Stephen Burge's Blog, page 105
October 15, 2015
Joomla 3.5 Will Have Drag-and-Drop Image Adding
Joomla 3.5 now has an officially planned release date: December 1st.
It also has a really nice new usability improvement: drag-and-drop image adding. You can pick up any image from your desktop and drop it directly into your content. This is a standard feature in blogging platforms these days, so it's good to see Joomla keeping up.
Here's how to add an image with this new feature ...
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It also has a really nice new usability improvement: drag-and-drop image adding. You can pick up any image from your desktop and drop it directly into your content. This is a standard feature in blogging platforms these days, so it's good to see Joomla keeping up.
Here's how to add an image with this new feature ...
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Create Responsive Google Maps on Any Website
Google Maps make it easy to embed a map in your own website.
However, by default, Google Maps doesn't provide responsive support.
In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how to make your maps responsive, using just a few lines of CSS.
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However, by default, Google Maps doesn't provide responsive support.
In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how to make your maps responsive, using just a few lines of CSS.
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October 14, 2015
Add a Home Icon to Joomla Menus
One of our members asked us this question:
"In some websites, the home menu is just an icon without any text. How can I do this in Joomla?"
The answer is surprisingly simple. Let me know show you how to add icons to your menus.
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"In some websites, the home menu is just an icon without any text. How can I do this in Joomla?"
The answer is surprisingly simple. Let me know show you how to add icons to your menus.
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October 13, 2015
Manually Order Articles from a Joomla Category
Joomla allows you to display articles in many different orders. For example, you can automatically order your content based on popularity, publication date, alphabetical order and other criteria.
You can also manually set the order of articles by changing their position in the Article manager.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to manually change the order of your articles.
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You can also manually set the order of articles by changing their position in the Article manager.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to manually change the order of your articles.
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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 away our class on the GiveWP plugin for free.
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Today, we're happy to announce that we're giving away our class on the GiveWP plugin for free.
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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 that this version is ready to be considered as the official release for Drupal 8. If no more critical bugs are found, then this will indeed become Drupal 8.0.
This is important milestone for OSTraining too. This week we're getting started on the 200 videos we'll release for free.
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What does "Release Candidate" mean? It means that this version is ready to be considered as the official release for Drupal 8. If no more critical bugs are found, then this will indeed become Drupal 8.0.
This is important milestone for OSTraining too. This week we're getting started on the 200 videos we'll release for free.
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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 link, few people seem to use it, perhaps because they don't fully understand what it does. Perhaps as a result, the Dashboard won't be included in Drupal 8.
In this video, taken from our Better Drupal Administration class, Robert explains what the Dashboard does. It really can be a helpful control panel for users of small sites.
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Even though it's the first link, few people seem to use it, perhaps because they don't fully understand what it does. Perhaps as a result, the Dashboard won't be included in Drupal 8.
In this video, taken from our Better Drupal Administration class, Robert explains what the Dashboard does. It really can be a helpful control panel for users of small sites.
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October 12, 2015
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 show you how to use CSS to get same result. I'll also show you how to customize the animation.
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In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to use CSS to get same result. I'll also show you how to customize the animation.
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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 discover code that’s working on a local machine may not work as expected in other environments.
Also a lot of time is often wasted trying to configure all the developers environments to work perfectly for the application you need to run.
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Why is Docker so great? Often developers discover code that’s working on a local machine may not work as expected in other environments.
Also a lot of time is often wasted trying to configure all the developers environments to work perfectly for the application you need to run.
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Using Docker with Drupal
At the end of 2014, one of the OSTraining team choose Docker as their favorite innovation of the year.
Why is Docker so great? Often developers discover code that’s working on a local machine may not work as expected in other environments.
Also a lot of time is often wasted trying to configure all the developers environments to work perfectly for the application you need to run.
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Why is Docker so great? Often developers discover code that’s working on a local machine may not work as expected in other environments.
Also a lot of time is often wasted trying to configure all the developers environments to work perfectly for the application you need to run.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
