Using the WordPress Debug Bar Plugin
It’s Friday afternoon. 4:30pm. Suddenly your new email indicator lights up. A client you haven’t spoken to in months says: “I’ve been getting reports that…
Google Maps in Drupal with the GMap Module
Several times in the last few weeks, OSTraining students have asked us about maps in Drupal. The students wanted to set up directories that would…
How to Install PHPMyAdmin for WordPress
PHPMyAdmin is a database administration tool. It allows you to explore your database, make backups and, if neccessary, make changes to your database tables or…
Date and Time Formats in Drupal
One of our members had this question for us: “I’m using the Date module and I would like it to display morning as AM and…
Drupal File Access for Specific User Roles Only
By default, Drupal file fields have very limited permission options. So, if you want to make some files available only to certain user groups, you’ll…
New Video Class: Updating Joomla 2.5 to 3
Joomla 2.5 reaches the end-of-life on December 31st, 2014. While this doesn’t mean your Joomla 2.5 website will stop working, it does mean that the…
Never, Ever Use FTP For Anything Ever Again
Do you use FTP to upload files to your website? If so, Topher, our WordPress teacher, has some advice for you. In this video, he’s…
Using Stripe with WordPress
Stripe is a wonderful credit card processor. Stripe was built specifically to be easy for developers, which then makes it quite easy to use for…
Manually Select Content for Drupal Views
Normally, Drupal views are set up to run automatically. In these situations, every time new content is added, Views will instantly update its displays for…
New Video Class: Updating Drupal Core
This week’s Drupal class is essential for anyone who manages a Drupal website. In this class, Robert demonstrates how to properly update Drupal core. Since…
Breeze – a New, Free WordPress Theme for You
Today we’re releasing Breeze, a WordPress theme that’s good-looking and really easy to use. Breeze got its name because it’s so speedy and lightweight that installing…
More WordPress Widget Control with the Custom Sidebars Plugin
One of our OSTraining members asked us how they could show different widgets on different WordPress pages. This isn’t a feature that’s available by default…
Clone WordPress Sites With Varying Vagrant Vagrants
A few weeks ago, a friend mentioned to me that he’d like to step up his game when it comes to web development, and asked…
New Video Class: Build a WordPress Widget
This week’s WordPress class is essential for anyone who wants to develop advanced WordPress sites. In this class, Topher demonstrates how to build a WordPress…
The Transition Property in CSS3 With Examples
CSS3 makes it possible to easily create animations for hover events. In a previous post, we explained how the hover.css library works and gave a…
Filter Drupal Content Based on File Type
One of our members asked an interesting question about Views. They had a file field on their user profiles. In that field, the user could…
OSTraining at the Joomla World Conference
In November, several of the OSTraining team headed to Cancun, Mexico We were there for the 3rd annual Joomla World Conference. To my knowledge, this…
How Did We Do? 10 CMS Predictions for 2014
At the beginning of this year, we made our CMS predictions for 2014. Some of those predictions were based on trends we saw in 2013.…
New Video Class: Build a WordPress Restaurant Theme With Make
This week’s WordPress class will be very useful if you’re interested in custom themes and adding functionality to plugins. These new videos follow on directly…
You Can Now Control the Speed of Video Lessons
The most requested feature at OSTraining was the ability to speed up videos. Many of you squeeze in time for training and want to progress…