New Video Class: Introduction to BuddyPress
BuddyPress is an add-on for WordPress that allows you to run your own social network. It includes member profiles, activity streams, user groups and more!…
Author: Rod Martin
Rod holds two masters degrees and has been training people how to do "things" for over 25 years. Originally from Australia, he grew up in Canada and now resides just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked in both the non-profit and for-profit worlds, in small companies and large corporations.
His extensive open source experience includes WordPress, Joomla and Drupal and he really knows how to help you get the most out of the system you chose.
Rod plays ice hockey a couple of times a week and rides his Goldwing motorcycle pretty much everywhere he can.
Updated Video Class: WooCommerce Part 2
As I mentioned last week, WooCommerce is one of the best choices for e-commerce on WordPress. WooCommerce really can transform your WordPress website into an…
Updated Video Class: WooCommerce
WooCommerce is one of the best choices for e-commerce on WordPress. WooCommerce really can transform your WordPress website into an excellent online store. Created by…
New Video Class: Using the Drupal Bootstrap Theme
If you’re interested in Drupal theming, then you really need this week’s new video class from Robert Ring called “Drupal and Bootstrap“. Bootstrap is the…
Drupal 8: What do Site-Builders Need to Know?
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working really hard on preparing training for Drupal 8. We’ll release the training close to the actual launch…
New Video Class: Build a WordPress Recipe Directory
WordPress can be used for a lot of things, including a directory site. In this class, Topher demonstrates this style of site as he creates…
New Video Class: Joomla 3 Security
Any website can get hacked. Keeping your Joomla website secure isn’t hard, but there are some basics that you simply must ensure get done. In…
New Video Class: Google Search Console
When it comes to getting your website noticed by the world, your best friend is Google. Many websites rely on Google for far over 50%…
New Video Class: Speeding Up Your Drupal Site
Drupal is a fantastic CMS, but it can be slow if the site is complex or on a underpowered server. With Google’s focus on site…
New Video Class: WordPress Donations with GiveWP
One of the most important areas of any not-for-profit website is donation management. The Give plugin is a robust donation management solution for WordPress. Give…
New Video Class: Build a Joomla Restaurant Site
In this week’s new video class, Rod demonstrates, in 10 easy steps, how to build a restaurant website with Joomla. During the class, Rod showcases…
New Video Class: phpMyAdmin
Here at OSTraining, we teach Drupal, Joomla, WordPress and touch on other software such as Magento. All of these platforms use MySQL as their default…
New Video Class: Introduction to Audacity
This week, we’re really proud to introduce our members to a high-quality open source product. Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder.…
New Video Class: Build a WordPress Bed and Breakfast Site
In this class, Topher builds a WordPress site that allows you to rent just about anything, but focusing on a Bed and Breakfast. Using the…
New Video Class: WordPress Quick Post Types and Metaboxes
In this short class, Topher takes an intermediate-level approach to quickly creating custom post types and meta boxes. First, using a plugin called GenerateWP, you’ll…
New Video Class: Drupal Contextual Views
In this advanced views class, Robert explores contextual filters. Contextual filters work similarly to regular filters, but there is one important difference. Instead of setting…
New Video Class: Drupal Advanced Rules
The Rules module adds amazing functionality to a Drupal site. A site builder can set up almost limitless “if this, then that” scenarios to manage…
New Video Class: WordPress NextGen Gallery Plugin
The NextGEN Gallery is one of the most popular WordPress gallery plugins, and with over 12 million downloads, it is one of the most popular…
New Video Class: Better Drupal Administration
In this week’s new class, Robert shows you how to add some great modules and a theme to make many aspects of Drupal administration much…
New Video Class: Exploring Drupal’s Glossary View
If you need a listing of content based on the first letter in the title, you need a glossary. In this class, Robert demonstrates how…