Official Bluehost Blog » Open Source http://www.bluehost.com/blog Fri, 10 May 2013 21:19:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bluehost partners with PrestaShop http://www.bluehost.com/blog/open-source/bluehost-partners-with-prestashop-1336?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bluehost-partners-with-prestashop http://www.bluehost.com/blog/open-source/bluehost-partners-with-prestashop-1336#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:00:56 +0000 Bluehost http://www.bluehost.com/blog/?p=1336 Thanks to a new partnership with PrestaShop, Bluehost users can now take advantage of a great open-source solution to create a great Ecommerce website. PrestaShop is one of the most reliable and flexible ways to sell online. A leader in e-commerce software, PrestaShop allows you to easily install, build, and maintain a secure, professional shopping experience.

To learn how to install PrestaShop into a new or existing site, watch our new video tutorial!

Following the open source model, PrestaShop is a free solution designed to assist business owners in creating online stores and increasing sales with very little effort. PrestaShop already powers more than 125,000 active online stores globally and is available in 43 languages. It comes fully equipped with 300+ features including catalog management, product display tools, site management, client accounts, translations, advanced security options, and so much more!

 

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Bluehost was a proud diamond sponsor of OSCON 2012. We had a blast with great sessions, met great developers, and of course played some mean Ping Pong.

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Bluehost is committed to open source. From our data center to the programs our customers rely on every day, our business is built on it. So we’re always looking for ways to give back. This year we were privileged to be a diamond sponsor of the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), one of the world’s largest and most significant open source conferences.

We had a great week in Portland. We met a lot of great developers, learned a ton, and made a few BIG announcements. Here are some highlights!

Best Booth Ever

We wanted everyone at OSCON to know just how seriously we take our commitment to open source, so we built a massive Bluehost lounge front & center in the exhibit hall, complete with a comfy couch, super padded carpet, an awesome display showcasing live traffic to our website, and of course… a world-class Ping Pong table.

Lots of people had a blast playing against our robot. Tim O’Reilly stopped by a few times to take on Alfred. Check out who won!

Awesome Prizes

Nexus 7 Raffle
The latest tablet, up for grabs. With hundreds of entries submitted, we held our raffle on Thursday at 4pm. The lucky winner? Fred T. Congrats Fred!

Ping Pong Tournament
We held a 16-person single-elimination tournament at 1pm on Thursday. The competition was fierce. Who knew so many OSCON attendees would be so good at Ping Pong? At the end of the day Martin pulled out the win. He walked away with the flat screen TV, significant bragging rights, and a title to defend.

Play Bluehost to Win
Conference participants were invited to stop by our lounge for a chance to win a free year of web hosting. All they had to do was beat a Bluehost player. Not many were able to equal our CEO Dan Handy or Affiliate Manager Alfred Najem, so we gave contestants a few point head start.

Ping Pong Table Giveaway
Instead of bringing our Ping Pong table back with us to Provo, we offered it as a prize in the OSCON raffle. Participants had to collect all the required trading cards to enter the drawing.

Announcements

O’Reilly Radar Report
At Bluehost we work closely with both small businesses and open source developers, and we’ve noticed that all too often these two communities seem unaware of the impact they have on one another. To help bridge this gap we sponsored an O’Reilly report that examines the impact of open source on small business. We provided anonymous customers usage data and performed a survey to explore how open source helps small businesses. The paper made some startling discoveries. For example, it turns out the economic benefit of open source software to Bluehost customers alone amounts to over $12 billion dollars!

Watch the roundtable discussion with Tim O’Reilly, Bluehost CEO Dan Handy, EIG VP Technology John Mone, O’Reilly Media Director of Market Research Roger Magoulas, and O’Reilly AuthorMike Hendrickson.

BOSS
Bluehost has long supported open source. After all, we and our customers rely on great open source tools every day. To do even more we’ve launched the Bluehost Open Source Solutions program, or BOSS. It’s designed to make leveraging Bluehost resources in support of open source development easier than ever. Headed by our Director of Open Source Outreach, BOSS offers open source developers unprecedented resources to help them succeed. Learn more at bluehost.com/BOSS.

Bluehost.com/OpenSource
Bluehost is committed to open source, and now we have a centralized hub from which to base our efforts. From here we’ll make announcements, promote new initiatives and open source developments, share resources, communicate ways we can help, etc…

Keynote Address

John Mone, EVP Technology for our parent company (Endurance International Group), gave a keynote address highlighting the impact of open source on small business and the economy. Check it out!

Sponsored Sessions

Jared Smith, our Director of Open Source Outreach, spoke on Asterisk, a leading open source telecommunications platform. We weren’t able to get video, but people loved it. Bluehost Senior Developer Jason Hall expounded on the role of open source in supporting enterprise-level billing systems. We did manage to record his presentation and we uploaded it to our YouTube channel.

O’Reilly also posted several great videos on their channel, so check them out. OSCON 2012 was a blast. And make sure to save the date for next summer!

]]> http://www.bluehost.com/blog/bluehost/bluehost-oscon-2012-recap-1258/feed 0 How to Use WordPress Tutorial http://www.bluehost.com/blog/open-source/how-to-use-wordpress-video-series-266?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-use-wordpress-video-series http://www.bluehost.com/blog/open-source/how-to-use-wordpress-video-series-266#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:00:35 +0000 Bluehost http://blog.bluehost.com/?p=266 Here at Bluehost, we LOVE WordPress. It’s one of the best and easiest tools for building a full-blown website. And we’re not the only ones who think so: over 50% of all new websites are built with it and over 14% of existing sites already use it!

Our servers are optimized to host WordPress sites and our one-click installer makes it easy to get up and running in seconds. Still, to make it even easier for those new to WordPress, we’ve recently created video series demonstrating how to use it, step-by-step, click-by-click, and uploaded it to our Bluehost YouTube channel. Check it out and let us know what you think!

WordPress began as a blogging tool, but it has evolved over time: now it’s a full-blown content management system (CMS), which means it lets you to build a website without having to learn HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc… Instead you just install WordPress on your Bluehost hosting account and log into an administrative “back-end” tool (or “Dashboard” as WordPress calls it). There you can upload pictures, add text, install free plugins, create pages, change the look and feel of the website, and more! WordPress handles all the complicated coding work for you so all you have to do is click publish.

Still, as with any tool, it does take a few minutes to learn how to use it. Our new WordPress Walkthrough series covers everything you need to know, from how to install it on your Bluehost hosting account to how to build real, functioning web pages. We demonstrate how to:

  • create a home page
  • change the theme and appearance add a photo gallery
  • make a static page
  • upload a resume
  • add a blog
  • install and use plugins
  • insert pictures
  • remove comments from pages
  • and much more…

We’ve tried to make the videos quick, crisp, & clear as they guide you through the process of building a website step-by-step. In fact, you can visit the actual site we created to see the finished product! Check it out here: www.examplewordpress1.com

And we’re making more videos just like this, so make sure you don’t miss out! Subscribe to our Bluehost YouTube Channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter! And as always, let us know what you think and what you’d like to see next!

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