Notifications For Yoast SEO Scores in WordPress Posts
We’ve written about the PublishPress plugin before on this blog. In one popular post, we showed how to email WordPress users when a new post…
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.
The WooCommerce Explained Book Is Ready for WooCommerce 3.7
This week we’ve published a major update for WooCommerce Explained, the best-selling WooCommerce book. This book will teach you everything you need to know to…
New Book Update: Local Web Development With DDEV Explained
For many years, web developers have relied on WAMP, MAMP, XAMPP and other local development tools. However those tools have some severe limitations, particularly if…
Introducing the Flexbox Explained Book from OSTraining
Say “hello” to the 13th book from OSTraining. We’re delighted to announce the launch of “Flexbox Explained” by Jorge Montoya and Steve Burge. Flexbox Explained…
How to Give WordPress Users Their Own Content to Edit
One OSTraining user asked us if it was possible to give everyone their own content in WordPress. For example, is it possible to create a…
How to Build User Profiles With Fields in Drupal 8
By default, a Drupal 8 user account collects only very basic information about the user. And, most of that information is not visible to visitors…
There’s a New Version of the CSS Grid Explained Book
CSS Grid is revolutionizing webdesign For the last two decades, we’ve relied on CSS to lay out websites, but it has always been missing some…
How to Use the New Pre-Publish Checks in WordPress
It’s amazing how much has been written about the new Gutenberg editor for WordPress. But many people haven’t really started to the use Gutenberg in…
New Class: Your Introduction to WordPress Plugins
This week we continue to update our training for the new Gutenberg editor. “Your Introduction to WordPress Plugins” is a guide to WordPress plugins now…
Weglot Review: Translate Your WordPress Site
There are a lot of ways to translate your WordPress site. You can use an automatic translation widget such as Google Translate. You can use…
Announcing the JavaScript Explained Book by Zac Gordon
If you use WordPress in a professional way, you’ve probably come across Zac Gordon. Zac is an enthusiastic and charming teacher who focuses on JavaScript in…
The OSTraining Podcast #39: April Sides on Lullabot and Georgia.gov
In this week’s episode, I’m delighted to welcome April Sides. April is a Drupal developer who works for Lullabot, one of the biggest and most…
How to Embed Twitch Videos in WordPress Gutenberg
Twitch is a very popular video-streaming service, with around millions of broadcasters and 100s of million of viewers each month. Twitch is known for live streams of…
How to Embed Wistia Videos in Gutenberg WordPress
Wistia is a very cool video marketing service. It has a lot of features designed to make it easy to use videos in your marketing.…
How to Use the Group Block in Gutenberg WordPress
I’ve been using (and enjoying) Gutenberg more and more, and I’ve learned to work around its eccentricities and in many way it has made my…
How to Add Drupal Webforms to Content Types
An OSTraining member asked us if it was possible to connect Webforms to their content. I can imagine a lot of use-cases for this. For example,…
The OSTraining Podcast #38: Zac Gordon on Yoga, Teaching and React
In this week’s episode, I’m delighted to welcome back Zac Gordon. If you spend any time in the WordPress world, you’ve probably come across Zac.…
How to Embed Google Docs in WordPress Gutenberg
Google Docs is a very popular service that is part of Google’s Drive package. Using Google Docs, you can edit and share your documents in real-time.…
Free WordPress Sandbox Sites For OSTraining Members
WordPress is an amazingly powerful system, but many newcomers can find it hard to get started. A lot of the questions we get from beginners…
How to Update OSTraining Books on Amazon Kindle
All OSTraining books are available via Amazon. You can buy the books in Kindle format. We update the OSTraining books often, so people ask us…