An Introduction to the Drupal Features Module
When you create a feature like a photo gallery, slideshow, blog or forum for Drupal, it involves installation of quite a few individual modules. In…
Win a Free Site Upgrade to Joomla 2.5 and More
One of our teachers, Gabe Wahhab, runs a Joomla development company called Savvy Panda. They’re based up in Milwaukee in the USA and they do…
What’s Coming to OSTraining in April and May?
There’s a time for hard work and preparation and there’s a time for shipping. It’s great to be able to say that we’re going to…
Learn How to Create Joomla 2.5 Templates
We’re happy to launch the third of our in-depth courses for Joomla 2.5: Template Design. Creating a fantastic look and feel for your Joomla site…
Create a Movie Database in WordPress with Custom Content Type Manager
Over the last few years people have been pushing the boundaries of WordPress as a CMS. One of the most important boundaries has been only…
Organic Groups: Social Networking for Drupal
[UPDATE] We now have a detailed video class covering all the important aspects of using Organic Groups. Organic Groups (OG) is the social networking solution…
We’re Going Back to the West Coast: Seattle and Portland
Over the last few years, we’ve done our training all up and down the West Coast of North America. We’ve been to Los Angeles, San…
How to Create a WordPress Child Theme
Child themes are the professional way to modify WordPress themes. Matt Mullenweg who founded WordPress said that “child themes are the only way you should…
What’s New in the OSToolbar for Joomla?
The OSToolbar is our way of making life easier for webdesigners. Using the OSToolbar, you can place video tutorials directly into the Joomla administrator. Your…
What’s New in the OSToolbar for WordPress?
The OSToolbar is our way of making life easier for webdesigners. Using the OSToolbar, you can place video tutorials directly into a WordPress dashboard. Your…
WordPress 3.4 is All About Theme Customization
The beta version of WordPress 3.4 is out. So what’s new? At first glance, you might say “not much”. Unlike version 3.3, there are no…
Protect Drupal Content with Node Access Password
Node Access Password is a module that allows you to password-protect your Drupal content. This module will automatically generate a random password for each node…
Organic Groups for Drupal 6
Organic Groups (OG) is the social networking solution for Drupal. It forms the basis of http://groups.drupal.org and also powers Drupal Commons, the widely used social…
Custom Search Module for Drupal
The Drupal core provides a Search module that is great for many sites. However, it doesn’t provide some of the more sophisticated features that some…
9 Essential WordPress Plugins
WordPress has nearly 20,000 plugins, which is both a blessing and a curse for beginners. On the one hand, it’s wonderful that so many developers…
How to Set Up Drupal Multi-sites
Multi-sites is a Drupal feature that makes managing many websites easier. The idea with multi-sites is that you can use a single codebase for more…
Closing Keynote for DrupalCon Denver 2012
We’ve had a great week at DrupalCon Denver and its just about over now. I’m sitting in the theater waiting for the closing session where…
WYSI not always WYG Session at Drupalcon
This is a live blog of “What You See Is (Not Always) What You Get (but it can be)” by Andrew Mallis. One of the most…
Mobile First by Luke Wroblewski at DrupalCon Denver
Luke Wroblewski gave a keynote address at DrupalCon Denver called Mobile First. He talked about the upcoming mobile revolution and how it will affect all…
Drupal Commerce Presentation at DrupalCon Denver
This is a live blog of “Drupal Commerce: eCommerce any way you need it” by Ryan Szrama at DrupalCon Denver. You can read our full…