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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

 

 

The Latest

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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Our Philosophy

7 principles drive NavigateTomorrow's philosophy...

When you're finding your place online, we help steer you in the right direction.  Its all about the compass you use...

  • C.ustomer First - 'nuff said.

  • logo_notextO.pen Source - we use open source software (as opposed to expensive proprietary software) such as Joomla, Drupal, WordPress and Moodle to create your online strategy.

  • M.obile Ready - our sites are ready for however people want to see you.

  • P.resentation Matters - "You eat with your eyes before your mouth"... presentation does matter - so whether its a website or a powerpoint presentation - we'll make you look good.

  • A.ffordable - we're not cheap... but you won't lose your proverbial shirt working with us.

  • S.earch Engine Optimized - its the heart and soul of your reach to the world.  Not everyone can do it - we can.

  • S.ocial Networking Strategy - no longer a "fad", you need a social networking strategy - we can create that for you.

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