How to Align Text Vertically with CSS
One of the big challenges in web design involves aligning text vertically. This is easy to achieve by using tables, however using tables to design…
How to Use Square and WooCommerce for Point-of-Sale
WooCommerce is the most popular way to build an online store. Square is the most popular way to build a point-of-sale solution in many countries.…
How to Align Text With a Diagonal Image
One OSTraining customer asked for a way to align text next to a diagonal image, while keeping space between both elements. My first thought was…
Win a Copy of MySQL Explained and learn MySQL for Free!
Do you use Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, Magento or other PHP software? If you answered “yes”, then you use MySQL. MySQL is the world’s most popular…
Image Recycle Optimizes Images in Joomla, WordPress and Magento
Many websites have images that much larger and much slower-loading than neccessary. With the right tool, you can optimize your images so they still look…
A Beginners Guide to PHP Download Scripts
Note: The author does not address handling security threats that are associated with the file download. This code is not intended for real-world use, without further…
7 New Improvements You’ll See in Drupal 8.2
The Beta version of Drupal 8.2 has arrived and is ready for testing. There are many upgrades to the developer experience, but what changes will…
There Will Never Be a Drupal 9
Yes, that’s a big statement in the title, so let me explain. Lots of OSTraining customers are looking into Drupal 8 and they have questions…
How to Validate Field Submissions in Drupal
As OSTraining member asked us how to validate fields in Drupal 8. In this particular example, they wanted to make sure that every entry in…
What New Features Will Users See in WordPress 4.6?
WordPress 4.6 is here and it’s time to update. This version has a ton of developer-focused changes, and you can find those in the Field…
How to Use Entity Print in Drupal 8
An OSTraining member asked us how to configure the Entity Print module with Drupal 8. This module allows you to make a PDF version of your nodes…
Open Source Companies Are Becoming SaaS Companies
For many years, WooThemes was the biggest brand name in WordPress. Last month, they killed that brand and redirected everything to WooCommerce.com. Was there shock…
How to Access Readme Files in Drupal 8
In this tutorial, we will add a module that makes site maintainers’ lives easier. With Drupal 8 setups you are encouraged to use Composer, DrupalConsole…
How to Use Rochen Vault to Save Your Site
We’re often asked to help people who have caused an issue with their site. After changing a file, they have taken their site offline or…
Drupal and Bitnami Multiple Environments
An OSTraining member asked how to setup a Bitnami environment that supports PHP 5.4. The Bitnami Wamp stacks are available in 3 versions here: 5.5.37…
How to Install Drupal Using Bitnami for Windows
Bitnami is a software that allows you to install website applications such as Joomla, WordPress and of course Drupal. In this tutorial, we will show…
How to Create a Stopwatch in JavaScript
JavaScript stop watch or rather stop down timer can be implemented using the JavaScript timing methods which are executed in time intervals. JavaScript timing methods…
New Class: How to Develop Drupal 8 Modules
A lot of OSTraining members have been asking us for this class. Today, we’re delighted to release, “How to Develop Drupal 8 Modules“. During this…
New Class: How to Build Joomla Sites with Gantry
Gantry is a very powerful framework for building Joomla sites. In this new class, you’ll learn to design beautiful Joomla templates quickly and efficiently. This…
New Class: How to Build Responsive Websites
Responsive design is a foundation of the modern web and as a webdesigner you need to know your way around media queries and scrset attributes.…