Stephen Burge's Blog, page 29
August 13, 2018
Build Your Shopify Store in 1 Hour
Shopify is one of the most popular eCommerce platforms in the world.
For under $30 per month, Shopify offers everything your store needs from products and variations to payments and shipping.
We've just published a free, hour-long introduction to Shopify. Rod Martin shows you how to build your store in just one hour. This video is free to watch on YouTube!
Special offer: If you're starting a new shop, get a .STORE domain name for your Shopify site! It's the perfect TLD for your eCommerce site. Use the coupon "OSTSTORE" and you'll pay just $4.99/year. Get started here.
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For under $30 per month, Shopify offers everything your store needs from products and variations to payments and shipping.
We've just published a free, hour-long introduction to Shopify. Rod Martin shows you how to build your store in just one hour. This video is free to watch on YouTube!
Special offer: If you're starting a new shop, get a .STORE domain name for your Shopify site! It's the perfect TLD for your eCommerce site. Use the coupon "OSTSTORE" and you'll pay just $4.99/year. Get started here.
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August 7, 2018
Your Plain English Guide to Gartner Magic Quadrants
A few weeks ago, WPEngine purchased StudioPress. This was a major move in the WordPress space. This also seemed like a simple move. One of the biggest hosting companies was taking over biggest theme developer. More customers, more money, more growth.
But I'm part of a popular Slack channel for WordPress developers and I saw was confusion. WPEngine said they purchased StudioPress to become a "DXP". That was unexpected. Lots of the terminology used to describe the deal was new to the developers:
What is a DXP? A DXP appears inside a magic quadrant?!?
In this guide, I'll try and explain DXPs, magic quadrants, WCMs and more. What does this jargon mean? How do these phrases help explain WPEngine's acquisition of StudioPress, and other big moves made by open source companies?
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But I'm part of a popular Slack channel for WordPress developers and I saw was confusion. WPEngine said they purchased StudioPress to become a "DXP". That was unexpected. Lots of the terminology used to describe the deal was new to the developers:
What is a DXP? A DXP appears inside a magic quadrant?!?
In this guide, I'll try and explain DXPs, magic quadrants, WCMs and more. What does this jargon mean? How do these phrases help explain WPEngine's acquisition of StudioPress, and other big moves made by open source companies?
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August 6, 2018
The Ultimate Tutorial for Drupal's Paragraphs Module
Over the last few months we've worked with more and more Drupal 8 sites. Those projects all had one thing in common ... they used the Drupal Paragraphs module.
Paragraphs is a very popular module for handling content in Drupal 8.
Paragraphs works in a similar way to content fields, but also provides a wide range of options for the design, layout and grouping of your content.
If you want to learn Paragraphs, this is ultimate guide! Read, watch and follow along with all 10 parts of this tutorial. By the end, you'll be using Paragraphs for all your sites too!
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Paragraphs is a very popular module for handling content in Drupal 8.
Paragraphs works in a similar way to content fields, but also provides a wide range of options for the design, layout and grouping of your content.
If you want to learn Paragraphs, this is ultimate guide! Read, watch and follow along with all 10 parts of this tutorial. By the end, you'll be using Paragraphs for all your sites too!
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August 2, 2018
Managing PDFs and Other Documents with Joomla
When we get two people inside a few minutes in our support system asking how to do the same thing, it's time for a tutorial ...
Both of our students were asking how they can upload documents and link to them from articles. We have already recommended one way to handle documents for people using the JCE Editor.
This week we're going to recommend an extension called OSDownloads Free.
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Both of our students were asking how they can upload documents and link to them from articles. We have already recommended one way to handle documents for people using the JCE Editor.
This week we're going to recommend an extension called OSDownloads Free.
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How to Create CSS and Javascript Animations in Drupal 8
There are multiple JavaScript and CSS libraries on the internet. They allow you to animate parts of your site and make them look more attractive.
The Animations module makes it easy to include animations on your Drupal site.
There's a full list of the animations on the module page, but they include such wonderfully named animations as swing, tada, ;wobble, jello, bounceIn, bounceOut, fadeIn, rollOut, zoomIn, slideInRight and more.
In this tutorial, I'll show how to install and use the required libraries and the Animations module..
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The Animations module makes it easy to include animations on your Drupal site.
There's a full list of the animations on the module page, but they include such wonderfully named animations as swing, tada, ;wobble, jello, bounceIn, bounceOut, fadeIn, rollOut, zoomIn, slideInRight and more.
In this tutorial, I'll show how to install and use the required libraries and the Animations module..
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The Animations Module in Drupal 8
There are multiple JavaScript and CSS libraries on the internet. They allow you to animate certain parts of your site and make them look more attractive.
The Animations module in Drupal makes use of the three useful libraries:
animate.css
typed.js
WOW.js
They give the elements inside your site some extra cool features and make it more appealing.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install the required libraries and the module and take a look at its basic usage.
Let’s start!
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The Animations module in Drupal makes use of the three useful libraries:
animate.css
typed.js
WOW.js
They give the elements inside your site some extra cool features and make it more appealing.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install the required libraries and the module and take a look at its basic usage.
Let’s start!
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Animation Module in Drupal 8
There are multiple JavaScript and CSS libraries on the internet. They allow you to animate certain parts of your site and make them look more attractive.
The Animations module in Drupal makes use of the three useful libraries:
animate.css
typed.js
WOW.js
They give the elements inside your site some extra cool features and make it more appealing.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install the required libraries and the module and take a look at its basic usage.
Let’s start!
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Animations module in Drupal makes use of the three useful libraries:
animate.css
typed.js
WOW.js
They give the elements inside your site some extra cool features and make it more appealing.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install the required libraries and the module and take a look at its basic usage.
Let’s start!
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
July 31, 2018
Getting Started With the React Javascript Library
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 he 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.
I'm delighted to say we're working with Zac on a book, "React Explained". React is the library the WordPress team have chose for the new Gutenberg editor. They are not alone - both Drupal and Magento have also chosen React.
Zac is live-tweeting his writing progress at @zgordon on Twitter. You can also hear Zac talk about React on the OSTraining podcast.
In this extract from the book, Zac gives you a high-level overview of React and some key concepts.
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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.
I'm delighted to say we're working with Zac on a book, "React Explained". React is the library the WordPress team have chose for the new Gutenberg editor. They are not alone - both Drupal and Magento have also chosen React.
Zac is live-tweeting his writing progress at @zgordon on Twitter. You can also hear Zac talk about React on the OSTraining podcast.
In this extract from the book, Zac gives you a high-level overview of React and some key concepts.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A Beginners Guide to the React Javascript Library
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 he 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.
I'm delighted to say we're working with Zac on a book, "React Explained". React is the library the WordPress team have chose for the new Gutenberg editor. They are not alone - both Drupal and Magento have also chosen React.
Zac is live-tweeting his writing progress at @zgordon on Twitter. You can also hear Zac talk about React on the OSTraining podcast.
In this extract from the book, Zac gives you a high-level overview of React and why you should learn it.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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.
I'm delighted to say we're working with Zac on a book, "React Explained". React is the library the WordPress team have chose for the new Gutenberg editor. They are not alone - both Drupal and Magento have also chosen React.
Zac is live-tweeting his writing progress at @zgordon on Twitter. You can also hear Zac talk about React on the OSTraining podcast.
In this extract from the book, Zac gives you a high-level overview of React and why you should learn it.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Introducing BoldGrid, the WordPress Website Builder
The new Gutenberg editor is nearly here and the WordPress landscape is about to change in a big way.
Many plugins are themes are going to be impacted. In particular, people are curious how page-builder plugins such as Beaver Builder and Visual Composer will respond. The answer, looking at BoldGrid, another popular plugin in the same niche, is to do more. BoldGrid doesn't just build pages, it builds complete websites. It allows you to build an entire WordPress website without any code and in a ridiculously short amount of time.
BoldGrid provides layouts, themes, an SEO plugin and more. It also has developer-friendly tools such as Staging plugin and a Backup plugin. All-in-all, it offers far more than BoldGrid will ever offer. It's a website builder, rather than a page builder.
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Many plugins are themes are going to be impacted. In particular, people are curious how page-builder plugins such as Beaver Builder and Visual Composer will respond. The answer, looking at BoldGrid, another popular plugin in the same niche, is to do more. BoldGrid doesn't just build pages, it builds complete websites. It allows you to build an entire WordPress website without any code and in a ridiculously short amount of time.
BoldGrid provides layouts, themes, an SEO plugin and more. It also has developer-friendly tools such as Staging plugin and a Backup plugin. All-in-all, it offers far more than BoldGrid will ever offer. It's a website builder, rather than a page builder.
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