Import and Export Data With phpMyAdmin
Whether you run your site on Joomla, Drupal, WordPress or anything else that uses PHP, there’s a good chance you’ve come across phpMyAdmin. phpMyAdmin is…
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.
Webinar: 10 Things Site Builders Need to Know Before Leaping to Drupal 8
Everyone is excited for the launch of Drupal 8. Come and join us and Acquia on August 20th for a fast-paced Drupal 8 webinar. Rod…
Use JetPack Statistics in Your WordPress Dashboard
JetPack is an official plugin from Automattic, the makers of WordPress.com. JetPack offers tons of useful features, from security protection and comments to social sharing…
WordPress 4.3: The Customizer Release
The official WordPress 4.3 is still a month away, but this release has already been far more high-profile that most. Since the new admin design…
Use the Masquerade Module to Test Drupal Roles
If you have a large Drupal site, you may have a large number of roles and users. How do you know if a role is…
Can’t Find the “Install new module” Link in Drupal?
When developers install Drupal modules, they rely on Drush or version control to manage their work. However, most ordinary Drupal users do everything through the…
Connect Drupal and Views to External Databases
We often get asked whether Drupal can show information from other websites. In particular, people want to pull information and display it through Views. The…
Use GenerateWP to Create Custom WordPress Code
GenerateWP.com is a wonderful tool for WordPress developers. GenerateWP can automatically create code for your WordPress project. You can use GenerateWP to build post types,…
Use Rules to Build Drupal Membership Sites
We often have OSTraining members who want to build membership sites in Drupal. There are a variety of ways in which you can control access…
You Can Now Get Live Chat Support at OSTraining
Starting today, Pro members can live chat one-on-one with the OSTraining team. What’s not to love about live chat? If you have a WordPress, Drupal…
New Video Class: Build a Drupal Magazine Site
Managing content is one of Drupal’s greatest strengths, so in this week’s new class we decided to build a site that focuses very heavily on…
OSTraining Will Release 200 Drupal 8 Videos for Free
Yes, you read that right: we’re going to release 200 free Drupal 8 videos. We want Drupal 8 to be a success. One way we…
Using Administration Menu and Shortcuts in Drupal
An OSTraining member recently took our recommendation and installed the Administration Menu module, which makes it much easier to navigate through your Drupal site. However,…
How Devesh Sharma Launched His WordPress Career at 15
When I was 15 the internet didn’t exist as far as ordinary members of the public were concerned. Devesh Sharma, on the other hand, was…
The Beginner’s Guide to Drupal Security Releases
There was a Drupal security release this week. This release managed to confuse several of our users, because it wasn’t clear if they should update…
Template Monster Giveaway: Win Joomla, WordPress and Drupal Themes
Welcome to a really cool giveaway offer from OSTraining and TemplateMonster. If you need a new design for your site, and you wouldn’t mind getting…
Allow Users to Delete Their Drupal Accounts
It’s good practice to allow users to leave your site completely. That means users should be able to delete their account entirely, together with all…
Easily Apply Drupal Patches with Patch Manager
Have you ever updated your Drupal site only to suddenly have errors? If you use Drupal regularly, this will happen to you at some point.…
How to Add a Slider Search to Drupal
One of our customers was setting up a Drupal Commerce site and wanted to add a slider search. Here’s an example of a slider search…
There’s an Updated Drupal Logo for Drupal 8
Drupal 8 will ship with a new version of the Drupal logo, known as the Druplicon. It’s not the biggest news in the world, but…