WordPress Security: How to Force Strong Passwords
One of the most important aspects of maintaining a secure site is using a strong password. In this video, Topher shows you how to force…
Use the Link Checker Module to Find Broken Links in Drupal
It’s important to check links on your site to make sure they’re working. Sometimes when URLs get updated, some links are forgotten. Manually checking a…
New Book Launch: MySQL Explained
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…
Should I Use Context or Panels for Drupal Sites?
There are multiple different ways to design a Drupal site. You can code your theme, or you can use modules such as Panels, Context and…
15 Great Themes for Your WooCommerce Store
If you want to create a fully-functional online store, then you should consider WooCommerce, the most popular way to build an online store. In order…
New Video Class: Web Developer Browser Add-on
Web Developer is of the most helpful browser extensions for anyone building websites. Web Developer provides you with entire suite of web design tools. You can…
Free Class on GiveWP, the WordPress Donations Plugin
One of our team’s principles is that we give back to the communities we’re a part of. Today, we’re happy to announce that we’re giving…
Drupal 8 is Close and So Are the 200 Free Videos
Last week the Drupal 8 community hit an important milestone with the first Release Candidate for Drupal 8. What does “Release Candidate” mean? It means…
What is the Drupal 7 Dashboard?
When you login to a Drupal site, the very first link you will see in the admin bar is “Dashboard”. Even though it’s the first…
Create a Hover Effect with CSS3 Transition and Transform Properties
One of our members wanted to reproduce the hover effect from the team’s pictures in our About Us page. In this tutorial, I’m going to…
How to use Docker for Drupal Development
At the end of 2014, one of OSTraining team member chose Docker as their favorite innovation of the year. Why is Docker so great? Often developers…
New Video Class: Introduction to jQuery
jQuery is a Javascript library with the motto, “write less, do more”. jQuery makes it much easier to use JavaScript on your website and so…
How to Install a WordPress Plugin – Video Tutorial
WordPress makes site creation easy, including plugin installation. So sometimes we skim over the basics and assume that the simple tasks are self-evident. But, for…
Create Custom Maps with Clickable Areas
One of our members asked how to create a map with custom points to highlight specific areas. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to…
New Video Class: Introduction to BuddyPress
BuddyPress is an add-on for WordPress that allows you to run your own social network. It includes member profiles, activity streams, user groups and more!…
CustomError Module for Drupal 403 and 404 Error Pages
We previously wrote a tutorial on how to create custom 403 and 404 pages in Drupal. That tutorial used Drupal’s built-in functionality, but that approach…
How to Fix Design Issues in Internet Explorer 10 and 11
One of our members needed to fix an issue for a site in Internet Explorer 11. At the same time, he wanted to avoid changes…
How to Install a Drupal Module – Video Tutorial
Too often we assume that some things are plainly obvious. However, for a brand new user to Drupal, knowing the best practices for Drupal site…
How to Create Custom 403 and 404 Pages in Drupal
One of our users didn’t like the generic “Access denied” message for restricted pages. So we created this tutorial for him. This tutorial will show…
Webinar: Increase Conversions to Your Membership Site
Here at OSTraining, we’re huge fans of memberships sites. They’re a wonderful way to create value for your members, create a community, and build a…