Stephen Burge's Blog, page 30
July 30, 2018
The Beginners Guide to Understanding Magento Taxes
Taxes are never fun, whether you're paying or collecting them.
However, when you're running an eCommerce store with Magento, Taxes are an unavoidable headache.
We're going to try to explain everything in plain English, but there's no getting around the fact that taxes are hard work.
So, sit down in a comfortable chair and make yourself a strong cup of coffee. Let's explore how taxes work in Magento.
This guide is taken from Magento 2 Explained, the best-selling book for Magento 2.
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However, when you're running an eCommerce store with Magento, Taxes are an unavoidable headache.
We're going to try to explain everything in plain English, but there's no getting around the fact that taxes are hard work.
So, sit down in a comfortable chair and make yourself a strong cup of coffee. Let's explore how taxes work in Magento.
This guide is taken from Magento 2 Explained, the best-selling book for Magento 2.
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Videos to Get You Started With Joomla Development
How do I get started with building Joomla extensions?
That's a common question we get from people who join OSTraining for the first time. They want to know about the skills they will need, and what kind of classes they should take.
Here's an overview of everything you need to get started with Joomla development.
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That's a common question we get from people who join OSTraining for the first time. They want to know about the skills they will need, and what kind of classes they should take.
Here's an overview of everything you need to get started with Joomla development.
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July 27, 2018
The 5 Best Joomla Calendar Extensions
Are you looking to add a Joomla calendar to your site?
If so, you have a lot of choices available. There are over 160 extensions listed in the "Calendars & Events" directory on Joomla.org.
So, if you want a powerful calendar to show on your Joomla site, you'll need to choose from one of these extensions. Here's our ranking of the 5 best Joomla calendar and events extensions. We tested dozens of these extensions and compared their pros and cons.
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If so, you have a lot of choices available. There are over 160 extensions listed in the "Calendars & Events" directory on Joomla.org.
So, if you want a powerful calendar to show on your Joomla site, you'll need to choose from one of these extensions. Here's our ranking of the 5 best Joomla calendar and events extensions. We tested dozens of these extensions and compared their pros and cons.
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July 24, 2018
How to Create a Voting System in Drupal 8
One of OSTraining’s customers asked how to implement content voting on their site.
In Drupal 7, the popular choice was the Fivestar module, but that's still not ready for Drupal 8.
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use the Votingapi Widgets module in Drupal 8. This module makes use of a “Rating” field, which you can customize and insert into your content.
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In Drupal 7, the popular choice was the Fivestar module, but that's still not ready for Drupal 8.
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use the Votingapi Widgets module in Drupal 8. This module makes use of a “Rating” field, which you can customize and insert into your content.
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How to Set a Voting System in Drupal 8
One of OSTraining’s customers asked how to implement content voting on their site.
There are a few alpha releases of voting modules based on the Voting API.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Votingapi Widgets for Drupal 8.
It makes use of a “Rating” field, which you can customize and insert into your content.
Let’s start!
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There are a few alpha releases of voting modules based on the Voting API.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Votingapi Widgets for Drupal 8.
It makes use of a “Rating” field, which you can customize and insert into your content.
Let’s start!
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July 14, 2018
How to SEO Optimize Your Multilingual WordPress Site
If you have a multilingual website, it's worth thinking about the SEO challenges you'll face.
Most website owners only need to optimize for one language. Simply adding another language doubles the amount of optimization work you need to do. Plus, you need to think about another version of Google, with different competitors and different challenges.
SEO concerns a real with multilingual websites. In this guide, based on advice from the "How to Build Multilingual WordPress Sites" class, we'll focus on key ways you can improve your site's SEO.
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Most website owners only need to optimize for one language. Simply adding another language doubles the amount of optimization work you need to do. Plus, you need to think about another version of Google, with different competitors and different challenges.
SEO concerns a real with multilingual websites. In this guide, based on advice from the "How to Build Multilingual WordPress Sites" class, we'll focus on key ways you can improve your site's SEO.
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July 2, 2018
How to Create a Contact Form in Drupal 8
One of OSTraining’s members asked how to create a following web form with the Webform module:
The site has four regions to be contacted: NE, SE, NW, and SW.
Each region will have their own contact person/team.
The user must be able to select one or more of the regions to contact at the same time, using checkboxes.
All the submittions must be BCC-ed to the main administrator.
If needed, the site owner should be able to add one or more email recipients for each region.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to meet these user requirements using the Webform module.
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The site has four regions to be contacted: NE, SE, NW, and SW.
Each region will have their own contact person/team.
The user must be able to select one or more of the regions to contact at the same time, using checkboxes.
All the submittions must be BCC-ed to the main administrator.
If needed, the site owner should be able to add one or more email recipients for each region.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to meet these user requirements using the Webform module.
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Use Case: How to Create a Contact Form in Drupal 8
One of OSTraining’s members asked how to create a following web form with the Webform module:
The site has four regions to be contacted: NE, SE, NW, and SW.
Each region will have their own contact person/team.
The user must be able to select one or more of the regions to contact at the same time, using checkboxes.
All the submittions must be BCC-ed to the main administrator.
If needed, the site owner should be able to add one or more email recipients for each region.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to meet these user requirements using the Webform module.
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The site has four regions to be contacted: NE, SE, NW, and SW.
Each region will have their own contact person/team.
The user must be able to select one or more of the regions to contact at the same time, using checkboxes.
All the submittions must be BCC-ed to the main administrator.
If needed, the site owner should be able to add one or more email recipients for each region.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to meet these user requirements using the Webform module.
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June 29, 2018
The Magento 2 Explained Book is Here
Do you need to build an eCommerce site with Magento?
Today, we're delighted to say that the "Magento 2 Explained" book is here.
This book will teach everything you need to know to make a Magento 2 site.
Magento has a reputation for being a complex platform, but we've successfully explained similar software before with Drupal, Joomla and MySQL. This 300-page book is a fun and straightforward beginners guide to Magento 2.
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Today, we're delighted to say that the "Magento 2 Explained" book is here.
This book will teach everything you need to know to make a Magento 2 site.
Magento has a reputation for being a complex platform, but we've successfully explained similar software before with Drupal, Joomla and MySQL. This 300-page book is a fun and straightforward beginners guide to Magento 2.
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June 28, 2018
10 Tips to Improve Security of WordPress Website
WordPress is one of the simplest and versatile content management systems. Any beginner can quickly build a professional website with it.
It offers basic security out of the box to get you started. It also allows you to harden your site security.
In this post, you will learn 10 tips to easily enhance the security of your WordPress website even if you are a beginner.
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It offers basic security out of the box to get you started. It also allows you to harden your site security.
In this post, you will learn 10 tips to easily enhance the security of your WordPress website even if you are a beginner.
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