Adding a New Drupal Block Position
We’re going to be adding a block position to a Drupal 6 theme called ShallowGrunge: http://drupal.org/project/shallowgrunge The Goal One of our students wanted to put…
Hiding a WordPress Site from Search Engines
This tutorial shows an easy way to work on a WordPress site without taking it live. There is a setting that makes the search engines…
Adding a Slideshow to Drupal
This week’s tutorial was requested by a student in our Drupal forum. They wanted to know how to add a slideshow to their Drupal site.…
Creating a Workflow for Drupal Users
This week’s tutorial is the second of a two-parter. We’ve had several students in our classes looking to build websites with multiple content authors ……
Allow Drupal Users to Manage Their Own Content
This week’s tutorial is the first of a two-parter. We’ve had several students in our classes looking to build websites with multiple content authors ……
Automatically Update All Your Social Networks From Drupal
Would you like to be able to update your Drupal site and automatically send those updates to Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace, Ning and dozens of…
Adding Metadata to Drupal Nodes
This week’s tutorial explains how to add metadata to your Drupal site. By default, Drupal has no fields for metadata. Check the source code at…
Importing RSS Feeds Into WordPress Posts
This tutorial will show you how to take an RSS feed and import it into your WordPress site. Each item on the RSS feed will…
Improving Drupal’s Clean URLs with the Pathauto Module
This tutorial was requested by a student who is learning the Drupal basics. They turned on “Clean URLs” in the Drupal admin area and were…
First Baptist Church Atlanta Launches Joomla Site
We just had this wonderful email from one of our Joomla training clients. Paulo and his team came to the class knowing nothing about Joomla,…
Showing Different Drupal Themes on Different Pages
This tutorial was written after a request in one of this week’s Drupal classes: “How do I show different Drupal themes on different pages?”. The…
Add A Dropdown Admin Menu to Your Drupal Site
One of things we often do for our training clients is simplify the admin area for them. There is a module that allows users to…
Adding a WYSIWYG Editor to Your Drupal Site
What is a WYSIWYG Editor and Why Do You Need It? So your site users don’t have to use code. Its as simple as that.…
Blocking Spam Comments and Users on Your Drupal Site
Why Block Spam Comments? If you site is new, this might not be too much of a problem. However, as your site grows, it will…
How to Add a Sitemap to Your Drupal Website
Why Add a Sitemap? I’ll be honest and say that I don’t believe sitemaps improve your ranking in search engines. However, they do make sure…
Showing a Twitter Feed in a Drupal Block
In this tutorial we’ll show you how to place a Twitter feed inside a block. You can then display that Twitter feed anywhere around your…
Showing an RSS Feed in a Drupal Block
In this tutorial we’ll show you how to place an RSS feed inside a block. You can then display that RSS feed anywhere around your…
How to Change the Logo on Any WordPress Theme
Perhaps the #1 most common question we get from beginners is: “How do I change the logo on a WordPress theme?” This tutorial is the…
How to Use Wireshark
A detailed look at the Wireshark protocol analyzer Greetings, In this article I want to discuss the other powerful tool a systems administrator should know…
How to Use NMap
In our previous articles, we discussed at a high level a few tools, the first of which was Nmap from insecure.org. In this article I…