Oxygen has a pretty steep learning curve, even if you have a lot of development experience with other builders.
That’s not a bad thing. Oxygen gives you a lot of power and actually does things properly (like giving you IDs and classes and a blank canvas) where other builders try to dumb things down (and ultimately limit you).
Nevertheless, LOTS of mistakes are made by people who are new to Oxygen (I’d say 1 year of experience or less, but I often see some of these mistakes still being made in year 2-3).
In this video I cover the top 20 mistakes (at least the top 20 I could think of when prompted to do this video).
I shot this in one take on the fly and didn’t worry about the time limit, so you get everything exactly as it came out of my brain. I’m giving you a solid 90 minutes of value here. Take what you need and leave the rest.
Join the Inner Circle:
Get Automatic.css:
More info on px vs relative units:
Columns vs Grid in Oxygen:
Creating Image Cards Properly in Oxygen:
How to Migrate an Oxygen Website Properly:
0:00 Intro
01:12 Styling IDs
11:50 Random Class Naming
23:00 Not Locking Classes
26:46 Using The Columns Module
29:49 Single Section Content
32:11 Multiple Topics in One Section
33:09 Not Using Semantic HTML Tags
39:08 Using Divs to Create Lists
45:02 Using Pixels
49:15 Improper Heading Levels
53:55 Setting Heading Size in Global Settings
01:01:03 Using Static Images
01:04:12 Background Images vs Real Images
01:09:05 Improper Pagination
01:13:00 Not Using CPTs & Repeaters
01:16:04 Not Creating a 404 Template
01:19:22 Naming Colors Literally
01:23:37 Writing CSS in Modules
01:28:03 Creating Blog Posts With Oxygen
01:31:58 Improper Migration
