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October 16, 2017
The OSTraining Podcast #10: Mendel Kurland
In this week's episode, I talk with Mendel Kurland.
If you've been to a WordCamp over the last few years, there's a good chance you've met Mendel Kurland. Mendel works for GoDaddy where he's played a central role in improving that company's reputation.
In this episode, Mendel tells his story: a journey from early start-up success in Iowa to a key role inside GoDaddy. Mendel is also starting a new project called Camp Press which encourages tech workers to get switch off and get outdoors.
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If you've been to a WordCamp over the last few years, there's a good chance you've met Mendel Kurland. Mendel works for GoDaddy where he's played a central role in improving that company's reputation.
In this episode, Mendel tells his story: a journey from early start-up success in Iowa to a key role inside GoDaddy. Mendel is also starting a new project called Camp Press which encourages tech workers to get switch off and get outdoors.
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October 11, 2017
Making Sure Your WordPress Site Complies with Google's Security Guidelines
Way back in 2014 Google made a push towards the use of HTTPS and SSL. Since then we all know that we need to check for the little lock on the address bar before we enter personal information. Right? But what does it mean for your website?
Learn in this post how to make sure your WordPress site complies with Google Security Guidelines.
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Learn in this post how to make sure your WordPress site complies with Google Security Guidelines.
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The WordPress Explained Book is Coming Soon
Do you need to build a WordPress site?
If you can wait a few weeks, the "WordPress Explained" book is coming to your rescue.
This book will teach everything you need to know to make a WordPress site. And, it will do it in plain English, with a simple step-by-step approach.
This book forms part of a web design library. Drupal 8 Explained, Joomla 3 Explained, and MySQL Explained are already available. Magento 2 Explained and WooCommerce Explained are scheduled for publication this year. Look for even more OSTraining books in 2018!
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If you can wait a few weeks, the "WordPress Explained" book is coming to your rescue.
This book will teach everything you need to know to make a WordPress site. And, it will do it in plain English, with a simple step-by-step approach.
This book forms part of a web design library. Drupal 8 Explained, Joomla 3 Explained, and MySQL Explained are already available. Magento 2 Explained and WooCommerce Explained are scheduled for publication this year. Look for even more OSTraining books in 2018!
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Introducing PublishPress: WordPress for Teams
PublishPress is a really useful WordPress plugin that our team have been working on as a side project.
The plugin is designed for any WordPress site with multiple team members. We developed it to help keep ourselves organized on a busy site with lots of writers creating lots of content. The slogan of the plugin is "WordPress for Teams".
The main feature is a big editorial calendar. You can create, reschedule and plan content from a single screen.
Click here to try a free demo of PublishPress.
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The plugin is designed for any WordPress site with multiple team members. We developed it to help keep ourselves organized on a busy site with lots of writers creating lots of content. The slogan of the plugin is "WordPress for Teams".
The main feature is a big editorial calendar. You can create, reschedule and plan content from a single screen.
Click here to try a free demo of PublishPress.
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October 9, 2017
Base, Small, Thumbnail and Swatch Images in Magento
If you add products to your Magento store, multiple versions of your image are created automatically.
When you're editing your product, you'll see four different image versions:
Base
Small
Thumbnail
Switch
What do those versions mean, and where will you find those different images on your site?
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When you're editing your product, you'll see four different image versions:
Base
Small
Thumbnail
Switch
What do those versions mean, and where will you find those different images on your site?
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October 5, 2017
Free Tickets for the Merge Show in Orlando
Lots of conferences follow a very standard format that you've seen many times before.
That is absolutely not true of the Merge Show in Orlando, Florida this month.
The Merge Show is a group of conferences that covers domain names, blockchain technology, CMS platforms, doing business in China, and multiple other topics. If you get a ticket for the Merge Show, you can wander between all these conferences.
The organizers hope this format will allow attendees to learn about lots of new technology, and also network with entirely new groups of people.
We have some free tickets to give away too!
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That is absolutely not true of the Merge Show in Orlando, Florida this month.
The Merge Show is a group of conferences that covers domain names, blockchain technology, CMS platforms, doing business in China, and multiple other topics. If you get a ticket for the Merge Show, you can wander between all these conferences.
The organizers hope this format will allow attendees to learn about lots of new technology, and also network with entirely new groups of people.
We have some free tickets to give away too!
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And Then Everyone Started Moving to React ...
Throughout 2017, the WordPress team has been building key new features using React, a Javascript framework developed by Facebook.
However, React has suffered from licensing complications. In mid-September, Matt Mullenweg announced that the WordPress team, and Automattic, were dropping the React framework:
the Gutenberg team is going to take a step back and rewrite Gutenberg using a different library. It will likely delay Gutenberg at least a few weeks, and may push the release into next year
This was big news, and a notable set-back for WordPress's development.
Then everything changed again.
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However, React has suffered from licensing complications. In mid-September, Matt Mullenweg announced that the WordPress team, and Automattic, were dropping the React framework:
the Gutenberg team is going to take a step back and rewrite Gutenberg using a different library. It will likely delay Gutenberg at least a few weeks, and may push the release into next year
This was big news, and a notable set-back for WordPress's development.
Then everything changed again.
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React All the Things on All the Platforms
Throughout 2017, the WordPress team has been building key new features using , developed by Facebook.
However, React has had licensing issues, In mid-September, Matt Mullenweg announced that the WordPress team, and Automattic, were dropping the React framework:
the Gutenberg team is going to take a step back and rewrite Gutenberg using a different library. It will likely delay Gutenberg at least a few weeks, and may push the release into next year
This was big news for WordPress, and a notable set-back for the project's development.
Things everything changed again.
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However, React has had licensing issues, In mid-September, Matt Mullenweg announced that the WordPress team, and Automattic, were dropping the React framework:
the Gutenberg team is going to take a step back and rewrite Gutenberg using a different library. It will likely delay Gutenberg at least a few weeks, and may push the release into next year
This was big news for WordPress, and a notable set-back for the project's development.
Things everything changed again.
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October 4, 2017
What New Features Are Available in Drupal 8.4?
Every six months, the Drupal team get to release new features.
This is a major change in Drupal 8. Whereas Drupal 7 never had any new features, Drupal 8 has had three significant updates, with Drupal 8.1, Drupal 8.2 and Drupal 8.3.
So what new features are available in 8.4?
I'm glad you asked! We made a short video with our friends at Acquia, introducing all the changes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvjNM...
New or Updated Modules in 8.4
Perhaps the major theme with 8.4 is a major push to make progress with experimental modules.
Before now only one experimental module (Big Pipe) has become stable. In contrast, 5 important modules went stable in 8.4:
Workflows
Layout Discovery
Media
DateTime Range
Inline Form Errors
The first three modules form the basis of Drupal's new content moderation, layout and media management systems.
Although this is great progress, I do need to add two notes of caution.
First, the Migrate modules are stilll not stable. This will continue to...
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This is a major change in Drupal 8. Whereas Drupal 7 never had any new features, Drupal 8 has had three significant updates, with Drupal 8.1, Drupal 8.2 and Drupal 8.3.
So what new features are available in 8.4?
I'm glad you asked! We made a short video with our friends at Acquia, introducing all the changes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvjNM...
New or Updated Modules in 8.4
Perhaps the major theme with 8.4 is a major push to make progress with experimental modules.
Before now only one experimental module (Big Pipe) has become stable. In contrast, 5 important modules went stable in 8.4:
Workflows
Layout Discovery
Media
DateTime Range
Inline Form Errors
The first three modules form the basis of Drupal's new content moderation, layout and media management systems.
Although this is great progress, I do need to add two notes of caution.
First, the Migrate modules are stilll not stable. This will continue to...
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How to Create Fancy Pagers in your Drupal Views with Pagerer
The Pagerer module provides additional preset styles for Drupal standard pages and Views. It is a very simple module with styling options for everyone.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to add a pager to a View with Pagerer. Let's get started.
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to add a pager to a View with Pagerer. Let's get started.
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