to create a professional development workflow with Drupal.
Using a free Pantheon account, you'll lean the importance of live, staging and development sites to successfully test and launch your work.
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In our latest class, Rod Martin introduces some of the very best tool and processes for Drupal developers. You're going to see how to create a professional development workflow with Drupal.
Using a free Pantheon account, you'll lean the importance of live, staging and development sites to successfully test and launch your work.
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How to Survive an eCommerce Project
This is a really fun presentation from Joomla Day Atlanta.
E-commerce projects are really difficult. In fact, they can be so difficult that website developers who specialize in e-commerce are often jokingly called masochists. Deb Cinkus is one of those developers.
In this video, Deb takes us on a visual journey through many potential e-commerce pitfalls.
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E-commerce projects are really difficult. In fact, they can be so difficult that website developers who specialize in e-commerce are often jokingly called masochists. Deb Cinkus is one of those developers.
In this video, Deb takes us on a visual journey through many potential e-commerce pitfalls.
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A Joomla Core Developer Introduces You to Joomla 3.3
Over the next few weeks we're going to be publishing videos of some great presentations from Joomla Day Atlanta.
The event featured some really excellent Joomla and PHP presentations.
This week we showcase Michael Babker from the Joomla core team. His presentation was called "Looking at Joomla! 3.3" and he talks about what's new in the latest version of Joomla.
Micheal makes a major announcement at the 14 minute mark, so be sure not to miss that.
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The event featured some really excellent Joomla and PHP presentations.
This week we showcase Michael Babker from the Joomla core team. His presentation was called "Looking at Joomla! 3.3" and he talks about what's new in the latest version of Joomla.
Micheal makes a major announcement at the 14 minute mark, so be sure not to miss that.
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Contextual Filters and Arguments in Drupal
Sometimes the name you give something is really important.
In Drupal 6, a key feature in Views was called "arguments". This term made perfect sense to developers, but caused plenty of raised eyebrows amongst news users.
Both the name and location of this feature has changed in Drupal 7. Arguments are now called "Contextual filters".
Here's an introduction to arguments and contextual filters. We'll show you why they are so useful, whatever they may be called.
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In Drupal 6, a key feature in Views was called "arguments". This term made perfect sense to developers, but caused plenty of raised eyebrows amongst news users.
Both the name and location of this feature has changed in Drupal 7. Arguments are now called "Contextual filters".
Here's an introduction to arguments and contextual filters. We'll show you why they are so useful, whatever they may be called.
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