New Book Update: Local Web Development With DDEV Explained
For many years, web developers have relied on WAMP, MAMP, XAMPP and other local development tools. However those tools have some severe limitations, particularly if…
How to Embed a Google Docs Viewer in Your Drupal 8 Site
The Embedded Google Docs Field allows the site administrator to change the display of normal file fields, making them viewable directly on the node with…
CSS Flexbox #13. Create a Navigation Menu with Flexbox
The navigation speeds up the search of your users within your site. With CSS Flexbox, it is quite practical to code a basic navigation bar…
CSS Flexbox #12. The flex-flow shorthand property
In past tutorials of this series, you learned about the flex-direction and the flex-wrap properties. They determine the orientation of flex items. They also determine…
Introducing the Flexbox Explained Book from OSTraining
Say “hello” to the 13th book from OSTraining. We’re delighted to announce the launch of “Flexbox Explained” by Jorge Montoya and Steve Burge. Flexbox Explained…
Create a Content Type Pager in Drupal 8
The Drupal 8 Pager module provides simple pager navigation in a block to ease up the navigation between nodes of the same content type or…
CSS Flexbox #11. Shorthand Default Values
In the last tutorial, you learned about the flex shorthand property. It groups three flexbox properties in one in the following order: flex-grow flex-shrink flex-basis.…
A Beginners Introduction to CSS Flexbox
The CSS Flexbox Specification is a CSS module that gives you great flexibility when creating layouts. CSS Flexbox is an elegant and lightweight approach to…
How to Give WordPress Users Their Own Content to Edit
One OSTraining user asked us if it was possible to give everyone their own content in WordPress. For example, is it possible to create a…
How to Build User Profiles With Fields in Drupal 8
By default, a Drupal 8 user account collects only very basic information about the user. And, most of that information is not visible to visitors…
Give a Unique Look to Your Google Maps in Drupal
Google Maps don’t look appealing or pretty by default when you embed them in your Drupal content. Nor do they always nicely coordinate with your…
How to Log In to Drupal Without the Login Block
This is actually quite a common question from our students. They start building their Drupal site. Then they go to work with their blocks or…
How to Integrate Telegram Chat With Drupal 8
Telegram is an easy to use free chat application that is rapidly winning fans all over the world. There is a Telegram plugin for WordPress…
There’s a New Version of the CSS Grid Explained Book
CSS Grid is revolutionizing webdesign For the last two decades, we’ve relied on CSS to lay out websites, but it has always been missing some…
Directly Upload and Link Files to the Text Editor Content in Drupal 8
One of Drupal’s big advantages is its possibility to structure content with the use of fields. However, from time to time you will want to…
How to Use the New Pre-Publish Checks in WordPress
It’s amazing how much has been written about the new Gutenberg editor for WordPress. But many people haven’t really started to the use Gutenberg in…
CSS Flexbox #10. The flex Shorthand Property
In the previous tutorials of the “CSS Flexbox” series, you learned that the flex-grow property specifies how items expand relative to each other to fill…
How to Make Beautiful Tables in WordPress
Tables are often the best way to display complicated information but they can be difficult to make attractive. Tables can be used to display information…
How to Display a Cookie Compliance Banner in a Drupal 8 Site
Since 2018, European site-builders have a legal obligation to meet a specific requirement. Their sites must display a banner to inform people about the use…
CSS Flexbox #9. The align-content Property
In the third tutorial of this series, you learned that the align-items flexbox property specifies how flex-items are distributed along the cross axis of the…