The OSTraining Podcast #1: David Bisset and WordCamp Miami
In the first episode of the OSTraining podcast I talk with David Bisset of WordCamp Miami. David runs one of the most popular WordCamps in…
Author: Steve Burge
Steve is the founder of OSTraining. Originally from the UK, he now lives in Sarasota in the USA. Steve's work straddles the line between teaching and web development.
Say Hello to the OSTraining Podcast
I’ve had the pleasure of being in the open source world for around 15 years and meeting some incredible people. Listen to the new OSTraining…
New Class: The Wright Framework for Joomla Templates
Wright is bootstrapped, responsive and lightweight. It’s the best Joomla framework you’ll find anywhere. In this week’s class, “The Wright Framework for Joomla templates“, you’ll…
The Completely Updated Joomla 3 Explained is Here
Today, we’re delighted to launch Joomla 3 Explained. This is a completely updated version of the best-selling and best-reviewed Joomla 3 book. The book covers…
A Guided Tour of WordPress’s wp-config.php File
The single most important file in your entire WordPress Installation is wp-config.php. Your WordPress website is made up of two elements: a WordPress database, and…
Expanded Class: How to Use Ecwid for eCommerce Sites
If you want to set up an online store, and don’t want to set up a new website, then Ecwid is a great solution. Ecwid…
How to Use Tokens in Drupal Fields
Token is one of the 3 most popular modules in Drupal. It allows you to use small placeholders to automatically complete tasks. To take a…
Automatically Populate Drupal Fields From Other Content
One of our members wanted to automatically fill in Drupal fields from another node. It took a little experimentation, but we managed to make it…
5 Reasons Not to Require Composer in Your CMS
Some people love Composer. They use it to build their PHP projects and manage all the external libraries and dependencies. They love it so much…
New Class: Drupal 8 Composer and Configuration Management
Drupal development is changing fast, and with Drupal 8 there are lots of new tools to explore. This week’s new class is called “Drupal 8…
Dark Sidebar Menus with White Icons and Text
This week a friend commented to me that too many user interfaces look like WordPress. That’s crazy talk, I thought, until I started Googling around.…
What Are Experimental Modules in Drupal?
Drupal 8 introduced an interesting new approach called “experimental modules”. These experimental modules are included in the Drupal core, and have inspired several questions from…
New Class: How to Develop WordPress Plugins
This week’s new class is “How to Develop WordPress Plugins“. The class a step-by-step guide to building your first WordPress plugin. We’ve released the first…
After Years of Decline, Magento is Spending and Growing
A couple of years ago, Magento appeared to be a dying platform lost inside eBay’s corporate ownership. The software was being poorly developed, and their…
Lessons Learned from 10 Years of Selling Subscriptions
We first launched a website selling subscriptions in 2007. In the five years since then, we’ve sold subscriptions to tens of thousands of people. During…
DrupalCon Baltimore Will Be Popular, Controversial, and Worth Attending
Yes, this is a bumpy time for Drupal. The Drupal controversy continues to rumble on with plenty community posts, and articles in major publications like Inc and…
Lessons Learned from 10 Years of Video Hosting
One of the features that our members most often want is to host videos on their site. As it happens, we’ve learned a little about…
The Bigger Picture Surrounding the Drupal Controversy
This has not been a fun couple of weeks in the Drupal community. If you’ve missed the events, you can catch up with this list…
Make Sure to Test Your Site With Adblockers Enabled
Today, we had two of those super-frustrating, but ultimately educational moments in web development. We loaded up a new image to our site. It seemed…
What New Features Will You See in Drupal 8.3?
Drupal 8.3 arrives this week. Our training classes are already up-to-date for Drupal 8.3, but what’s new in this latest version? Let’s dive in and…