Open edX: How To Install an XBlock
Learn how to install an Open edX XBlock code extension with this detailed step-by-step how-to guide. This step-by-step guide works for any XBlock. Let’s get started!
February 2018
Add A Custom Static Page to Open edX
Learn how to add a custom static web page to your Open edX installation. This simple step-by-step how-to guide explains how to register the page with the Django router and where to store it on your Ubuntu server so that Nginx will serve it from the root of your site.
January 2018
Setup Google Analytics on Open edX
Get Google Analytics working on your Open edX platform with this simple step-by-step how-to guide. Covers Google site verification, Javascript snippet installation, Open edX code modifications.
Setup Your WordPress Site The Right Way
These 10 free enhancements will help you get the most value from your WordPress site. Setup SEO, SSL encryption, performance optimizations, site backups, and site security; all for free, and in a matter of only a few hours.
WordPress with AWS ELB and SSL
Learn how to secure and scale your WordPress site with an AWS Elastic Load Balancer configured for SSL encryption. This detailed step-by-step how-to guide will get you up and running quickly and painlessly.
Get A Free SSL Certificate From AWS
Learn how to get a free SSL certificate from AWS that you can use with AWS’ entire suite of cloud services. This detailed step-by-step how-to guide will help you to get your SSL certificate issued quickly and painlessly.
LetsEncrypt On Amazon Linux + Apache
Get your Letsencrypt SSL certificate working on your AWS EC2 Amazon Linux 1 Apache instance in just a few minutes with this detailed step-by-step how-to guide.
October 2017
Example Open edX lms.env.json
This is a sample configuration file for a hypothetical organization named Surf School. And no, there is not an Xblock to simulate surfing! This sample demonstrates which URLs you should, and should not modify when setting your fully-qualified domain name. You can also use this file as a reference to better understand which parameters should
Example Open edX cms.env.json
{ "ACTIVATION_EMAIL_SUPPORT_LINK": "", "AFFILIATE_COOKIE_NAME": "dev_affiliate_id", "ALTERNATE_WORKER_QUEUES": "lms", "ANALYTICS_DASHBOARD_NAME": "Surf School Insights", "ANALYTICS_DASHBOARD_URL": "https://www.surfschool.edu:18110/courses", "AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT": "email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com", "AWS_SES_REGION_NAME": "us-east-1", "BASE_COOKIE_DOMAIN": "studio.surfschool.edu", "BLOCK_STRUCTURES_SETTINGS": { "COURSE_PUBLISH_TASK_DELAY": 30, "TASK_DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY": 30, "TASK_MAX_RETRIES": 5 }, "BUGS_EMAIL": "surfschool@gmail.com", "BULK_EMAIL_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL": "surfschool@gmail.com", "BULK_EMAIL_EMAILS_PER_TASK": 500, "BULK_EMAIL_LOG_SENT_EMAILS": false, "CACHES": { "celery": { "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache", "KEY_FUNCTION": "util.memcache.safe_key", "KEY_PREFIX": "celery", "LOCATION": [ "localhost:11211" ], "TIMEOUT": "7200" }, "configuration": {