The Absolute Beginners Guide to Podcasting: Preparation
Welcome to the first part of our series on podcasting for beginners. Here are all 5 parts of the series: Part 1: Preparation (you’re reading…
Padding vs Margin for Web Design Spacing
Spacing is important for web design. Spacing is about giving every piece of content its own space on the screen. We use margin and padding…
Drag-and-Drop Featured Image Plugin in WordPress
Sometimes the process of assembling all the pieces of a WordPress post can be a little confusing. Part of that process is dealing with the…
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…
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…
Please Take the OSTraining 2015 Survey
Hi Everyone, Once every year, we ask you for your opinion about OSTraining. We ask for your feedback on 3 things: What we’re doing right…
Talking with Andy Miller from RocketTheme about Grav
In August last year we reviewed Grav, a new CMS from Andy Miller and the RocketTheme team. Andy’s done great work over the years. RocketTheme…
The wp_mail() Function in WordPress
PHP has a built-in function called mail() that allows you to send email. The advantage of mail() is that it’s very easy to use. The…
Show the WordPress Login Inside Your Theme
This week, one OSTraining member asked us whether it was possible to improve the login experience in WordPress. The member wondered if they could make…
When Time Began: The PHP Date Function
PHP has a wonderful function called date(). It simply returns a date, in the format you request, and you can either print it or store…
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…
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…
10 CMS Predictions for 2015
The last couple of years have been quiet in the CMS world. Large, existing projects produced almost no major releases. New projects often showed steady…
1 Great Thing in 2014: Meteor
Ever since I found out about Node.js, I was intrigued by its potential. It had a lot of great features (ex. asynchronous I/O, event-driven, etc),…
1 Great Thing in 2014: Docker
What a year! 2014 was my entry year in OSTraining and I couldn’t be more pleased. To meet all the team and work with them…
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…
1 Great Thing in 2014: Mobile is Eating the World
I listen to hundreds of podcasts every year, while I’m driving, running or working in the garden. So, for this week’s blog series called “1…
1 Great Thing in 2014: Joomla World Conference
Many things happened in 2014. The redesign of OSTraining, the rebirth of Alledia and my favorite event of the year hosted in my country: the…
1 Great Thing in 2014: Joining OSTraining
I never could have guessed that when I moved from Colorado to Portland, Oregon, it would result in my joining the OSTraining team. By happy…
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…