Use Drupal Console and Composer For Faster Development
One of our OSTraining members asked us about the best way to install Composer to manage dependencies. While Composer can be used to add module dependencies…
10 Ways to Design Your Site for Accessibility
I’m frustrated with modern web design. And I’m certainly frustrated with most theme and template designers who sell their work without checking for global accessibility. Many designers…
What are .htaccess files ?
An OSTraining member was recently confused about .htaccess files. The member wondered what .htaccess files are for and why some sites use many .htaccess file.…
Restricting Access to Content in Drupal 8
One of our OSTraining members wanted to restrict access to certain content on his Drupal 8 site. To do this in Drupal 8, we are…
Improve The Drupal 8 Admin Menu for Content Creators
The Drupal admin interface needs to keep a lot of people happy. The admin interface is often used by everyone from very experienced users to…
Display Your Category Hierarchy in a WordPress Widget
One of our members at OSTraining set up an ecommerce site using Easy Digital Downloads. She wanted to create a widget to show the store’s…
How to Use Shortcodes in WordPress Widgets
One of our OSTraining members was having an issue with shortcodes in widgets, so we created a tutorial for her. By default, WordPress allows you…
New Class: How to Build a Drupal 7 Jobs Site
We’re happy to add another large and highly-useful new class to the OSTraining library today, How to Build a Drupal 7 Jobs Site. This class…
The Coffee Module Makes Life Easier for Drupal Admins
Navigating through Drupal’s admina area can be complex for users. Drupal’s Coffee Module can help Drupal newcomers. Coffee adds an additional search function which allows…
How to Change the jQuery Version in Drupal 7
One of our OSTraining members asked about how to change the jQuery on their Drupal site, so we created this tutorial for him. Below is…
Kint is the Drupal 8 Alternative to Krumo
Kint is part of the new part of the Devel module in Drupal 8. Developers who worked with Drupal 7 may remember Krumo, which is…
Protect WordPress Email Addresses From Spammers
Adding your email address to your site is helpful to your users. But, it also makes it available to spammers. Spammers can use scripts that…
How to Take and Annotate Screenshots with BrowserStack
BrowserStack is a tool that we constantly rely on at OSTraining. It’s an online service that makes it easy to do cross-browser compatibility testing. When we’re developing…
Drupal 8.1 and What It Means for Drupal’s Future
Today, Drupal 8.1 was officially released. All the way back in 2014, we talked about the changes coming to Drupal and how the release cycle…
New Class: Drupal 8 Theming
We’re happy to add a large and highly-requested new class to the OSTraining library today, Drupal 8 Layout and Theming. This class is a hands-on…
How to Reorder Your WordPress Posts
One of our members asked for a way to reorder his WordPress posts. Luckily, with Simple Custom Post Order plugin this task is a piece…
Create a Drupal Photo Gallery with Views Galleriffic
An OSTraining member asked us how to use the Galleriffic JQuery plugin with Drupal. The standalone version of Galleriffic allows you to create styling image galleries…
Add a Scrolling Text Ticker to Drupal
An OSTraining member asked us how to setup scrolling text in Drupal. They wanted to create a CNN / BBC-style news site, with a breaking…
4 Ways to Keep Your Drupal Site Healthy
A lot of the tutorials published here at OSTraining are solutions to specific problems. But, how can you keep your site healthy on a daily…
How to Create a Menu Block in Drupal 8
An OSTraining member asked us how to display a menu with more than one level in Drupal. In Drupal 7, you could do this by…