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July 22, 2015
New Video Class: Build a Joomla Restaurant Site
In this week's new video class, Rod demonstrates, in 10 easy steps, how to build a restaurant website with Joomla.
During the class, Rod showcases both free and paid extensions that are helpful for restaurant websites.
You'll see how to integrate your site with OpenTable.com. You'll also see how to create mouth-watering multimedia displays with videos and image galleries. Finally, Rod discusses a mobile-first approach to your restaurant website, so that people on-the-go can find out about your site.
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During the class, Rod showcases both free and paid extensions that are helpful for restaurant websites.
You'll see how to integrate your site with OpenTable.com. You'll also see how to create mouth-watering multimedia displays with videos and image galleries. Finally, Rod discusses a mobile-first approach to your restaurant website, so that people on-the-go can find out about your site.
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July 21, 2015
Webinar: 10 Things Site Builders Need to Know Before Leaping to Drupal 8
Everyone is excited for the launch of Drupal 8.
Come and join us and Acquia on August 20th for a fast-paced Drupal 8 webinar.
Rod will introduce you to all the major advances in Drupal 8. Rod will cover user-friendly features, including the mobile-friendly admin interface and the in-place WYSIWYG editor, plus improvements in theming and module development.
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Come and join us and Acquia on August 20th for a fast-paced Drupal 8 webinar.
Rod will introduce you to all the major advances in Drupal 8. Rod will cover user-friendly features, including the mobile-friendly admin interface and the in-place WYSIWYG editor, plus improvements in theming and module development.
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Use Sourcerer to Embed Any Code in Joomla
If you build websites with a CMS, then you probably have a love-hate relationship with your site's text editor.
The editor makes it really easy to create formatted pages. But, editors can make a mess of any code you try to use.
Sourcerer from NoNumber.nl is a great way to solve this problem inside Joomla. If you put your code inside Sourcerer's tags, the code will always work correctly.
Here's an example of using Sourcerer to add a Google Map to Joomla:
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The editor makes it really easy to create formatted pages. But, editors can make a mess of any code you try to use.
Sourcerer from NoNumber.nl is a great way to solve this problem inside Joomla. If you put your code inside Sourcerer's tags, the code will always work correctly.
Here's an example of using Sourcerer to add a Google Map to Joomla:
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Use JetPack Statistics in Your WordPress Dashboard
JetPack is an official plugin from Automattic, the makers of WordPress.com.
JetPack offers tons of useful features, from security protection and comments to social sharing and improved photo galleries.
One of the most useful features is Statistics. Without leaving your site, and without creating additional accounts elsewhere, you can get really detailed information on your site's visitors.
Here's how you can use JetPack statistics ...
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JetPack offers tons of useful features, from security protection and comments to social sharing and improved photo galleries.
One of the most useful features is Statistics. Without leaving your site, and without creating additional accounts elsewhere, you can get really detailed information on your site's visitors.
Here's how you can use JetPack statistics ...
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July 20, 2015
How to Uninstall Joomla Extensions
It's always a good idea to remove Joomla extensions that you aren't using.
However, the process for removing extensions isn't obvious, unless you know how.
Here's how to uninstall Joomla extensions ...
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However, the process for removing extensions isn't obvious, unless you know how.
Here's how to uninstall Joomla extensions ...
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WordPress 4.3: The Customizer Release
The official WordPress 4.3 is still a month away, but this release has already been far more high-profile that most.
Since the new admin design in December 2013, most WordPress releases have focused on iterative improvements.
However, this upcoming release will probably be remembered as a turning point. WordPress 4.3 makes it very clear the future of WordPress for non-technical users is the Customizer.
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Since the new admin design in December 2013, most WordPress releases have focused on iterative improvements.
However, this upcoming release will probably be remembered as a turning point. WordPress 4.3 makes it very clear the future of WordPress for non-technical users is the Customizer.
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Social Buttons in WordPress with AddThis Sharing Buttons
Adding social sharing buttons to your WordPress site is very easy with the AddThis Sharing Buttons plugin. It takes only a minute to install and setup.
In this tutorial we will show you how to use this plugin.
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In this tutorial we will show you how to use this plugin.
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July 17, 2015
Use the Masquerade Module to Test Drupal Roles
If you have a large Drupal site, you may have a large number of roles and users.
How do you know if a role is set up correct?
How you know if a user has the correct permissions?
Yes, you can create fake accounts for each user role, but that becomes very cumbersome if you have more than a couple of roles.
Yes, you can ask the user for their password, or reset if for them, but that's a painful process.
The solution is the Masquerade module which allows you to easily browse the site through the eyes of any user you choose:
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How do you know if a role is set up correct?
How you know if a user has the correct permissions?
Yes, you can create fake accounts for each user role, but that becomes very cumbersome if you have more than a couple of roles.
Yes, you can ask the user for their password, or reset if for them, but that's a painful process.
The solution is the Masquerade module which allows you to easily browse the site through the eyes of any user you choose:
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July 16, 2015
Can't Find the "Install new module" Link in Drupal?
When developers install Drupal modules, they rely on Drush or version control to manage their work.
However, most ordinary Drupal users do everything through the admin interface. They install modules via the "Install new modules" link.
Sometimes that link goes missing. If you can't find your "Install new modules" link, here are four possible solutions.
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However, most ordinary Drupal users do everything through the admin interface. They install modules via the "Install new modules" link.
Sometimes that link goes missing. If you can't find your "Install new modules" link, here are four possible solutions.
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July 15, 2015
Easily Add Google Fonts to WordPress
Google Fonts is a wonderful tool to help you customize your site. You can choose from about 700 different fonts to improve the design of your site.
Normally the process of adding Google Fonts to your site isn't easy, because you have to modify your theme's files. However, a plugin called Easy Google Fonts make it simply to add this feature to almost any theme.
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Normally the process of adding Google Fonts to your site isn't easy, because you have to modify your theme's files. However, a plugin called Easy Google Fonts make it simply to add this feature to almost any theme.
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