Stephen Burge's Blog, page 165
December 12, 2013
HTML Emails from Drupal Webform
The Webform module is one of the most popular modules in Drupal.
Webform is relied upon for everything from contact forms, to donations to event registrations.
By default, Webform sends emails in plain text. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to send Webform emails in plain text, which allows you choose different layouts or designs.
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Webform is relied upon for everything from contact forms, to donations to event registrations.
By default, Webform sends emails in plain text. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to send Webform emails in plain text, which allows you choose different layouts or designs.
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December 11, 2013
7 Lessons A Writer Learned from Tweeting
An uncommonly excellent marketing firm in Atlanta needed to hire a writer. In keeping with their culture and style, their help-wanted ad read: “Wanted: Defender of the English Language.”
As a stalwart defender of the English language myself, I applied for the job. They asked me to come to their offices one rainy Saturday morning for an interview and testing.
Ten or eleven hours later – not having left their enclave all day – the owner, senior staff and I were on a conference call. Our newly compiled team was speaking with a friend of mine who had spent many years in radio and as a voice-over artist. He was asked – with zero time to prepare – to “do voices” that might fit a TV commercial we had composed and polished about historic Texans.
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As a stalwart defender of the English language myself, I applied for the job. They asked me to come to their offices one rainy Saturday morning for an interview and testing.
Ten or eleven hours later – not having left their enclave all day – the owner, senior staff and I were on a conference call. Our newly compiled team was speaking with a friend of mine who had spent many years in radio and as a voice-over artist. He was asked – with zero time to prepare – to “do voices” that might fit a TV commercial we had composed and polished about historic Texans.
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December 10, 2013
Learning Launch: WordPress Developer Plugin Class
The WordPress Developer plugin is the essential tool for anyone who develops sites in WordPress.
The Developer plugin will help you optimize your development environment by making sure that you have all the essential tools and plugins installed. This plugin will make you a better WordPress developer.
In our new "WordPress Developer Plugin" class, Topher takes us step-by-step through each part of the plugin, explaining what it does and demonstrating its use.
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The Developer plugin will help you optimize your development environment by making sure that you have all the essential tools and plugins installed. This plugin will make you a better WordPress developer.
In our new "WordPress Developer Plugin" class, Topher takes us step-by-step through each part of the plugin, explaining what it does and demonstrating its use.
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Learning Launch: Drupal 7 Development by Example
Every month, OSTraining members get a new, professional-quality book to download.
The book for December is "Drupal 7 Development by Example" by Kurt Madel.
This is a hands-on, example-driven guide to programming Drupal websites.
As you follow the book, you build a fully functional recipe sharing website as you learn how to code for Drupal.
This 360-page book normally lists for $50. You get it for free if you're an OSTraining member.
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The book for December is "Drupal 7 Development by Example" by Kurt Madel.
This is a hands-on, example-driven guide to programming Drupal websites.
As you follow the book, you build a fully functional recipe sharing website as you learn how to code for Drupal.
This 360-page book normally lists for $50. You get it for free if you're an OSTraining member.
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December 9, 2013
Display Suite and Views Together in Drupal
Display Suite is one of our very favorite Drupal modules.
We love how easy it is for even new Drupal users to control their content layouts with Display Suite.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how you can use Display Suite together with Views. This allows you to create complex pages, controlling both the output and layout, without knowing any code.
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We love how easy it is for even new Drupal users to control their content layouts with Display Suite.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how you can use Display Suite together with Views. This allows you to create complex pages, controlling both the output and layout, without knowing any code.
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Webinar: 8 Ways To Manage Joomla Hassle-Free
Come and join us and Siteground for a great Joomla webinar this week.
I'll be presenting "8 Ways To Manage Joomla Hassle-Free".
We'll show you how to setup your Joomla admin area for the easiest possible management.
We'll also introduce you to some of the newest features in Joomla that will make your website life much, much simpler.
Click here to register for the "8 Ways To Manage Joomla Hassle-Free" webinar.
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I'll be presenting "8 Ways To Manage Joomla Hassle-Free".
We'll show you how to setup your Joomla admin area for the easiest possible management.
We'll also introduce you to some of the newest features in Joomla that will make your website life much, much simpler.
Click here to register for the "8 Ways To Manage Joomla Hassle-Free" webinar.
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Joomla 1, Joomla 2, Joomla 3 and Joomla 4
People love software that they can understand.
If we want to make software that is loved, we need to make it easily understood. This extends to every aspect of the software from the user interface to how new features are added.
One of the most common points of misunderstanding with Joomla is the version numbers.
In order for everyone to understand Joomla version numbers, I'm going to propose that we change the way we talk about them.
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If we want to make software that is loved, we need to make it easily understood. This extends to every aspect of the software from the user interface to how new features are added.
One of the most common points of misunderstanding with Joomla is the version numbers.
In order for everyone to understand Joomla version numbers, I'm going to propose that we change the way we talk about them.
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December 8, 2013
Good Writing Never, Ever Changes
I make my living as a writer, but I consider myself a lowly farm boy when it comes to teaching writers how to keep readers interested.
Many others could give better advice: Shakespeare and Austen, for example. They, however, aren't writing much these days, so I'll take my best shot.
The most popular forms of modern writing – blogs, Facebook and Twitter – were unheard of a decade or so ago.
Writers used to submit their work to what were known as “magazines,” defined by Merriam-Webster as “periodicals containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated.” Try to imagine websites printed on paper.
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Many others could give better advice: Shakespeare and Austen, for example. They, however, aren't writing much these days, so I'll take my best shot.
The most popular forms of modern writing – blogs, Facebook and Twitter – were unheard of a decade or so ago.
Writers used to submit their work to what were known as “magazines,” defined by Merriam-Webster as “periodicals containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated.” Try to imagine websites printed on paper.
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December 6, 2013
Let It Snow ... On Your WordPress Blog
This week Topher lets us in on a little addition to the Jetpack plugin from Wordpress.com. Jetpack is one of the most popular plugins in WordPress.
Let it Snow! is a fun little toy that will show falling snow on your blog until January 4th!
If you haven't used it before, Jetpack is one of the most popular WordPress plugins. Created by Automattic, the team behind WordPress.com, Jetpack adds lots of important features to WordPress, from social sharing to statistics and email updates.
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Let it Snow! is a fun little toy that will show falling snow on your blog until January 4th!
If you haven't used it before, Jetpack is one of the most popular WordPress plugins. Created by Automattic, the team behind WordPress.com, Jetpack adds lots of important features to WordPress, from social sharing to statistics and email updates.
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Let It Snow - On Your WordPress Blog
This week Topher lets us in on a little addition to the Jetpack plugin from Wordpress.com. Jetpack is one of the most popular plugins in WordPress.
Its a fun little toy that will show falling snow on your blog until January 4th!
Jetpack has been downloaded over 7 million times and is installed automatically by many hosting companies.
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Its a fun little toy that will show falling snow on your blog until January 4th!
Jetpack has been downloaded over 7 million times and is installed automatically by many hosting companies.
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