Stephen Burge's Blog, page 160
January 31, 2014
Why and How We Use Pingdom for Uptime Monitoring
This is the first in a series of blog posts on the tools that we find indispensable at OSTraining.
Most of us run a few websites.
Some of the sites are personal blogs, and no-one really cares if they have a few occasional minutes of downtime.
However, some sites, such as OSTraining, are mission-critical. Even if this site is down for a few minutes, there's a good chance that will cost us real money. Either new customers will be scared away or existing customers will be disappointed.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Most of us run a few websites.
Some of the sites are personal blogs, and no-one really cares if they have a few occasional minutes of downtime.
However, some sites, such as OSTraining, are mission-critical. Even if this site is down for a few minutes, there's a good chance that will cost us real money. Either new customers will be scared away or existing customers will be disappointed.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
We Use Pingdom for Uptime Monitoring
This is the first in a series of blog posts on the tools that we find indispensable at OSTraining.
Most of us run a few websites.
Some of the sites are personal blogs and no-one really cares if they have a few occasional minutes of downtime.
However, some sites, such as OSTraining, are mission-critical. Even if this site is down for a few minutes, there's a good chance that will cost us real money. Either new customers will be scared away or existing customers will be disappointed.
So, we do our best to make sure that our site is always available. One very useful tool to help us monitor our important sites is Pingdom.com. For less than $10 per month it allows to easily keep track of our site's uptime and response time.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Most of us run a few websites.
Some of the sites are personal blogs and no-one really cares if they have a few occasional minutes of downtime.
However, some sites, such as OSTraining, are mission-critical. Even if this site is down for a few minutes, there's a good chance that will cost us real money. Either new customers will be scared away or existing customers will be disappointed.
So, we do our best to make sure that our site is always available. One very useful tool to help us monitor our important sites is Pingdom.com. For less than $10 per month it allows to easily keep track of our site's uptime and response time.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
We Use Pingdom for Uptime Montoring
This is the first in a series of blog posts on the tools that we find indispensable at OSTraining.
Most of us run a few websites.
Some of the sites are personal blogs and no-one really cares if they have a few occasional minutes of downtime.
However, some sites, such as OSTraining, are mission-critical. Even if this site is down for a few minutes, there's a good chance that will cost us real money. Either new customers will be scared away or existing customers will be disappointed.
So, we do our best to make sure that our site is always available. One very useful tool to help us monitor our important sites is Pingdom.com. For less than $10 per month it allows to easily keep track of our site's uptime and response time.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Most of us run a few websites.
Some of the sites are personal blogs and no-one really cares if they have a few occasional minutes of downtime.
However, some sites, such as OSTraining, are mission-critical. Even if this site is down for a few minutes, there's a good chance that will cost us real money. Either new customers will be scared away or existing customers will be disappointed.
So, we do our best to make sure that our site is always available. One very useful tool to help us monitor our important sites is Pingdom.com. For less than $10 per month it allows to easily keep track of our site's uptime and response time.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
January 30, 2014
Come to Our Beginner Track at DrupalCamp Florida
Some events are traditions. Florida DrupalCamp is a great example: this year will be the sixth DrupalCamp in Orlando.
Orlando is full of tourist attractions and less than an hour from the beach. It's perfect for a weekend away.
We're going to be at Florida DrupalCamp, doing a whole track of Drupal beginner training.
Come and join us in March for some sun, some theme parks and lots of Drupal.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Orlando is full of tourist attractions and less than an hour from the beach. It's perfect for a weekend away.
We're going to be at Florida DrupalCamp, doing a whole track of Drupal beginner training.
Come and join us in March for some sun, some theme parks and lots of Drupal.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
January 29, 2014
Topher's Testing: Broken Link Checker for WordPress
This is the fourth video in a new series we're calling "Topher's Testing".
Topher is our WordPress teacher, and he's sitting down to test some really useful new WordPress plugins.
When you watch the videos in this series, you'll learn about a great plugin. You'll also get to see how a professional WordPress developer evaluates and tests new plugins.
This week Topher introduces us to the Broken Link Checker plugin, which will check your posts, comments and other content for broken links and missing images, and notify you if any are found.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Topher is our WordPress teacher, and he's sitting down to test some really useful new WordPress plugins.
When you watch the videos in this series, you'll learn about a great plugin. You'll also get to see how a professional WordPress developer evaluates and tests new plugins.
This week Topher introduces us to the Broken Link Checker plugin, which will check your posts, comments and other content for broken links and missing images, and notify you if any are found.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Convert Your Site into a Firefox OS App
Open web apps are here thanks to Firefox OS which makes possible build apps with only HTML, Javascript and CSS.
This is a great advantage for web developers who doesn't want to code for iOS or Android devices.
In this tutorial we'll show you how convert your existing responsive website into an app that can run on Firefox OS devices.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
This is a great advantage for web developers who doesn't want to code for iOS or Android devices.
In this tutorial we'll show you how convert your existing responsive website into an app that can run on Firefox OS devices.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Convert your Site into a Firefox OS app
Open web apps are here thanks to Firefox OS which makes possible build apps with only HTML, Javascript and CSS.
This is a great advantage for web developers who doesn't want to code for iOS or Android devices.
In this tutorial we'll show you how convert your existing responsive website into an app that can run on Firefox OS devices.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
This is a great advantage for web developers who doesn't want to code for iOS or Android devices.
In this tutorial we'll show you how convert your existing responsive website into an app that can run on Firefox OS devices.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
January 28, 2014
Your Survey Answers and the Future of OSTraining
Every year, we ask you for your opinion about OSTraining.
In this year's survey, we collected your feedback on 3 important topics:
What we're doing right at OSTraining.
What we can do better.
What new features and classes you'd like to see.
Here's an overview of your answers and how they will impact the future of OSTraining.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
In this year's survey, we collected your feedback on 3 important topics:
What we're doing right at OSTraining.
What we can do better.
What new features and classes you'd like to see.
Here's an overview of your answers and how they will impact the future of OSTraining.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Learning Launch: Mastering Web Application Development with AngularJS
Every month, OSTraining members get a new, professional web development book to download.
Your book for February is "Mastering Web Application Development with AngularJS" by Pawel Kozlowski and Peter Bacon Darwin.
One of our predictions for 2014 was that CMSs will become much more reliant on Javascript.
More than any other Javascript framework, we see AngularJS being used together with traditional CMSs.
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Your book for February is "Mastering Web Application Development with AngularJS" by Pawel Kozlowski and Peter Bacon Darwin.
One of our predictions for 2014 was that CMSs will become much more reliant on Javascript.
More than any other Javascript framework, we see AngularJS being used together with traditional CMSs.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
January 27, 2014
Joomla Content Editor Profiles
Joomla Content Editor (JCE) is one of the top 5 Joomla extensions ever.
First launched in 2006, JCE is a powerful WYSIWYG editor and remains the best way to create Joomla content.
One of the most useful, but rarely used features in JCE is profiles.
Profiles allows you to present different editing options to different users and even on different devices.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
First launched in 2006, JCE is a powerful WYSIWYG editor and remains the best way to create Joomla content.
One of the most useful, but rarely used features in JCE is profiles.
Profiles allows you to present different editing options to different users and even on different devices.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
