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April 16, 2019
The OSTraining Podcast #38: Zac Gordon on Yoga, Teaching and React
In this week's episode, I'm delighted to welcome back Zac Gordon. If you spend any time in the WordPress world, you've probably come across Zac. He's a really enthusiastic and charming teacher who specializes in JavaScript for WordPress. He's done video classes, online conferences, live talks, podcasts, video casts, you name it. He's been out there trying to teach people how to use JavaScript, particularly in the WordPress context.
For the first time, Zac's written a book, and he did it with OSTraining. React Explained is available now, and it teaches you how to use the React framework, which is increasingly popular in WordPress, but also Drupal, Magento, and other platforms. We talk with Zac about his background, his love of yoga, and also about why he decided to focus on React for his first book.
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For the first time, Zac's written a book, and he did it with OSTraining. React Explained is available now, and it teaches you how to use the React framework, which is increasingly popular in WordPress, but also Drupal, Magento, and other platforms. We talk with Zac about his background, his love of yoga, and also about why he decided to focus on React for his first book.
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April 15, 2019
5 Best User Permissions Plugins for WordPress
WordPress is a great platform and has surprisingly flexible permissions. However, by default, the permissions system keeps to the WordPress philosophy of "Decisions, not options". This means that there are 5 user roles by default: Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor and Subscriber. But you're not able to edit these roles without installing a plugin.
In this guide, I'll introduce 5 of the best plugins for customizing the permissions on your WordPress site. These plugins will allow you to customize the 5 default roles, and also create your own rules and permissions.
Plugin #1. Capability Manager Enhanced
Capability Manager Enhanced is probably my favorite user permissions plugin for WordPress users. It really can do everything from the basics to the more advanced features.
With Capability Manager Enhanced, you can customize the permissions of all the existing roles. You can also create new roles and control their permissions.
Capability Manager Enhanced has you...
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In this guide, I'll introduce 5 of the best plugins for customizing the permissions on your WordPress site. These plugins will allow you to customize the 5 default roles, and also create your own rules and permissions.
Plugin #1. Capability Manager Enhanced
Capability Manager Enhanced is probably my favorite user permissions plugin for WordPress users. It really can do everything from the basics to the more advanced features.
With Capability Manager Enhanced, you can customize the permissions of all the existing roles. You can also create new roles and control their permissions.
Capability Manager Enhanced has you...
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April 1, 2019
CSS Flexbox #5. The flex-shrink Property
As you already learned, the flex-grow property specifies how items grow (or expand) to fill the available space in the flex-container. The flex-shrink property specifies how items behave when there’s not enough space available for all of them to fit.
The default value for flex-shrink is 1. This means that all items shrink in an equal proportion.
Let’s demonstrate these concepts with an example.
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The default value for flex-shrink is 1. This means that all items shrink in an equal proportion.
Let’s demonstrate these concepts with an example.
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March 27, 2019
How to Embed Google Docs in WordPress Gutenberg
Google Docs is an very popular service that is part of Google's Drive package.
Using Google Docs can edit and share your documents in real-time. There's no need to share endless files back-and-forth.
It is possible to embed Google Docs in WordPress. All you need is the Google Docs URL and a plugin called EmbedPress.
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Using Google Docs can edit and share your documents in real-time. There's no need to share endless files back-and-forth.
It is possible to embed Google Docs in WordPress. All you need is the Google Docs URL and a plugin called EmbedPress.
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How to Manage Permissions on WordPress Multisite Networks
If you are in charge of a WordPress multisite network, it can be very useful standardize your setup across all your sites.
However, WordPress doesn't have an easy way to standardize the permissions on multisites.
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to control permissions and user roles across your network.
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However, WordPress doesn't have an easy way to standardize the permissions on multisites.
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to control permissions and user roles across your network.
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March 26, 2019
How to Use the Pending Review Status in WordPress
One of our members was wanting an efficient way to track which content needs review, so we created this tutorial for him.
WordPress has really useful features for content creation and maintenance. One of those features is the core "Pending Review" feature. "Pending Review" is one of two default statuses in WordPress, in addition to "Draft". Click here to see the difference between Pending Review and Draft.
We'll also show you how to use a really powerful plugin called PublishPress.
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WordPress has really useful features for content creation and maintenance. One of those features is the core "Pending Review" feature. "Pending Review" is one of two default statuses in WordPress, in addition to "Draft". Click here to see the difference between Pending Review and Draft.
We'll also show you how to use a really powerful plugin called PublishPress.
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March 22, 2019
Free WordPress Sandbox Sites For OSTraining Members
WordPress is an amazingly powerful system, but many newcomers can find it hard to get started. A lot of the questions we get from beginners are around the installation process. How do I set up a test site? Do you need a localhost system? All of that is frustrating for new users.
So to make it easier to get started, we're give OSTraining users a free WordPress site so they can start learning quickly.
These test sites are available to OSTraining members, plus anyone who reads one of our WordPress books. You can use these sandbox sites to follow along with any of our videos or books.
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So to make it easier to get started, we're give OSTraining users a free WordPress site so they can start learning quickly.
These test sites are available to OSTraining members, plus anyone who reads one of our WordPress books. You can use these sandbox sites to follow along with any of our videos or books.
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March 21, 2019
How to Update OSTraining Books on Amazon Kindle
All OSTraining books are available via Amazon. You can buy the books in Kindle format.
We update the OSTraining books often, so people ask us how to get the updates on their Kindle.
In this guide, I'll show you how to get the updates. These processes don't work 100% of the time (Amazon's update process can be flaky), but these are the best options we've found.
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We update the OSTraining books often, so people ask us how to get the updates on their Kindle.
In this guide, I'll show you how to get the updates. These processes don't work 100% of the time (Amazon's update process can be flaky), but these are the best options we've found.
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March 20, 2019
The Genesis Explained Book is Updated for Genesis 2.9
Genesis Explained is now up-to-date for Genesis 2.9, which was released in mid-March.
Nick Croft, the writer of Genesis Explained, follows closely along with the development of Genesis. Nick has made many contributions to the Genesis core, so when something changes, you can be sure it'll be included in the next version of Genesis Explained.
This update contains a whole new chapter called "Genesis Config and On Boarding Explained", plus lots of code updates. If you haven't see the new onboarding process in Genesis, it really does make life much easier. Click here to watch an intro video on the WPEngine site.
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Nick Croft, the writer of Genesis Explained, follows closely along with the development of Genesis. Nick has made many contributions to the Genesis core, so when something changes, you can be sure it'll be included in the next version of Genesis Explained.
This update contains a whole new chapter called "Genesis Config and On Boarding Explained", plus lots of code updates. If you haven't see the new onboarding process in Genesis, it really does make life much easier. Click here to watch an intro video on the WPEngine site.
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March 19, 2019
Introducing the React Explained Book by Zac Gordon!
Say "hello" to the 12th book from OSTraining. We're delighted to announce the launch of "React Explained" by Zac Gordon.
If you spend any time in the WordPress world, you've probably come across Zac Gordon. Zac is an enthusiastic and charming teacher who focuses on Javascript in WordPress. He borrowed the phrase "Learn Javascript Deeply" from Matt Mullenweg and made it into his personal slogan.
For the last several years, Zac has produced video classes, online conferences, live talks, and podcasts that focus on teaching you how to use Javascript in WordPress.
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If you spend any time in the WordPress world, you've probably come across Zac Gordon. Zac is an enthusiastic and charming teacher who focuses on Javascript in WordPress. He borrowed the phrase "Learn Javascript Deeply" from Matt Mullenweg and made it into his personal slogan.
For the last several years, Zac has produced video classes, online conferences, live talks, and podcasts that focus on teaching you how to use Javascript in WordPress.
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