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    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.
    WordPress Publish Plugin

    New Video Class: How to Publish Your Plugin at WordPress.org

    So you have that shiny new plugin you created for your WordPress site and you’d love to share it with the world! But you’re not…

    Rod Martin January 19, 2015
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    WordPress BackWPup

    New Video Class: WordPress BackWPup

    One of the most important things you should do with your WordPress site is maintain a regular schedule of backups. In this class, Topher demonstrates…

    Rod Martin January 19, 2015
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    WordPress BackupBuddy

    New Video Class: WordPress BackupBuddy

    When it comes to safely and regularly backing up your WordPress site, there’s probably no better plugin than BackupBuddy from iThemes. In this class, Topher…

    Rod Martin January 13, 2015
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    Joomla Template Tricks

    New Video Class: Joomla Template Tricks

    In this class, Barb dives into the world of Joomla templates. Specifically, she looks at the classes that Joomla templates output, and how you can…

    Rod Martin January 13, 2015
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    WordPress PHP Code Sniffer

    New Video Class: WordPress PHP Code Sniffer

    WordPress and many other open source projects have coding standards for how developers should write their PHP code. In our new video class, Topher, our…

    Rod Martin January 7, 2015
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    Editing Plugins with PHP Code Sniffer

    New Video Class: Editing Plugins with PHP Code Sniffer

    In this class, Topher shows you how to improve and contribute to a WordPress plugin. Beginning with a fork of the plugin on Github, Topher…

    Rod Martin January 7, 2015
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    1 Great Thing in 2014: Wistia

    Reflecting back on 2014 with OSTraining, my mind settles on the most important decision we made for the delivery of our online training; the move…

    Rod Martin January 6, 2015
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    Joomla Video Hosting

    New Video Class: Joomla Video Hosting

    Videos grab your attention. Videos can teach people, videos can move people and they can even make kittens famous! Where you host all your videos…

    Rod Martin December 30, 2014
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    Update Joomla 2.5 to 3

    New Video Class: Updating Joomla 2.5 to 3

    Joomla 2.5 reaches the end-of-life on December 31st, 2014. While this doesn’t mean your Joomla 2.5 website will stop working, it does mean that the…

    Rod Martin December 24, 2014
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    Update Drupal Core

    New Video Class: Updating Drupal Core

    This week’s Drupal class is essential for anyone who manages a Drupal website. In this class, Robert demonstrates how to properly update Drupal core. Since…

    Rod Martin December 15, 2014
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    Build a WordPress Widget

    New Video Class: Build a WordPress Widget

    This week’s WordPress class is essential for anyone who wants to develop advanced WordPress sites. In this class, Topher demonstrates how to build a WordPress…

    Rod Martin December 10, 2014
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    Build the Restaurant Theme

    New Video Class: Build a WordPress Restaurant Theme With Make

    This week’s WordPress class will be very useful if you’re interested in custom themes and adding functionality to plugins. These new videos follow on directly…

    Rod Martin December 3, 2014
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    Drupal Advanced Views Displays

    New Video Class: Drupal Advanced Views

    Views is one of the most important modules in Drupal 7. Views allows you to build sophisticated database queries without touching any code. Views enables…

    Rod Martin November 26, 2014
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    Joomla Template Overrides

    New Video Class: Template Overrides for Joomla

    In this week’s new Joomla class, Barb Ackemann shows you how to change the default Joomla output for components and modules. With Joomla’s override system,…

    Rod Martin November 11, 2014
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    New Video Class: Drupal FileField Sources Module

    The FileFieldSources module makes the Drupal file upload system much more user-friendly. In our new video class, “the Drupal FileField Sources Module“, Brian shows us…

    Rod Martin November 11, 2014
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    New Video Class: Build a WordPress Restaurant Site

    In our new video class, “Build a Restaurant Site“, Topher teaches you how to use WordPress to create a tasteful restaurant website. Topher uses the…

    Rod Martin November 3, 2014
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    New Video Class: Drupal LoginToboggan

    The LoginToboggan module offers several useful improvements to the Drupal login system. In our new video class, “the Drupal LoginToboggan Module“, Brian shows us how…

    Rod Martin November 3, 2014
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    Seblod

    New Video Class: SEBLOD for Joomla

    In this week’s new Joomla class, James Morrell shows you how to build a restaurant website using SEBLOD, a content construction kit (CCK) for Joomla!.…

    Rod Martin October 20, 2014
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    Why Drupal

    New Video Class: Why Drupal?

    In this week’s new Drupal class, Rod Martin helps you consider if Drupal is right for your next web project. If you’re new to Drupal,…

    Rod Martin October 20, 2014
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    New Video Class: Build a Drupal Site

    One of the most difficult things for Drupal beginners is understanding how the many pieces fit together. How do you make sense of Views, Panels,…

    Rod Martin October 15, 2014
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