Stephen Burge's Blog, page 38
March 15, 2018
Come and Join Us at DrupalCon Nashville
Want to visit one of the most fun cities in the US?
DrupalCon Nashville is in April, and you should come join us.
DrupalCon Nashville is going to be one full week of Drupal with sessions, business events, education, and fun.
If you haven't been there, Nashville is a wonderful surprise. DrupalCon is going to be downtown Nashville, right on the waterfront. The whole downtown is walkable and full of restaurants and bars, plus country music museums and attractions. It feels like a smaller version of New Orleans, with mid-West rather than Cajun influences.
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DrupalCon Nashville is in April, and you should come join us.
DrupalCon Nashville is going to be one full week of Drupal with sessions, business events, education, and fun.
If you haven't been there, Nashville is a wonderful surprise. DrupalCon is going to be downtown Nashville, right on the waterfront. The whole downtown is walkable and full of restaurants and bars, plus country music museums and attractions. It feels like a smaller version of New Orleans, with mid-West rather than Cajun influences.
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How to Change the Default Text Strings in Drupal 8
Drupal 8.5 is available now, and we covered some of the key new features.
However, some smaller, but very useful features arrived with 8.5. For example, it's now much easier to translate the default text.
A few years ago, we explained how to translate the default text in Drupal 7. The process was painful! Let me show you how much easier it is in Drupal 8.5.
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However, some smaller, but very useful features arrived with 8.5. For example, it's now much easier to translate the default text.
A few years ago, we explained how to translate the default text in Drupal 7. The process was painful! Let me show you how much easier it is in Drupal 8.5.
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March 12, 2018
New Class: Marketing Automation Using Mautic
This week's new class is a complete beginners guide to Mautic, the open source platform for marketing automation.
"Marketing Automation Using Mautic" will help you create your first inbound marketing campaigns with Mautic.
In a world where marketing automation tools often cost over $1,000 per month even to get started, why not look at open source alternatives?
In this class, you'll learn how to create meaningful communication with your customers and let automation do the busy work for you. The lessons will cover all the fundamentals of Mautic, from installation and configuration to campaigns and outcomes.
Mautic can help you, no matter what website builder you use. We'll show you how to integrate with WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and other software.
If you're new to this type of marketing, we have a complete introductory class for you.
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"Marketing Automation Using Mautic" will help you create your first inbound marketing campaigns with Mautic.
In a world where marketing automation tools often cost over $1,000 per month even to get started, why not look at open source alternatives?
In this class, you'll learn how to create meaningful communication with your customers and let automation do the busy work for you. The lessons will cover all the fundamentals of Mautic, from installation and configuration to campaigns and outcomes.
Mautic can help you, no matter what website builder you use. We'll show you how to integrate with WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and other software.
If you're new to this type of marketing, we have a complete introductory class for you.
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How OSpam-a-not Protects Your Joomla Forms From Spambots
In 2014 here at OSTraining.com, we decided to stop the flood of spambots sending spam via forms on our site.
We tried one particular unobtrusive technique on some of our forms.
This method worked out much better than we could have expected. So, we decided to turn this into a Joomla plugin. This is how OSpam-a-not was born.
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We tried one particular unobtrusive technique on some of our forms.
This method worked out much better than we could have expected. So, we decided to turn this into a Joomla plugin. This is how OSpam-a-not was born.
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March 11, 2018
How to Embed "Buy Now" Stripe Buttons in Drupal
Would you like to avoid a hassle of processing and keeping your online customers' card details? Stripe is a global online payment gateway you can quickly start using just for that.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to easily embed the "Buy Now" button from Stripe into your Drupal content. You will be able to integrate the Stripe Checkout even if you don't know how to write code.
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to easily embed the "Buy Now" button from Stripe into your Drupal content. You will be able to integrate the Stripe Checkout even if you don't know how to write code.
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March 7, 2018
How to Set FileZilla to Open and Edit Files with Notepad++
When installing and using FileZilla FTP client for the first time, it won't allow you to right-click files and instantly edit them using code editors, like Notepad++.
You want to quickly open and edit your PHP or an SQL file but FileZilla wouldn't let you to. In this tutorial, you will learn how to set your FileZilla to open and edit files in Notepad++ code editor.
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You want to quickly open and edit your PHP or an SQL file but FileZilla wouldn't let you to. In this tutorial, you will learn how to set your FileZilla to open and edit files in Notepad++ code editor.
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March 5, 2018
Give a Unique Look to Your Google Maps in Drupal
Google Maps don't look appealing or pretty by default when you embed them in your Drupal content. Nor do they always nicely coordinate with your site look and feel.
What if you found a way to give them a custom design? For example - your own color? In this tutorial, you will learn how to give your Drupal Google Maps a custom style with the Styled Google Map contrib module.
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What if you found a way to give them a custom design? For example - your own color? In this tutorial, you will learn how to give your Drupal Google Maps a custom style with the Styled Google Map contrib module.
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March 4, 2018
10 Options for Multi-Vendor Shopping Carts
Multi-vendor e-commerce sites are really popular.
Sites such as eBay, Etsy and AliBaba have enormous reach and support with 100,000's of sellers on just one site.
However, multi-vendor sites are also really difficult to build and maintain. E-commerce itself is difficult enough, but when you multiply the number of transactions and vendors, you multiply all of the potential issues.
Still, we often get asked how to set up a multi-vendor site. For our members and our readers, here are options for building a multi-vendor site with open source software.
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Sites such as eBay, Etsy and AliBaba have enormous reach and support with 100,000's of sellers on just one site.
However, multi-vendor sites are also really difficult to build and maintain. E-commerce itself is difficult enough, but when you multiply the number of transactions and vendors, you multiply all of the potential issues.
Still, we often get asked how to set up a multi-vendor site. For our members and our readers, here are options for building a multi-vendor site with open source software.
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March 1, 2018
How to Create Font Awesome Icons with CSS
Icons on a website are handy. They provide easy visual information, providing links to email forms, telephone numbers, maps and more.
Traditionally these icons have been graphics created using a graphic design programme such as Illustrator or Photoshop or downloaded from the many free graphics sites.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create icons using just CSS and fonts. This will allow you to edit all your graphics with just a few lines of code. By using font-based graphics you also make your pages lighter and more responsive.
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Traditionally these icons have been graphics created using a graphic design programme such as Illustrator or Photoshop or downloaded from the many free graphics sites.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create icons using just CSS and fonts. This will allow you to edit all your graphics with just a few lines of code. By using font-based graphics you also make your pages lighter and more responsive.
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February 28, 2018
The OSTraining Podcast #19: Patrick Rauland and WooCommerce
Patrick Rauland has just published the "WooCommerce Explained" book with us. You could say that he's a WooCommerce fan.
Patrick has used it as a customer, worked for their support team, developed core functionality, and led three releases as the official Product Manager for WooCommerce. Patrick now helps plan their yearly conference, WooConf.
Follow Patrick on Twitter at @BFTrick and check out his personal site at SpeakinginBytes.com.
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Patrick has used it as a customer, worked for their support team, developed core functionality, and led three releases as the official Product Manager for WooCommerce. Patrick now helps plan their yearly conference, WooConf.
Follow Patrick on Twitter at @BFTrick and check out his personal site at SpeakinginBytes.com.
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