Joomla 4 – Behind the Scenes
By “behind the scenes”, I mean the Joomla 4 admin panels. Joomla has done quite a bit of work, and I am going to give…
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 and Drupal 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.
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OSTips – Here We Go Again! The Changes Coming To Drupal 10
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OSTips – Alternatives to Acquia’s DevDesktop For Local Drupal Development
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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…
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OSTips – Add CSS & Javascript to Your Drupal Site
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