Save 30% on WordPress, Joomla and Drupal Themes
A lot of OSTraining readers are looking for a good theme for their site. So we’ve partnered with Template Monster, one of the world’s leading sources…
Author: Steve Burge
Steve is the founder of OSTraining. Originally from the UK, he now lives in Sarasota in the USA. Steve's work straddles the line between teaching and web development.
New Video Class: Drupal 8 Security
We’re happy to launch another Drupal 8 class today: Drupal 8 Security. In this class, you’ll get a comprehensive overview of what you need to know…
1/4 Million Views of the Drupal 8 Beginner Class
Before the launch of Drupal 8, we started a Kickstarter project. Our goal was to help as many people as possible to use Drupal 8. Our…
Updated Video Class: Getting Started with WordPress
WordPress is almost constantly changing, so our videos need regular updates to remain useful. This week, we have completely updated the 30+ videos in our…
New Class: Develop WordPress Themes, Part 2
Do you want to design WordPress themes? We’ve just released the second part of our Theme Development class. In “Develop WordPress Themes, Part 1“, Topher…
New Video Class: Drupal 8 Site Building
Now that you’ve completed the Drupal 8 Beginner class, it’s time to build your first real site and start exploring Drupal’s powerful modules and themes.…
How to Opt-Out of Disqus Reveal
We use Disqus to power the comments on several sites. This week, Disqus sent a friendly email: “Congratulations! After careful review, we’ve approved your site…
The Easiest Way to Embed Videos in Drupal 8
Video Embed is a very useful module for Drupal 8 users. Video Embed creates a field type that allows you to embed videos from YouTube, Facebook,…
Create a View of Organic Group Members
An OSTraining member was setting up the Organic Groups module in Drupal. They asked us if it was possible to show the members of one…
Connect Calypso and JetPack to Multiple WordPress Accounts
One OSTraining member is really enjoying Calypso, the new desktop blogging app from WordPress.com. They wanted to know if it was possible to allow multiple…
Custom Block Types in Drupal 8
Blocks have had a major overhaul in Drupal 8. Blocks are now broken down into two modules. The Block module simply handles the placement of…
Randomly Show Drupal Content or Users in Views
One of our members wanted to randomly sort their Views results. Fortunately, because random sorting is a core Views feature, it is very easy to…
Goodbye, Drupal 6
Today, after over 8 years, we say thank you and goodbye to Drupal 6. Drupal 6 is now officially “end-of-life”. Drupal 6 launched in 2008…
New Video Class: Speeding up Drupal 8
This week’s new video class is “Drupal 8 Performance“. Drupal can be slow if your site is complex or hosted on an under-powered server. In…
Using Entity Reference Fields in Drupal Views
An OSTraining member came to us with a question. The member had two content types that were linked by an Entity Reference field. They wanted…
WordAds: is it a WordPress Rival to AdSense?
One OSTraining member was investigating ways to monetize their site and asked us about WordAds, the WordPress-based advertising program from Automattic. They were curious about…
How to Change the Default Language of a Drupal Site
One OSTraining member had set up a site in English and wanted to move everything over to their native language. In this tutorial, I’ll show…
Drupal 8: Internal Page Cache and Internal Dynamic Page Cache
Drupal 8 offers major advances over Drupal 7 in many areas, including caching. In Drupal 8, there are now two cache modules: Internal Page Cache…
Show Drupal Content Inside a Pop-up Window
One OSTraining member wanted to create a series of disclaimers for external links. They wanted a text disclaimer to appear inside a pop-up after a…
Image Styles and Sizes in Drupal 8
One thing that all site builders need to think about is image size. The size of your images can have an enormous impact on your…