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February 7, 2016
The 2015 OSTraining Report
This week marks six years since we launched online training here at OSTraining. And, it's now nearly ten years since we started training people to use open source software.
It's humbling to think that some of you have been keeping us in business since 2006.
If you're a business owner, you've seen both crazy years and quiet years. 2015 was a crazy year for us and filled with major turning points. So many in fact, that it took me until February to write this report!
Here's a look back at OSTraining in 2015 and a look forward to 2016.
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It's humbling to think that some of you have been keeping us in business since 2006.
If you're a business owner, you've seen both crazy years and quiet years. 2015 was a crazy year for us and filled with major turning points. So many in fact, that it took me until February to write this report!
Here's a look back at OSTraining in 2015 and a look forward to 2016.
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February 4, 2016
Add Custom JavaScript into your WordPress Site
In some situations, you may need to add custom Javascript to your site. Normally, this would involve modifying your theme files.
However there is a less intrusive alternative. "Header and Footer Scripts" is a plugin to add custom JavaScript to WordPress without modifying your theme.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how this useful plugin works.
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However there is a less intrusive alternative. "Header and Footer Scripts" is a plugin to add custom JavaScript to WordPress without modifying your theme.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how this useful plugin works.
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New Video Class: Drupal 7 Module Development
This week's new video class is "Drupal 7 Module Development".
This massive new course is 57 videos long and covers everything you need to know when starting to create Drupal modules.
This class was created in partnership with Acquia, and you'll learn all the best practices from Drupal's top company.
You'll learn how to leverage Drupal's API to create custom modules. You'll develop several modules using step-by-step instructions to hook into Drupal's existing functionality.
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This massive new course is 57 videos long and covers everything you need to know when starting to create Drupal modules.
This class was created in partnership with Acquia, and you'll learn all the best practices from Drupal's top company.
You'll learn how to leverage Drupal's API to create custom modules. You'll develop several modules using step-by-step instructions to hook into Drupal's existing functionality.
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February 2, 2016
You Should Use the Drupal Security Review Module
There are two really useful checklist modules in Drupal:
The SEO Checklist module gives you a rundown of all the search-engine optimization fixes you can make.
The Security Review module automatically tests for easy-to-make security errors.
In this video, taken from our Drupal 7 Security class, Robert introduces the Security Review module. He shows you how to fix some of the most common errors found by the module, such as "Base URL is not set in settings.php" and "Some files and directories in your install are writable". Even if you think your site is safe, give the Security Review module and you may well find something you missed.
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The SEO Checklist module gives you a rundown of all the search-engine optimization fixes you can make.
The Security Review module automatically tests for easy-to-make security errors.
In this video, taken from our Drupal 7 Security class, Robert introduces the Security Review module. He shows you how to fix some of the most common errors found by the module, such as "Base URL is not set in settings.php" and "Some files and directories in your install are writable". Even if you think your site is safe, give the Security Review module and you may well find something you missed.
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What Are WordPress Template Tags?
In this video, we're going to take a look at WordPress template tags.
If you're a PHP developer, you'll recognize that template tags are simply functions. They are used to either do something or return something inside your WordPress template files.
WordPress template tags are often clearly and simply named. For example, here's the tag used to display the author of the current post or page:
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If you're a PHP developer, you'll recognize that template tags are simply functions. They are used to either do something or return something inside your WordPress template files.
WordPress template tags are often clearly and simply named. For example, here's the tag used to display the author of the current post or page:
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February 1, 2016
Replacements in Joomla with Rereplacer and Regular Expressions
Rereplacer by NoNumber is a popular extension to replace almost any content in Joomla. We have a beginner tutorial on using Rereplacer.
This is a more advanced Rereplacer extension. Did you know that you can use Replacer to replace the HTML of several elements that have the same structure but not exactly the same content? You can do that with Rereplacer and regular expressions.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you to Rereplacer and regular expressions to update various articles with similar HTML structures..
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This is a more advanced Rereplacer extension. Did you know that you can use Replacer to replace the HTML of several elements that have the same structure but not exactly the same content? You can do that with Rereplacer and regular expressions.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you to Rereplacer and regular expressions to update various articles with similar HTML structures..
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Doug's Success Story with OSTraining
When you give personalized, hand-holding mentoring and support, you get to know some of your students really well. I remember when Doug Beale came to OSTraining in 2012 and I started helping him with his first sites. Anyone could have seen that Doug was getting the most out of our training because he was working hard to master his web design skills.
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How to Embed Flickr Photos in Joomla
If you use Joomla, then you've had problems with embeds.
Before the launch of the OSEmbed extension, it was difficult to reliably embed any outside sources into your Joomla articles.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to embed Flickr photos into Joomla.
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Before the launch of the OSEmbed extension, it was difficult to reliably embed any outside sources into your Joomla articles.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to embed Flickr photos into Joomla.
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Replacements in Joomla with ReReplacer and Regular Expressions
ReReplacer by NoNumber is a popular extension to replace almost any content in Joomla. We have a beginner tutorial on using ReReplacer.
This is a more advanced ReReplacer tutorial. In this tutorial we're going to show you how to update elements on your site that are similar, but not exactly the samey. You can do that with ReReplacer and regular expressions.
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This is a more advanced ReReplacer tutorial. In this tutorial we're going to show you how to update elements on your site that are similar, but not exactly the samey. You can do that with ReReplacer and regular expressions.
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January 29, 2016
How to Backup and Restore a Drupal 8 Site
Drupal 8 is here and ready to use right now.
However, not all of the contributed modules are available yet. That includes the Backup and Migrate module, which was the most popular way to backup and restore Drupal 7 sites.
These four videos, sponsored by the excellent team at InMotion Hosting, offer a backup and restore solution that you can use with Drupal 8 today.
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However, not all of the contributed modules are available yet. That includes the Backup and Migrate module, which was the most popular way to backup and restore Drupal 7 sites.
These four videos, sponsored by the excellent team at InMotion Hosting, offer a backup and restore solution that you can use with Drupal 8 today.
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