Use the Boost Module to Improve Drupal’s Cache
Drupal has strong default caching systems, but the Boost module offers significant improvements. Boost creates a cache in the file system rather than the database,…
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.
Drupal Slideshows with FlexSlider from WooThemes
Flexslider is a jQuery plugin by WooThemes and it makes it very easy to create slideshows. You can integrate it into Drupal easily, using the…
Win Monstroid, the New WordPress Theme from Template Monster
Monstroid is a brand new, multipurpose WordPress theme from Template Monster. It was released with a splash in July this year, and has already managed…
New Video Class: CSS for Joomla
Getting your Joomla website to look exactly the way you want often involves editing some of the CSS provided by your template. In this week’s…
Let’s Welcome GoDaddy Into Our Open Source Communities
This week, we published the first post about Drupal on GoDaddy.com: “What you need to know about Drupal 8“. GoDaddy is a really fascinating company,…
Drupal Error: More Than 5 Failed Login Attempts
If you’ve forgotten your Drupal password and try unsuccessfully to login, you may get this message: “Sorry, there have been more than 5 failed login…
Our Pods Framework Class is Now Free
We love the Pods Framework. It’s one of the very best ways to create custom fields and content types in WordPress. So today we’re happy…
How to Use the AdvAgg Drupal Module
Over the last couple of years, I’ve seen one module appear on almost every high profile Drupal site. That module is Advanced CSS/JS Aggregation, or…
Using the Bootstrap Theme with Drupal
Bootstrap is winning the web. Nearly 10% of all websites now use the Bootstrap framework. That’s reflected on Drupal.org, where Bootstrap is the third most…
Love it or Hate it, Bootstrap is Winning the Web
Back in August 2013, we wrote a post called, “The Bootstrap Boom is Just Getting Started“. At that time, we estimated that Bootstrap powered between…
Use Rules to Automatically Update Drupal Content
In my opinion, there are two modules that illustrate the power of Drupal better than any others. The first module is Views, which most people…
The Drupal Ecosystem is Consolidating Rapidly (Again)
Back in 2012, there was a wave of mergers and acquisitions amongst Drupal agencies. The most high-profile merger involved four different companies forming Wunderkraut, which…
3 Videos to Get You Started with NextGen Gallery Plugin for WordPress
NextGEN Gallery is the most popular WordPress gallery plugin. In fact, with over 12 million downloads, its one of the most popular WordPress plugins of…
UkuuPeople: A Simple WordPress CRM
Most CRM systems are too complex. Platforms like Salesforce can be enormously complex and have a step learning curve. CiviCRM is a very popular open…
Create a Juicebox Image Gallery in Drupal
Last week, two different OSTraining members asked me about using the Juicebox image gallery with Drupal. To be honest, I had never heard of Juicebox,…
“No front page content has been created yet” in Drupal
When you first load up a new Drupal site, the front page of your site shows this message: “No front page content has been created…
Using Theme Developer and Firebug to Debug Drupal Themes
UPDATE: Firebug is not supported anymore. Please try Dev Tools in Firefox, or Developer Tools in Chrome instead. There are several tools that that makes…
How to Integrate Drupal and Shopify
One of the most frequent questions we get asked by OSTraining members is this: “Is there an easy shopping cart for Drupal?” Don’t get me…
How to Create a Glossary View in Drupal
When you first install the Views module, it comes with several example views. One of the most popular examples is the Glossary view, which takes…
Find the Node ID of Drupal Content
Several times, our members have asked about finding the Node ID of individual pieces of Drupal content. The Node ID is the primary key in…