How to Align Text With a Diagonal Image
One OSTraining customer asked for a way to align text next to a diagonal image, while keeping space between both elements. My first thought was…
Author: Valentin Garcia
Valentin discovered Joomla in 2010, and since then he has considered it as the best CMS. Valentin has been coding extensions and templates for Joomla for many years and truly enjoys helping people build their own websites with Open Source tools.
He lives in San Julián, Jalisco, México.
Debug Your Designs on iOS Devices With BrowserStack
BrowserStack is a tool that we constantly rely on at OSTraining. It’s an online service that makes it easy to do cross-browser compatibility testing. Whenever we…
How to Take and Annotate Screenshots with BrowserStack
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One of our members asked for a way to reorder his WordPress posts. Luckily, with Simple Custom Post Order plugin this task is a piece…
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WordPress does provide a default comments system. However, many people find the default comments to be limited and hard to manage. I’ve seen a lot…
Is Robots.txt Blocking the Right Files on My Site?
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Decide Where to Show WordPress Widgets with Dynamic Widgets
This week an OSTraining member had a question: “How do I show a WordPress widget on one page, but disable it on other pages? Our…
Discover Which Sites Are Copying your Content
Copyscape is a great tool to know if other websites copied your content. For SEO purposes, it’s always a good idea to keep an eye on…
Test Your Site on Real iOS Devices with BrowserStack
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Create 301 and 302 URL Redirections in Drupal
Websites change frequently and you often need to move or change URLs. Whenever you make a change, you’ll need to safely redirect the old URLs…
Use Firebug Console to Catch Javascript Errors
UPDATE: Firebug is not supported anymore. Please try Dev Tools in Firefox, or Developer Tools in Chrome instead. We’ve regularly written about the Firebug add-on…
Use Font Awesome Icons in WordPress Menu Items
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Find the Link to a Tab in Drupal QuickTabs
One OSTraining member asked for a way to get the direct link to a tab while using the Quick Tabs module for Drupal. He wanted…
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Add Custom JavaScript into your WordPress Site
In some situations, you may need to add custom Javascript to your site. Normally, this would involve modifying your theme files. However, there is a…
Create a Flip Effect with jQuery to Show Images and Text
Have you seen websites where photos of the staff members flip over? You hover your mouse over the picture of the staff member and the…
How to Use the Testimonial Rotator Plugin for WordPress
By sharing positive comments from customers, testimonials are a nice way to promote your online business. Testimonial Rotator is a plugin to manage and display…