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Heading to DrupalCon Denver

Once again this year, I'm teaching the "Absolute Beginner's Guide to Drupal" at DrupalCon. This will be the 3rd DrupalCon I've taught at - its a lot of fun and I get to meet some fantastic people!

Read more about it at OSTraining.com

 

 

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Its been a great year!  Thank you to all of our clients and friends.

Some highlights:

  • We've produced over 230 online training videos for OSTraining.com
  • We've been in the UK, Washington DC, Chicago, Austin, Indianapolis, Boston and more... teaching Joomla and Drupal to people from Pfizer to MIT
  • We've launched a number of sites in 2011
  • Rod is blogging again! (http://www.rodmartin.net)

May you have a blessed 2012!

 

We've Released Three New Joomla 1.6 Videos - Including ACL

It's January 10, 2011. Joomla 1.6 Stable should be released sometime before 11:59pm Hawaiian time today!

In preparation for that, we've put together 3 videos that will provide a great overview of what you'll need to know about administering a Joomla 1.6 site.

  • Part 1 - The Site, Users and Menu Management Menus (9:52)
  • Part 2 - The Articles, Components, Extensions and Help Menus (15:29)
  • Joomla 1.6 Access Control Lists (26:31)
They should give you a good start on your preliminary planning for 1.6

 

How the web is built - Static html vs the CMS

The folks over at W3Techs.com have released an interesting study on the distribution of web development styles.

A whopping 76% of websites are still not using a popular CMS.  This doesn't necessarily mean that they are static sites... many could be dynamic - using PHP or another tool... but only 24% are using a recognizable content management system like Joomla or WordPress.  


OSTraining Offers FREE Classes to Schools

This is a pretty cool!

Here's part of their announcement:

That landmark coincided with the holiday season so we celebrated by giving back: we held a free class for 16 non-profit organizations in Atlanta.

Fast forward almost a year and last week we hit another milestone: 200 live classes!  Those Joomla and Drupal classes were held all across North America and England, from Los Angeles to London and from Vancouver to Miami.

This year's landmark also coincided with the holiday season and so we've decided to give back again, only bigger and better:  


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We have a fantastic team of staff and contractors - designers, programmers and SEO/Social Networking experts. We can get it done!

Rod MartinRod Martin - CEO / Chief Designer

Rod has been working with technology since the late 80's.  He's managed award winning web teams, written a CMS from scratch and has created over 100 websites through the years. He is also the lead online trainer at OSTraining.com.

 

 

 

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Don Britton - Programmer

Don is fast and good.  His code is tight and he knows the software we use.

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Andy O'Neil - SEO / Social Networking

Andy is a proven talent in the area of SEO, Social Networking and Email Marketing.  His strategies have taken client sites well beyond their wildest expectations.

 

 

 

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Rachel Goetti - Graphic Design

Rachel is a young and gifted graphic designer.  She has an incredible eye for "cool" and can give you the edge you've been looking for.

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Dan Stelzer - Graphic Design

Dan is the designer behind the award winning Answers Magazine. His design and layout skills have put him at the top of his game.

 

 

 

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Bekah keeps projects and people on track. She prepares your monthly "Compass Check" - to help in planning and improving your online strategy.

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