Meet Rod Martin at DrupalCamp Ohio
Rod Martin, our Director of Online Training, is going back to Ohio this week. OK, it’s only 20 minutes from where he lives, but Rod’s excited…
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.
Build Naked Websites
The best website is a naked website. A naked website is a website with no add-ons. A naked website has no plugins, no extensions, no…
The State of Drupal 8: Before the Feature Freeze
Over the last few months, we’ve been covering the Drupal community’s progress towards releasing Drupal 8. Now that the first major deadline is only a…
Magic Quotes Error With Drupal 8 Installation
We’ve had a few members start to test Drupal 8 and several ran into a problem during the installation. Basically their hosting service is out-of-date…
Automatically Generating Node Titles in Drupal
It’s fairly common to replace the title field in Drupal. There are many possible reasons to replace the title, but most of them come down…
See You at the Joomla World Conference
This week our whole team is flying to California for the first ever Joomla World Conference. The conference is being held in Silicon Valley, and…
Should You Keep Using Unsupported Software?
All software users have struggled with this question at some point: “Should I go through the hassle of updating to the latest release, or should…
Add a Spellchecker to Your Drupal WYSIWYG Editor
Most of us are used to having a spellchecker when we type. If we use Microsoft Word, Google Docs and most other writing tools, you’re…
What Classes Would You Like to See on OSTraining?
Before the end of 2012, there will be over 1000 training sessions on ostraining.com. Even with that much training, I’m sure there are extra classes…
Creating a Drupal Slideshow with Views Slideshow
Views Slideshow is the most popular module for creating slideshows in Drupal. Earlier this year we showed you how to use Views Slideshow to create…
Updated Site. Updated Features.
Over the last couple of months we’ve been working hard on updating the software that runs ostraining.com. This weekend, we finally completed those updates. We…
Drupal Responsive Images Class
Last week we had a major new class launch with Joomla 3. This week we have a short but useful series on using responsive images…
DrupalCamp Atlanta: We’re Sponsoring, Speaking and Training
DrupalCamp Atlanta is coming up this week. This Saturday, October 27, will be the main DrupalCamp conference. The keynote speaker is going to be Josh…
Moving a WordPress Site to a New Folder
Moving a WordPress site to a new folder is something you may need to do regularly. The most common reason is that you’re launching a…
The First Joomla 3 Class is Here
Joomla 3 was released two weeks ago. Today, we’re delighted to launch our first Joomla 3 class. This is the first Joomla 3 class available…
Important News About Some OSTraining Customer Accounts
We have news that impacts some of our customers. About 15% of our customers need to re-enter their payment data if they want to continue…
New Drupal Webform Class
Webform is one of the most useful and versatile Drupal modules. You can use the Webform module whenever you need people to send you information.…
How to Disable Broken Drupal Themes and Modules
It’s happened to all of us who use Drupal. We’ve installed a new theme or module and our beautiful homepage now looks like this: Here…
Using the Drupal Aggregator Module
Aggregator is a key part of Drupal that is often ignored. I blame it on the confusing name. No, Aggregator is not an animal in…
Add Google Maps to Drupal Content
Our Drupal students frequently want to add a map to their content. In this tutorial we’re going to show you how. We’ll take the example…