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The OSTraining Podcast #37: Jason Coleman and Paid Memberships Pro

This episode features Jason Coleman, who runs Paid Memberships Pro, one of the most successful plugins for running a membership site in WordPress.

Not only does Jason have his own membership site to sell extra features and support for Paid Memberships Pro, but he's also spent years looking at the membership sites of his customers. So Jason has all sorts of fascinating tips and tricks that he's picked up from his customers and applied to his own site. Hopefully, you'll be able to get some useful advice for running your own membership site.



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CSS Flexbox #4. The flex-grow Property

The flex-grow property specifies how a flex-item inside the flex container will grow - along the main axis - relative to its sibling items, taking into account the available space inside the flex container.

This tutorial will show you how to use the flex-grow property with an example.

Let’s start!



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How to Create a Custom Page Template in WordPress

WordPress allows you to create custom layouts for all of your pages. These custom layouts are called templates.

For example, if you have a web design blog, you can create a custom template that will put the PHP logo on every page about PHP.

Some themes come with many templates already created, but creating your own is a very simple process. 

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a WordPress template that adds a PHP logo to all of your site PHP pages.



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Create a Custom Page Template in WordPress

WordPress allows you to create custom layouts for all of your pages. These custom layouts are called templates.

For example, if you have a web design blog, you can create a custom template that will put the PHP logo on every page about PHP.

Some themes come with many templates already created, but creating your own is a very simple process. 

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a WordPress template that adds a PHP logo to all of your site PHP pages.



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How to Add Widgets and Embeds in Gutenberg

The Gutenberg editor has revolutionized how we write in WordPress.

Gutenberg didn't only change how we write posts, but it also exposed many more WordPress features. In the old, "Classic" editor, you had a formatting toolbar that looked like Microsoft Word. In Gutenberg, you have the formatting options, but also easy access to extra features. Two of those new features are Widgets and Embeds. These are WordPress features that were previously very difficult to access when writing posts.



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The Easiest Google Maps Plugin for Gutenberg and WordPress

I use Google Maps almost every time I use the house. And, I'm definitely not alone. According to some calculations, Google Maps is the world's most popular phone app in the world.

It's not just apps: millions of websites use Google Maps to show location information.

If you use WordPress, there's now a really easy to add Google Maps to your sites. With the EmbedPress plugin, you can add Google Maps using just a URL. You don't need to be messing around with embed codes that break easily



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Your Introduction to WooCommerce Taxes

Welcome to one of the most complex parts of eCommerce ... Taxes.


We're going to try to explain WooCommerce taxes in plain English, but there's no getting around the fact that taxes are a headache.


So, sit down in a comfortable chair and make yourself a strong cup of coffee. Let's explore how taxes work in WooCommerce.



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How to Add Reusable Blocks in the WordPress Gutenberg Editor

One of Gutenberg's most useful features is the ability to reuse blocks. You can turn any block into a reusable block, speeding up your workflow and helping to maintain your website’s look and feel.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to reuse WordPress Gutenberg blocks, and we also have a free video guide for you.



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How to Create WooCommerce Variations for Your Products

WooCommerce Explained is the best-selling book on WooCommerce.

In this exclusive tutorial, taken from WooCommerce Explained, we're going to show you how to create variations for your WooCommerce products.

Variations allow users to choose different options for a product. This means you can sell a T-Shirt in different sizes and colors.

However, variations can be complex to set up. Before you read this blog, I highly recommend you read "How to create WooCommerce attributes". Creating attributes is an essential first step before creating variations. The instructions in that post also follow on from that tutorial.



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CSS Flexbox #3. The align-items property

As you already learned in the second tutorial of this series, a flex-container has two following axes:

main axis
cross axis


The justify-content property specifies how the flex-items are distributed along the main axis, whereas the align-items property specifies how the flex-items are distributed along the cross axis of the flex-container.



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