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    Author: Rod Martin

    Rod holds two masters degrees and has been training people how to do "things" for over 25 years. Originally from Australia, he grew up in Canada and now resides just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked in both the non-profit and for-profit worlds, in small companies and large corporations. His extensive open source experience includes WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Moodle and he really knows how to help you get the most out of the system you chose. Rod plays ice hockey a couple of times a week and rides his Goldwing motorcycle pretty much everywhere he can.

    OSTips – Can You Really Manage Your Drupal Site On An iPad?

    So you head outside for a break maybe to the park because it’s a beautiful day. You’re sitting there relaxing, and you get a call…

    Rod Martin August 18, 2021
    2 Comments

    OSTips – How to Force Strong Passwords in Drupal 9

    One of the problems in Drupal core “out of the box” is that you can pretty much use anything you want for a password.  And…

    Rod Martin August 13, 2021
    0 Comments

    OSTips – How to Display a PDF in Browser with Drupal 9 & 8

    We’ve been posting blogs about Drupal for over 10 years at OSTraining, and so every once in a while someone finds an old blog post…

    Rod Martin July 29, 2021
    4 Comments

    OSTips-Can You Manage Your Joomla Site On An iPad?

    It’s April 14, 2010. I’m on a motorcycle on my way from where I live, outside of Cincinnati, to a town called Sussex, New Brunswick…

    Rod Martin July 22, 2021
    0 Comments

    OSTips – Here We Go Again! The Changes Coming To Drupal 10

    (Transcript of the OSTips Video) During this year’s Drupalcon North America, Dries took to the stage at his DriesNote speech and mentioned that Drupal has…

    Rod Martin July 7, 2021
    1 Comment

    OSTips – Alternatives to Acquia’s DevDesktop For Local Drupal Development

    Video Transcript: “If you’ve installed or updated Acquia’s DevDesktop lately, you’ve seen this message: And so you know that DevDesktop is approaching end of life.  …

    Rod Martin June 17, 2021
    9 Comments
    OSTips - Place Modules in Joomla with Advanced Module Manager

    OSTips – Place Modules in Joomla with Advanced Module Manager

    One of the things you expect from a modern content management system is a lot of flexibility. Well, Joomla doesn’t really give you a lot…

    Rod Martin January 15, 2021
    1 Comment
    Add Code to Articles and Modules in Joomla

    OSTips -Add Code to Articles and Modules in Joomla

    It’s one thing to carve the date in stone when you’re beautifying a town in rural Indiana, but it’s another thing if the footer of…

    Rod Martin December 11, 2020
    1 Comment
    Search and Replace in any Joomla Database Table

    OSTips – Search and Replace in any Joomla Database Table

    Replacing the content on one article or even two articles on your Joomla website is pretty simple, but what if you have to replace the…

    Rod Martin November 20, 2020
    0 Comments
    Creating a Copy of a Drupal Site in Acquia’s DevDesktop

    OSTips – Create a Drupal Site Copy in Acquia’s DevDesktop

    So you’re working away on your Drupal site using Acquia’s DevDesktop just like we do here at OSTraining, and you want to take a snapshot…

    Rod Martin November 12, 2020
    0 Comments
    Check Modules and Themes for Move to Drupal 9

    OSTips – Check Modules and Themes for Move to Drupal 9

    We all know that Drupal 9 is here, but is your site ready? In this video, I’m going to share with you 3 ways to…

    Rod Martin October 30, 2020
    0 Comments
    Which Form Should You Choose in Mautic

    OSTips – Which Form Should You Choose in Mautic

    One of the questions I get every once in a while when I’m creating a form in Mautic to embed on my website is which…

    Rod Martin October 23, 2020
    1 Comment
    How to Hide the Login Page On Your WordPress Site

    OSTips – How to Hide the Login Page On Your WordPress Site

    One of the ways hackers and bots try to break your WordPress site is by going to /login and hammering away at the login screen.…

    Rod Martin October 16, 2020
    1 Comment
    E-Commerce Inside Drupal Made Easy

    OSTips – E-Commerce Inside Drupal Made Easy

    How would you like to be able to set up an ecommerce platform on your drupal site in less than 60 seconds? You can! In…

    Rod Martin October 9, 2020
    4 Comments
    How to Create New Date & Time Formats in Drupal

    OSTips – How to Create New Date & Time Formats in Drupal

    I don’t know about you, but as a site builder when I add a date field to a content type in Drupal, and I tell…

    Rod Martin September 25, 2020
    0 Comments
    How To Keep Your WordPress Site Up To Date

    OSTips – How To Keep Your WordPress Site Up To Date

    One of the fastest ways your WordPress site will get hacked is if you don’t pay attention. Well ,how do you know when stuff needs attention?…

    Rod Martin September 18, 2020
    0 Comments
    Add CSS & Javascript to Your Drupal Site

    OSTips – Add CSS & Javascript to Your Drupal Site

    So you’re a Drupal 8 site builder, and you don’t have access to the theme, but you need to test out some CSS or JavaScript…

    Rod Martin September 4, 2020
    0 Comments
    Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Joomla

    OSTips – Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Joomla

    Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Joomla has always been a bit of a crapshoot. Well not anymore!  As I just said, it’s sometimes really hard…

    Rod Martin August 28, 2020
    0 Comments
    How to Personalize the Subject Line in Your Emails in Mautic

    OSTips – How to Personalize the Subject Line in Your Emails in Mautic

    One of the things that’s going to get your emails opened by people is if they see their own name in the subject line. Well…

    Rod Martin August 21, 2020
    0 Comments
    The Drupal Scheduler Module

    OSTips-The Drupal Scheduler Module

    I’ve never understood why you can’t schedule the publication or unpublish a node in Drupal. WordPress does it. Joomla does it. Well guess what –…

    Rod Martin August 14, 2020
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