How to Write at Work
I’m the father of two adult daughters and a teenaged granddaughter. They have told me a hundred times “what you say is not as important…
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.
Learning Launch: Drupal Flag Module
Flag is an incredibly flexible module. You can use Flag so your visitors can bookmark content and save it for later. You can use Flag…
30 Most Popular Tutorials of 2013
During 2013, we published almost 300 posts on the OSTraining blog. We wrote at least one post per week on WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. So,…
OSContent is Joomla 3 Ready
OSContent is our Joomla extension for quickly creating or deleting articles and categories. OSContent has long been available for Joomla 2. We now also have…
Sending HTML Emails from Drupal Webform
The Webform module is one of the most popular modules in Drupal. Webform is relied upon for everything, from contact forms, to donations to event…
7 Lessons A Writer Learned from Tweeting
An uncommonly excellent marketing firm in Atlanta needed to hire a writer. In keeping with their culture and style, their help-wanted ad read: “Wanted: Defender…
Learning Launch: Drupal 7 Development by Example
Every month, OSTraining members get a new, professional-quality book to download. The book for December is “Drupal 7 Development by Example” by Kurt Madel. This…
Webinar: 8 Ways To Manage Joomla Hassle-Free
Come and join us and Siteground for a great Joomla webinar this week. I’ll be presenting “8 Ways To Manage Joomla Hassle-Free”. We’ll show you…
Display Suite and Views Together in Drupal
Display Suite is one of our very favorite Drupal modules. We love how easy it is for even new Drupal users to control their content…
Good Writing Never, Ever Changes
I make my living as a writer, but I consider myself a lowly farm boy when it comes to teaching writers how to keep readers…
An Ethical Statement for Web Companies
I found an interesting page this weekend: an ethical statement for a webdesign company, Stuff and Nonsense is the website of Andrew Clarke who wrote…
Show Drupal Users Their Own Content
If you have multiple content creators on your site, you may want to make their life easier. One way that you can help is by…
3 Ways to Overcome Your Writing Frustration
As a book comes to life, it flows through the stages of conception, growth, birth, being a demanding vomitus insufferable brat, and entering society as…
The State of Drupal 8: November 2013
Over the last two years, we’ve been running a series called The State of Drupal 8. With each post in the series, we aim to…
Video Introduction to MP6, the New WordPress Admin
WordPress 3.8 is due to launch in December. The biggest change will be a major redesign of the admin area. At the beginning of this…
Cyber Monday: OSTraining, sh404SEF and Joomla Bamboo
Our Cyber Monday offer is here and it’s loaded with Joomla goodness. If you become a Pro Member at OSTraining, you always get over 1500…
What’s Your Favorite Work-Life Balance Book?
This week is Thanksgiving here in the U.S. The normal way to think about Thanksgiving is that it’s a family holiday. People don’t go on…
Drupal 7.24 and 6.29: tmp directory and .htaccess
Drupal 7.24 and 6.29 were released in mid-November. Both versions contained security fixes. One of the fixes is described as “Code execution prevention”. The Drupal…
Dede CMS, the Most Popular CMS in China
Earlier this month, I gave a presentation about the importance of making open source more international. At one point I claimed that “no country needs…
Drupal Menu Permissions Explained
With some CMSs such as Joomla, menus are very powerful features. They can control layouts, permissions, metadata and much more. In Drupal, menus have almost…