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September 14, 2015
How to Build a Joomla Site With Gantry 5
Welcome to the second in our 5-part series on the new Gantry 5 framework from RocketTheme.
In the first post, I gave you a general introduction to Gantry 5. Now it's time to start using Gantry 5 and building websites.
The best way to learn a framework is to work with it, so in this tutorial I'm going to show you how to build a simple Joomla site using Gantry 5.
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In the first post, I gave you a general introduction to Gantry 5. Now it's time to start using Gantry 5 and building websites.
The best way to learn a framework is to work with it, so in this tutorial I'm going to show you how to build a simple Joomla site using Gantry 5.
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September 11, 2015
How to Create a REST API Export in Drupal 8
Creating a REST API export in Drupal 7 is not always an easy process.
In a previous tutorial, we explained how to use the Services module, but that can be a complex and sometimes buggy option.
In comparison, Drupal 8 is a breath of fresh air. You can create web services using on the Drupal 8 core.
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In a previous tutorial, we explained how to use the Services module, but that can be a complex and sometimes buggy option.
In comparison, Drupal 8 is a breath of fresh air. You can create web services using on the Drupal 8 core.
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September 10, 2015
Joomla: Some update sites are disabled
Sometimes error messages on websites are clear. Other times they confuse users.
One Joomla error message that has confused several OSTraining members is this:
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One Joomla error message that has confused several OSTraining members is this:
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September 9, 2015
Joomla 3.4.4 Removes "Manager" from the Administrator
Joomla 3.4.4 was released today.
Mostly version 3.4.4 aimed at fixing some small bugs, although there was one low-level security fix.
However, there was one noticeable change that will impact our videos, books and blog tutorials. The Joomla team removed the word "Manager" from all administrator links.
Links that were "Article Manager" and "Category Manager" now read simply "Articles" and "Categories". Here's a visual overview of the changes, thanks to the Joomla team on Github:
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Mostly version 3.4.4 aimed at fixing some small bugs, although there was one low-level security fix.
However, there was one noticeable change that will impact our videos, books and blog tutorials. The Joomla team removed the word "Manager" from all administrator links.
Links that were "Article Manager" and "Category Manager" now read simply "Articles" and "Categories". Here's a visual overview of the changes, thanks to the Joomla team on Github:
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How to Use the Events Calendar Plugin for WordPress
The Events Calendar Plugin for WordPress is simple to use.
The free version comes with the basic features to manage events in WordPress, including a calendar view to display events to your visitors.
I'm going to show you how to install and start using Events Calendar Plugin.
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The free version comes with the basic features to manage events in WordPress, including a calendar view to display events to your visitors.
I'm going to show you how to install and start using Events Calendar Plugin.
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The Simmer Plugin for WordPress Food Sites
Food blogs are enormously popular at the moment.
The Simmer plugin is a great option for building a food site in WordPress. Simmer enables you to quickly and easily publish your recipes. You can add ingredients, step-by-step instructions, sub-headings, structured cook times, and a lot more all within a user-friendly drag and drop interface.
The 2 videos below will introduce you to using Simmer. These videos are part of our complete video class, "Build a WordPress Recipe Directory".
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The Simmer plugin is a great option for building a food site in WordPress. Simmer enables you to quickly and easily publish your recipes. You can add ingredients, step-by-step instructions, sub-headings, structured cook times, and a lot more all within a user-friendly drag and drop interface.
The 2 videos below will introduce you to using Simmer. These videos are part of our complete video class, "Build a WordPress Recipe Directory".
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Redirect a WordPress site from non-WWW to WWW
The following tutorial will show you how to redirect your WordPress site's domain from non-www to www or vice versa. Redirecting one to the other is useful for SEO.
If you go to https://www.wordpress.org, you'll see the URL changes a bit once you click enter. It goes to the non-www version. In order words, it goes to https://wordpress.org. It's a subtle change and it's usually not noticed by users.
So why have they done this? It's because, technically, the two are different domains but they have the same content. Without the redirect, they end up with duplicate content. With the redirect, they only have one site, so only one set of content.
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If you go to https://www.wordpress.org, you'll see the URL changes a bit once you click enter. It goes to the non-www version. In order words, it goes to https://wordpress.org. It's a subtle change and it's usually not noticed by users.
So why have they done this? It's because, technically, the two are different domains but they have the same content. Without the redirect, they end up with duplicate content. With the redirect, they only have one site, so only one set of content.
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How to Use Embeds in WordPress
One of the things I love most about WordPress is that it's easy to use. WordPress has made embeds easy too.
Embeds allow you to add a URL to a post and then watch as WordPress magically pulls in content for you. This works for YouTube videos, Twitter messages, Instagram photos, Slideshare presentations and many other types of content.
Here's a short video tutorial on using embeds in WordPress, plus some pro tips.
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Embeds allow you to add a URL to a post and then watch as WordPress magically pulls in content for you. This works for YouTube videos, Twitter messages, Instagram photos, Slideshare presentations and many other types of content.
Here's a short video tutorial on using embeds in WordPress, plus some pro tips.
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September 8, 2015
An Introduction to Gantry 5 from RocketTheme
The Gantry 5 framework was recently released and I have a series of five blog posts coming up to help you get familiar with it.
Gantry 5 is the successor to Gantry 4, which has been around for quite a while. Gantry is a free template framework that is very popular among Joomla and WordPress users. It is also used (and actually maintained) by the RocketTheme team.
While Gantry 4 was very popular, it was time for a big overhaul. For this reason, the team behind Gantry decided to rebuild it from the ground up. While this had the disadvantage of losing backward compatibility, it offers the possibility of a really modern framework, ready for the future. A few facts about Gantry 5:
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Gantry 5 is the successor to Gantry 4, which has been around for quite a while. Gantry is a free template framework that is very popular among Joomla and WordPress users. It is also used (and actually maintained) by the RocketTheme team.
While Gantry 4 was very popular, it was time for a big overhaul. For this reason, the team behind Gantry decided to rebuild it from the ground up. While this had the disadvantage of losing backward compatibility, it offers the possibility of a really modern framework, ready for the future. A few facts about Gantry 5:
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New Video Class: Using the Drupal Bootstrap Theme
If you're interested in Drupal theming, then you really need this week's new video class from Robert Ring called "Drupal and Bootstrap".
Bootstrap is the dominant design framework on the web today. Bootstrap is a sleek, intuitive and powerful mobile-first framework. Bootstrap can make your Drupal theme development much faster and easier.
In this new class, Robert explains how to setup and configure the Bootstrap theme, then takes us through Views, Panels, sub-themes and even template overrides.
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Bootstrap is the dominant design framework on the web today. Bootstrap is a sleek, intuitive and powerful mobile-first framework. Bootstrap can make your Drupal theme development much faster and easier.
In this new class, Robert explains how to setup and configure the Bootstrap theme, then takes us through Views, Panels, sub-themes and even template overrides.
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