Why SitePoint Forums Moved to Discourse
This week we reviewed Discourse, the new open source forum software. At the same time as that version 1.0 of Discourse was released, I saw…
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.
Fix a Broken Drupal Database Table
One OSTraining member told us that they had a database error on their site. Here’s the error that was showing: PDOException: SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or…
Could My WordPress Site be Hacked via TimThumb?
TimThumb is a wonderful idea. TimThumb is a script that allows your site to grab an image and resize or reshape it automatically. TimThumb will…
What Modules is a Drupal Site Using?
Last year we wrote a blog post called, “5 Ways to Tell if a Site is Built in Drupal“ That helped answer one of the…
The Greatest Success of the Open Source Movement
I was watching British TV last week, and a newsreader asked if a politician should “step up to the plate”. It’s strange for a BBC…
How to Use Drupal as a Static Site
Static websites, with no database, used to be enormously popular in the 1990’s. They are slowly becoming more popular again in the 2010’s. Some developers…
Stop MailChimp Forms Breaking Your SSL
We recently re-designed this site, and when we did we also decided to run the site entirely over SSL. Actually moving our site to SSL…
One Simple Trick to Keep Your WordPress wpconfig.php File Safe
The single most important file in your entire WordPress Installation is wp-config.php. Your WordPress website is made up of two elements: a WordPress database, and…
What is Headless Drupal?
If you’ve been to Drupal events recently, there’s a very good chance that you’ve heard the phrase, “Headless Drupal”. The phrase brings up thoughts of…
5 Videos to Get Anyone Started with Drupal Commerce
Drupal Commerce is popular amongst our members, because it’s the most reliable way to build an e-commerce site with Drupal. Drupal Commerce empowers you to…
Day 1 Review of the Grav CMS
A clear trend has emerged in the last year: developers are building simpler platforms. Around 10 years ago, platforms such as Joomla, Drupal and WordPress…
5 Videos to Get Anyone Started with Easy Digitial Downloads
We’re going to introduce you to the world’s easiest way to sell digital downloads through WordPress for free – Easy Digital Downloads. Easy Digital Downloads…
Hierarchical Select with Drupal Taxonomy
One of our members wanted to create a taxonomy of Countries, Provinces and Districts. For example, you might choose England, then Yorkshire, then Leeds. Or…
The Joomla 3 Day Schedule is Live
We’re holding an event called “Joomla 3 Day” this Thursday and Friday. Joomla 3 Day will be like a free, online Joomla Day. We’re going…
New Video Class: Build a Joomla Town Website
This week’s new class is a site-building guide. We show you how to build a Joomla website for a small town. In this class, we…
The Easiest Way to Add Video to Drupal
There are some sophisticated and flexible ways to add video to Drupal. But, by far the simplest option is the Video Embed Field. If all…
Drupal Views Inside Other Views
We recently published a tutorial explaining how to build a business directory with Drupal. Questions about directories have been a popular topic lately and some…
Get Joomla 3 Explained, Get 3 Free Months of OSTraining
Writing a book is a long and exhausting process. Getting to finally hold that book in your hands is what makes it all worthwhile. We’re…
Build Joomla Directories with SobiPro
This week’s new class is on the SobiPro extension for Joomla. Let us introduce you to SobiPro, a powerful directory extension for Joomla!. With SobiPro…
WordPress 4.1 and the New WP API
With the release of version 3.0, WordPress moved from being a blog platform to being a content management system. WordPress 4.1 may officially announce the…