Reinstall Your WordPress Files and Databases
“Have you tried restarting it?” is the age-old wisdom of the IT world. In this troubleshooting guide, I’ll show you some simple steps to reset…
Decide Where to Show WordPress Widgets with Dynamic Widgets
This week an OSTraining member had a question: “How do I show a WordPress widget on one page, but disable it on other pages? Our…
The Easiest Way to Embed Videos in Drupal 8
Video Embed is a very useful module for Drupal 8 users. Video Embed creates a field type that allows you to embed videos from YouTube, Facebook,…
Discover Which Sites Are Copying your Content
Copyscape is a great tool to know if other websites copied your content. For SEO purposes, it’s always a good idea to keep an eye on…
How to Add Barcodes to a Drupal POS System
An OSTraining member asked us about adding barcodes to a Drupal site. They wanted to use barcodes as part of a Point-of-sale (POS) system. This…
Create a View of Organic Group Members
An OSTraining member was setting up the Organic Groups module in Drupal. They asked us if it was possible to show the members of one…
Connect Calypso and JetPack to Multiple WordPress Accounts
One OSTraining member is really enjoying Calypso, the new desktop blogging app from WordPress.com. They wanted to know if it was possible to allow multiple…
Use the Wistia API and Plugins to Add a Rewind Button
We use Wistia to host all our videos and provide a great viewing experience for our users. The Wistia platform offers many useful features out-of-the-box,…
Test Your Site on Real iOS Devices 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. Whenever we…
Custom Block Types in Drupal 8
Blocks have had a major overhaul in Drupal 8. Blocks are now broken down into two modules. The Block module simply handles the placement of…
Randomly Show Drupal Content or Users in Views
One of our members wanted to randomly sort their Views results. Fortunately, because random sorting is a core Views feature, it is very easy to…
Goodbye, Drupal 6
Today, after over 8 years, we say thank you and goodbye to Drupal 6. Drupal 6 is now officially “end-of-life”. Drupal 6 launched in 2008…
New Video Class: Speeding up Drupal 8
This week’s new video class is “Drupal 8 Performance“. Drupal can be slow if your site is complex or hosted on an under-powered server. In…
Create 301 and 302 URL Redirections in Drupal
Websites change frequently and you often need to move or change URLs. Whenever you make a change, you’ll need to safely redirect the old URLs…
Using Entity Reference Fields in Drupal Views
An OSTraining member came to us with a question. The member had two content types that were linked by an Entity Reference field. They wanted…
Use Firebug Console to Catch Javascript Errors
UPDATE: Firebug is not supported anymore. Please try Dev Tools in Firefox, or Developer Tools in Chrome instead. We’ve regularly written about the Firebug add-on…
Use Font Awesome Icons in WordPress Menu Items
Font Awesome is the most popular way to add font icons to your website. The AGP Font Awesome plugin makes it easy to insert icons…
How to Create Columns with column-count in CSS
In previous tutorials, we’ve explained that it can be dangerous to used HTML widths for your layout. Fortunately, CSS is powerful enough to mimic any…
WordAds: is it a WordPress Rival to AdSense?
One OSTraining member was investigating ways to monetize their site and asked us about WordAds, the WordPress-based advertising program from Automattic. They were curious about…
How to Change the Default Language of a Drupal Site
One OSTraining member had set up a site in English and wanted to move everything over to their native language. In this tutorial, I’ll show…