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January 18, 2014
BackUpWordPress, Free and Powerful WordPress Backups
BackUpWordPress is a free and powerful plugin to back up your website automatically.
BackUpWordPress will back up up your entire site including your database and all your files on a schedule that suits you.
In this blog post, we'll show you how to use BackUpWordPress to keep your WordPress site safe.
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BackUpWordPress will back up up your entire site including your database and all your files on a schedule that suits you.
In this blog post, we'll show you how to use BackUpWordPress to keep your WordPress site safe.
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January 15, 2014
Topher's Testing: Simple Custom CSS for WordPress
This is the second 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, and 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 Simple Custom CSS, which makes it easy to add custom CSS styles to override plugin and theme defaults.
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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, and 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 Simple Custom CSS, which makes it easy to add custom CSS styles to override plugin and theme defaults.
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January 14, 2014
Please Take the OSTraining 2014 Survey
Every year, we ask you for your opinion about OSTraining.
We ask for your feedback on 3 things:
What we're doing right at OSTraining.
What we can do better.
What new features and classes you'd like to see.
We value your opinion, but also your time. The survey is brief and we have plenty of prizes for survey takers.
Everyone is welcome to take the survey. Even if you're not an OSTraining member, we have questions and prizes for you.
Click here to take our 2014 survey.
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We ask for your feedback on 3 things:
What we're doing right at OSTraining.
What we can do better.
What new features and classes you'd like to see.
We value your opinion, but also your time. The survey is brief and we have plenty of prizes for survey takers.
Everyone is welcome to take the survey. Even if you're not an OSTraining member, we have questions and prizes for you.
Click here to take our 2014 survey.
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10 CMS Predictions for 2014
We're all in a constant state of motion.
Website technologies used to come and go in years. Now it feels as if they rise and fall in months or even weeks.
Our careers, and yours, heavily depend on correctly predicting what's going to change. So, I chatted with our team and got their thoughts about the year ahead.
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Website technologies used to come and go in years. Now it feels as if they rise and fall in months or even weeks.
Our careers, and yours, heavily depend on correctly predicting what's going to change. So, I chatted with our team and got their thoughts about the year ahead.
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Topher's Testing: Simple Google Maps Short Code
This is the first 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.
Simple Google Maps Short Code is a plugin with a long name. We'll call if SGMSC for short.
Using simple shortcode, SGMSC allows you to add Google Maps to your WordPress content
Developed by Pippin Williamson from http://pippinsplugins.com, SGMC makes is easy to enter addresses and to control the size of the map.
Here's my video introduction to using SGMC:
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Topher is our WordPress teacher and he's sitting down to test some really useful new WordPress plugins.
Simple Google Maps Short Code is a plugin with a long name. We'll call if SGMSC for short.
Using simple shortcode, SGMSC allows you to add Google Maps to your WordPress content
Developed by Pippin Williamson from http://pippinsplugins.com, SGMC makes is easy to enter addresses and to control the size of the map.
Here's my video introduction to using SGMC:
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January 13, 2014
The Best 6 Real Estate Extensions for Joomla
With more home hunters than ever turning to the internet to find their next property purchase, estate agency websites are flourishing.
With an array of easy-to-use Joomla extensions, setting up your own Real Estate website is budget and brain friendly.
But which extension is the right one for your business?
This guide will walk you through the top 6 Joomla Real Estate extensions currently available.
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With an array of easy-to-use Joomla extensions, setting up your own Real Estate website is budget and brain friendly.
But which extension is the right one for your business?
This guide will walk you through the top 6 Joomla Real Estate extensions currently available.
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January 12, 2014
Add Fonts to Your Site With FontSquirrel
In the early days of the web, the number of fonts in websites was limited. This was due to the font files that were installed in the visitor's computer.
The most famous fonts are Arial, Helvetica and Calibri because Windows and Macs often included only those fonts by default.
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The most famous fonts are Arial, Helvetica and Calibri because Windows and Macs often included only those fonts by default.
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The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Editing
Editors are unpopular.
Editors are kind-hearted helpers who want to nourish the new life writers breathe into their creations. Sadly, we are perceived as sinister slashers who delight in tormenting sensitive authors for using pluperfect participles instead of pejorative prepositional postulates in the imperfect tense.
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Editors are kind-hearted helpers who want to nourish the new life writers breathe into their creations. Sadly, we are perceived as sinister slashers who delight in tormenting sensitive authors for using pluperfect participles instead of pejorative prepositional postulates in the imperfect tense.
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Remove Duplicate Views Results
When you are building a Drupal site and creating views, it's not uncommon to find that your view is showing the same result multiple times.
Here are two common ways to remove duplicate views results.
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Here are two common ways to remove duplicate views results.
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January 7, 2014
Learning Launch: HTML5 and CSS3 Responsive Web Design Cookbook
Every month, OSTraining members get a new, professional-quality book to download.
The book for January is the "HTML5 and CSS3 Responsive Web Design Cookbook" by Benjamin LaGrone.
This is a hands-on, example-driven guide to creating responsive websites.
As you follow the cookbook, you'll learn the fundamental elements of writing responsive website code. The cookbook is full of code that you can use immediately in your website projects.
This book normally lists for $45. You get it for free if you're an OSTraining member.
Click here to become an OSTraining member with 7 day free trial.
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The book for January is the "HTML5 and CSS3 Responsive Web Design Cookbook" by Benjamin LaGrone.
This is a hands-on, example-driven guide to creating responsive websites.
As you follow the cookbook, you'll learn the fundamental elements of writing responsive website code. The cookbook is full of code that you can use immediately in your website projects.
This book normally lists for $45. You get it for free if you're an OSTraining member.
Click here to become an OSTraining member with 7 day free trial.
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