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What's Included?

Full video classes included:

  • From Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 2.5: Beginner, Intermediate class, SEO and Template Design classes
  • WordPress 3: Beginner and Intermediate classes
  • Drupal 7: Beginner and Intermediate classes
  • Coding: HTML and CSS classes

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Support included:

You also get access to our prestigious Support Forum where you get friendly same-day answers to all your training questions by trainers who care about you and your questions.

Additional items:

  • OSToolbar for Joomla and WordPress: Allows you to access your videos directly from your site without logging into OSTraining.com
  • Two free bonus Joomla templates: Bolt and Breeze.
  • Two free bonus Drupal themes: Bolt and Breeze.
  • Access to over 350 custom, student-requested tutorials. More added every day.
  • Privilege to request custom tutorials
  • Recommendations for Template/Theme providers (coupons included), Web Hosts, and developers.

Sample Videos

Joomla

Can I see some sample Joomla videos?

Yes, absolutely. Here are three videos from our Joomla classes:

Sample Beginner Class Video

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Sample Template Design Class Video

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WordPress

Can I see some sample WordPress videos?

Yes, absolutely. Here are two videos from our WordPress classes:

Sample Beginner Class Video

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Sample Intermediate Class Video

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Drupal

Can I see some sample Drupal videos?

Yes, absolutely. Here are two videos from our Drupal class:

Find and install new modules

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Installing the Webform Module

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Coding

Can I see some sample HTML and CSS videos?

Yes, absolutely. Here are two videos from our Coding classes:

Sample CSS Class Video

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Sample HTML Class Video

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Course Content

Joomla

Can I see a syllabus for the Joomla classes?

Yes, absolutely. Here is the syllabus for four of our classes:

Joomla Beginner Class (1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.5)

Introduction

  • Introduction to the Course
  • What is Joomla / What is a Content Management System?
  • How to get the most out of the Course
  • Resources you'll need for the course

Install

  • Local Installation on a Mac
  • Local Installation on a PC
  • Manual Installation at Your ISP
  • One Click Installation at Your ISP

Navigate

  • Navigating the Public Site
  • Navigating the Administrator Site

Create

  • The Joomla Workflow
  • The Category Manager
  • The Article Manager
  • Adding a New Article
  • Introduction to JCE
  • Creating Articles - Inserting and Formatting Text
  • Creating Articles - Inserting and Formatting Images
  • Creating Articles - Inserting Code
  • Featured Articles
  • Media Manager
  • Menu Manager
  • Link to an Article
  • Link to a Blog
  • Link to a List

Extend

  • Overview of Extensions
  • Extension Manager
  • Banners
  • Contacts
  • Messaging
  • Newsfeeds
  • Redirects
  • Search
  • Weblinks
  • Module Manager
  • New Modules
  • Plugins
  • Language Manager

Design

  • What is a Template?
  • Template Manager
  • Modifying Your Template

Manage

  • Global Configuration
  • User Manager
  • User Manager Options
  • ACL
  • Help Menu
  • Maintenance and Security of Your Joomla Site

Joomla Intermediate Class (1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.5)

Introduction

  • Introduction to the Course and File Downloads
  • Refresher on Joomla as a CMS
  • Installing a Joomla site from scratch
  • Installing a Joomla site using a host's one click
  • Under the hood - Directories, files, database
  • Joomla Warm Up

Content Editing

  • Overview of JCE
  • Installing & Configuring JCE
  • Row One and Two
  • Row Three and Four
  • Section tasks

Components

  • Intro / Directories / Files
  • Overview of Some Major Components
  • Sample Component - K2 - install / setup
  • Creating a blog with K2
  • Mass Content
  • Section Tasks

Modules

  • Intro / Directories / Files
  • Editing Modules
  • Module Positions and Modules in Articles
  • MetaMod
  • Section Tasks

Plugins

  • Intro / Directories / Files
  • Favorite Plugins
  • Section Tasks

Templates

  • Intro / Directories / Files
  • Simple edits - index.php
  • Simple edits - CSS
  • Adding a logo
  • Advanced Templates & Module Class Suffix
  • Section Tasks

Joomla Template Class (1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.5)

Introduction

  • Introduction to the Template Class
  • Introduction to Joomla templates
  • Resources you'll need on your Mac
  • Resources you'll need on your PC
  • Artisteer
  • Template Clubs

The Five Building Blocks of Templates

  • Building Block 1 - Table of Contents - templateDetails.xml
  • Building Block 2 - Template Framework - index.php
  • Building Block 3 - Template Style - /css/
  • Building Block 4 - Template Images - /images/
  • Building Block 5 - Template Security - index.html

Putting it All Together

  • Brief CSS tutorial
  • Step 1 - Setting up the template files
  • Step 2 - index.php
  • Step 3 - Finishing the CSS and index.php
  • Step 4a - Some Styling Tips & Tricks
  • Step 4b - Conditional Statements
  • Step 5 - templateDetails.xml

Slicing & Dicing with Photoshop

  • Slicing / Exporting the Background
  • Slicking / Exporting Elements
  • Final Site and CSS

Advanced Template Design Principles

  • Module Styles
  • Advanced Joomla CSS
  • Template Parameters
  • Template Overrides

Converting an HTML Design to Joomla

  • Introduction
  • Setting Up The Files
  • Header & Logo
  • More about the Header
  • The Menus
  • Main Content
  • Footer & Cleanup

Joomla Search Engine Class (1.5)

Introduction

  • Welcome to the Joomla SEO Class

Setting Up Your Joomla Site

  • Delete the Sample Content
  • edirect non-WWW to WWW

Metadata

  • Understanding Metadata
  • Creating Metadata
  • Metadata and Joomla
  • Automatic Metadata
  • Understanding the Alias

RSS Feeds

  • Understanding RSS Feeds
  • Creating a Joomla RSS Feed

Sitemaps

  • Understanding Sitemaps
  • Creating a Joomla Sitemap
  • Site Activities

Search Engine Friendly URLs

  • Why Use Search Engine Friendly URLs
  • Understanding Default Joomla URLs
  • Joomla 1.5 Search Engine Friendly URLs
  • Choosing a Joomla URL Extension

Analytics

  • Installing Google Analytics
  • Do Not Use Joomla Analytics Extensions
  • Google Analytics Goals
  • Tracking Joomla Searches

Duplicate Content

  • Understanding Duplicate Content
  • Less is More
  • Removing Unwanted Pages
  • Other Sites Duplicating Your Content

Internal Linking

  • Understanding Internal Linking
  • Use More Modules
  • Understanding Pagination
  • Understanding Breadcrumbs

Site Speed

  • Understanding Your Site Speed
  • Easy Joomla Speed Improvements

Migrating To or From Joomla

  • Understanding Site Migrations
  • Migrating Joomla Versions

Domain Names

  • Choosing a Domain Name
  • Country Code Domain Names

International Sites

  • International Sites
  • Automatic Translation Tools

Social Networking

  • When to Use Social Networking
  • Indexing User Profile Pages

External Links

  • Joomla and Google News
  • Understanding Reciprocal Links
  • Understanding Web 2.0 Links

Site Content

  • Understanding Site Content
  • Creating Targeted Pages
  • Understanding Site Architecture
  • Main Menu Links

Appendix - sh404SEF User Guide

  • Installation
  • Control Panel
  • sh404SEF Configuration
  • Configuration Main
  • Configuration Plugins
  • Configuration Languages
  • Configuration Advanced
  • Configuration By Component
  • Configuration Meta / SEO
  • Configuration Security
  • View Edit SEF Urls
  • View Edit 404 Logs
  • META tags
  • Common Errors

 

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WordPress

Can I see a syllabus for the WordPress classes?

Yes, absolutely. Here is a rundown on what's included in the two classes:

WordPress Beginner Class

Introduction

  • Introduction to the Course
  • How to Get the Most Out of the Course
  • What is WordPress?
  • Resources You'll Need for the Course

Setting the Foundation

  • Picking a Web Host
  • One Click Installations
  • Manual Installations
  • Navigating WordPress
  • Site Activities

Creating Content

  • Organizing Posts
  • Creating a Post
  • Inserting & Formatting Text
  • Inserting Images, Audio and Video
  • Managing Content
  • Site Activities

Additional Types of Content

  • Listing Links
  • Adding Pages
  • Moderating Comments
  • Site Activities

Controlling Your Blog

  • Users
  • Tools
  • Settings
  • Site Activities

Customizing Appearance

  • What is a Theme?
  • Finding & Installing Themes
  • Theme Settings
  • Widgets
  • Menus
  • Site Activities

Working with Plugins

  • What is a Plugin?
  • Finding & Installing Plugins
  • Recent Tweets
  • Adding a Contact Form
  • Adding a Photo Gallery
  • Site Activities

Maintaining Your Website

  • Comment Spam
  • Backups
  • Security & Updates
  • Site Activities

WordPress Intermediate Class

Section 1 - Introduction

  • Introduction to the Course

Section 2 - Running WordPress Locally

  • Your WordPress Server
  • Run WordPress on Your Mac
  • Run WordPress on Your PC
  • Using Real Content
  • Under the Hood: Files & Databases
  • Section Activities

Section 3 - Multisites

  • Enabling Multisites
  • Starting Your Network
  • Section Activities

Section 4 - Getting More Out of WordPress

  • Post Via Email
  • Boost SEO Results (All-In-One SEO)
  • Test Website Performance
  • Speed Up Your Site (W3 Total Cache)
  • Section Activities

Section 5 - Modifying Themes

  • Simple edits: HTML (& PHP)
  • Simple edits: CSS
  • Adding a Logo
  • Changing the Login Logo
  • Section Activities

Section 6 - Theme Frameworks

  • What is a framework?
  • Overview of Popular Frameworks
  • Creating a Simple Child Theme
  • Section Activities

Section 7 - Getting Social

  • Enhanced Comments
  • Discussion Forums
  • Social Networking
  • Making Your Theme BuddyPress Compatible
  • Section Activities

Section 8 - Set Up Shop

  • Overview of WP e-Commerce
  • Configuring Your Store
  • Adding Products
  • Section Activities

 

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Drupal

Can I see a syllabus for the Drupal classes?

Yes, absolutely. Here is a rundown on what's included in the two classes:

Drupal 7 Beginner Class

Introduction

  • Introduction to the Course
  • How to Get the Most Out of this Course
  • What is Drupal and What is a Content Management System?

Install

  • Manual Install with a Web Host
  • One Click Install with a Web Host

Navigate

  • Touring a Fresh Installation of Drupal
  • Update the Site’s Basic Information

Create

  • Introduction to Content Types
  • Creating an Article
  • Creating a Basic Page
  • Other Built-in Content Types
  • Creating a New Content Type
  • Another New Content Type
  • Editing / Deleting Content Types
  • Section Task
  • Adding Revisions
  • Formatting Fields
  • Introduction to Taxonomy

Extend

  • Introduction to The Drupal Site Layout
  • Polls
  • Blog
  • Find and install new modules
  • Webform
  • AddtoAny
  • Site Map

Design

  • Introduction to Themes
  • Find and Install New Themes
  • Applying Themes
  • Blocks
  • Menu Management

People

  • People Management
  • Roles and Permissions
  • Reports and Help Menu

Project 1: A Personal Website

  • The Project

Project 2: A Business Website

  • The Project

Bonus

  • Local install - Mac - Acquia Drupal
  • Local install - Windows - Acquia Drupal

Drupal 7 Intermediate Class

Introduction

  • Introduction to the Course
  • What is Drupal – what is a content management system (recap from Beginner class)

Install

  • Installing the Acquia Drupal Development Software

Warm up

  • Warm Up Tasks
  • Update Site Configuration

Warm up

  • Warm Up Tasks
  • Update Site Configuration

Create

  • Introduction to the Project
  • Adding the Poster
  • Adding the Parental Rating
  • Adding the Movie Length
  • Adding the Movie Genre
  • Adding the Release Date
  • Adding the User Rating
  • Adding the Short Summary
  • Adding the Watchlist
  • Adding the Trailer
  • Adding the Key People
  • Managing the Display

Extend

  • Introduction to Views
  • Populating our Site with the Devel Module
  • Create a Block View
  • Create a Page View
  • Create the IMDB Page View
  • Modify the IMDB Page View
  • Create the Actors Block View

Design

  • Introduction to Panels
  • Creating a New Homepage
  • Modifying the New Homepage
  • Redesigning an Existing Page/Node - Movie Reviews

Practice

  • Introduction to the Practice Assignment - whitehouse.gov
  • Set up a new site
  • Planning
  • Content Types
  • Fields
  • Add Content using Devel
  • Views: Photo of the Day
  • Views: Featured Legislation
  • Views: The Blog
  • Views: Featured Topics
  • Views: Slideshow of Headlines
  • Design: Theme and Blocks
  • Panels: Create Homepage

Create

  • Finish Up
  • Wrap Up

 

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Coding

Can I see a syllabus for the HTML and CSS classes?

Yes, absolutely. Here is a rundown of what's in the HTML and CSS classes:

HTML Class

Introduction

  • Introduction to the Course
  • Suggested Editors
  • Intro to Textmate
  • Course Project Overview

Text

  • Introduction to HTML
  • Text Formatting
  • Inline vs Block Element
  • Course Project

Anchors

  • Anchor Element
  • Course Project

Tables

  • Introduction to Tables
  • Table Attributes
  • Course Project

Lists

  • Introduction to Lists
  • Course Project

Images

  • Introduction to Images
  • Course Project

Miscellaneous HTML

  • Introduction to CSS
  • Spans and Divs
  • HTML Entities

Creating a Full HTML Document

  • Overview
  • Head, title tag and metatags
  • Course Project

HTML Validation

  • Validating the HTML Code

Applying to Your CMS

  • Using HTML in CMS Systems

Wrap Up

  • Wrap Up and Thank You

CSS Class

Introduction

  • Introduction to the Course

Getting Started

  • Suggested Editors
  • CSS Overview
  • Firebug

CSS Basics

  • CSS Syntax
  • Inline Styling
  • Separating Style from Markup
  • Separate Style Sheets
  • Getting Specific with CSS

CSS Typography

  • Font Transformation
  • Font Family

Styling CSS Elements

  • Block Elements
  • Inline Elements
  • Margins and Padding
  • Borders
  • Table Styline

IDs and Classes

  • Introduction to IDs and Classes
  • Advanced

Background Images

  • Introduction
  • Repeatable Images
  • Dimensions and Positioning

Positioning Elements

  • Intro to Floats
  • Fixing Floated Issues
  • Relative and Absolute Positioning

Quick Tips

  • Horizontal Nav
  • Column Layout
  • Overriding Styles
  • Commenting Code
  • Joomla CSS Tip #1
  • Joomla CSS Tip #2

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I get access to all the training classes?
Yes. All of our memberships give you access to Joomla, WordPress, Drupal and Coding training and support.

What do I need to watch the videos?
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If you signup for the 2 month subscription, you only pay $47 total and you get two full months of access. The same is true for the $99 and $150 levels.

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Yes, subscriptions do recur automatically until canceled. You can cancel at any time by logging in and clicking "Account" in the main menu and then "Unsubscribe".

How long does it take to enroll?
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You can use any major debit or credit card to purchase the training.  We also offer Paypal for those who would like to use Paypal instead.  All prices are in U.S. Dollars and currencies for international users will be automatically converted to U.S. Dollars without issues.

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We currently do not have a free trial offer, but we have a great refund policy should you not be satisfied with our training.

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  • United Nations
  • World Bank
  • International Finance Corporation
  • African Union
  • The White House
  • United States Department of Commerce
  • United States Department of Education
  • United States Department of Transport
  • United States Department of Energy
  • United States Department of Agriculture
  • United States Department of Defense
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • United States Department of Justice
  • United States Department of Health and Human Services
  • United States House of Representatives

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  • George Washington University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Oregon

Business

  • Apple
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • IBM
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Computer Sciences Corporation
  • Verizon Wireless
  • Time Magazine
  • National Association of Realtors
  • Corus Group
  • Unilever