An Update on Drupal 8 Classes at OSTraining
Just over 1 month ago, on November 19th, the Drupal community released Drupal 8. However, the practical kick-off for Drupal 8 was two weeks earlier…
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.
MySQL Explained: Paperback and Kindle Versions Available
Do you use Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, Magento or other PHP software? If you answered “yes”, then you use MySQL. MySQL is the world’s most popular…
WordPress 4.4, Responsive Images and scrset
WordPress 4.4 shipped this week with a really interesting approach to responsive images. Joe McGill, who led the project, has an overview of the changes:…
Watch ManageWP Talk About Their WordPress Tools and New Orion Project
Here at OSTraining, we’re enthusiastic users of ManageWP. We have an in-depth video class on using ManageWP and use the service to maintain our own…
How to Create Footnotes in Drupal
If you’re using Drupal for an academic site, you may want to use footnotes in your content. There is a Drupal module that makes this…
A Video Introduction to BuddyPress Groups
BuddyPress is the social networking plugin for WordPress. You can create public, private or hidden (invite-only) groups. A BuddyPress group is very similar to a…
What are Loops in Drupal Rules?
Loops are potentially confusing, but they are a very useful feature in Drupal’s Rules module. Essentially a loop allows you to run an action over…
New Class: Develop WordPress Themes, Part 1
Do you want to design WordPress themes? This class is the perfect place to start. Topher uses Underscores, a very popular starter theme, to introduce…
How Did We Do? Revisiting Our CMS Predictions for 2015
Back at the beginning of 2015 we made 10 predictions for the year ahead. We said that the last few years had been quiet in…
Parties and Events at WordCamp US in Philadelphia
WordCamp US is coming up soon in Philadelphia and it’s going to be a special event. WordCamp US is the first time that the WordPress community…
The Drupal 8 Beginner Class is Here and is Free
Congratulations to the Drupal community. Today, they released Drupal 8! It has been an epic journey to get here. Back in March 2011, we sat…
Webinar with ManageWP: Control Many WordPress Sites
Here at OSTraining, we’re enthusiastic users of ManageWP. We have an in-depth video class on using ManageWP and use the service to maintain our own…
How to Remove Unused Drupal Modules
Over the last few years we’ve had a wide variety of questions about removing Drupal modules, including these: Do I need to remove modules via…
New Video Class: Managing Multiple WordPress Sites With ManageWP
This week’s new video class is “Managing Multiple WordPress Sites With ManageWP“. Managing multiple WordPress sites can be a challenge. There are always updates, comments…
Change Drupal’s File Permissions for sites/default and settings.php
If you login to a new Drupal site and check your Status report screen, you may see this warning: The directory sites/default is not protected…
Use Cloud Zoom for Thumbnail Galleries in Drupal
Cloud Zoom is a JQuery addon that provides image galleries that are ideal for shopping carts. Cloud Zoom will show a small, thumbnail sized image.…
The Drupal 8 Dates You Need to Know
Yes, 1779 days after Drupal 7 arrived, we finally have a stable release of Drupal 8. As a result of this decision, two other important…
Goodbye Webform? Contact Forms Are In the Drupal 8 Core
In Drupal 7, if you wanted to create contact forms, you had to use a contributed module. Webform and Entityform were the most popular options.…
How to Add a Custom Date Format in Drupal 8
In Drupal 8, the process of adding a new date format is substantially simpler than in Drupal 7. In Drupal 7, there were several steps…
Everything that’s Changed With Comments in Drupal 8
Comments were one of the more basic features in Drupal 7. There was only one type of comment and you had very limited modification and…