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What Are Experimental Modules in Drupal?

Drupal 8 introduced an interesting new approach called "experimental modules".

These experimental modules are included in the Drupal core, and have inspired several questions from OSTraining members. What are these experimental modules, and is it safe to use then?

Yes, experimental modules are shipped with the Drupal 8 core, but they are not yet fully supported. Here's the official explanation:
Experimental modules allow core contributors to iterate quickly on functionality that may be supported in an upcoming minor release and receive feedback, without needing to conform to the rigorous requirements for production versions of Drupal core. Like other features, new experimental modules can only be added in minor releases, but unlike other features, they may change between patch releases while they are still experimental.



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How to Recover a Lost Joomla Username and Password

We've had several people recently contact us after losing the login to their Joomla 3 site. Often they can't remember or just don't know both the username and password.

In this tutorial, you'll learn two solutions to recover your lost Joomla! 3 login details:

Using Joomla's built-in username reminder and password resetting by email
Using your Joomla database with phpMyAdmin database management tool.




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Add Parallax Blocks to Drupal 8 With ScrollMagic

In this tutorial, I will explain how to use custom block types to create a Parallax effect in your Drupal 8 subtheme.

To follow along with these steps, it would help to have a good understanding of Drupal 8 theming. You can click here to take our Drupal 8 Theming Class.

To be able to follow this tutorial, you also need to install Bootstrap and create a subtheme from the CDN folder. You can follow our guide here in our earlier post.



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Add Parallax Styled Blocks to Your Drupal 8 Theme

In this tutorial, I will explain how to use custom block types to create a Parallax effect in a Drupal 8 subtheme.

It would be preferable but not required for you to have a good understanding of Drupal 8 theming. You can click here to take the Drupal 8 Theming Class.

To be able to follow this tutorial, you need to install Bootstrap and create a subtheme from the CDN folder. You can follow our guide here in our earlier post.



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How to Create a Drupal 8 Bootstrap Subtheme

Bootstrap is an incredibly popular option for creating Drupal themes.

Using the Bootstrap CDN allows you to quickly and flexibly add custom code that overrides the Bootstrap defaults. This is a great way to make your own Drupal theme based on Bootstrap.

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a Drupal 8 subtheme that uses the Bootstrap CDN.



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Create a Drupal 8 Bootstrap Subtheme Using CDN

Using the Bootstrap CDN allows you to quickly add custom code that overrides the Bootstrap defaults. By doing so you can quickly make your own Drupal theme based on Bootstrap.

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a Drupal 8, Bootstrap subtheme that uses the "Bootstrap CDN".



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Create a Drupal 8 Bootstrap subtheme using CDN

Using the Bootstrap CDN allows you to quickly add custom code that overrides the Bootstrap defaults. By doing so you can quickly make your own Drupal theme based on Bootstrap.

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a Drupal 8, Bootstrap subtheme that uses the "Bootstrap CDN".



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How to Display the Same Joomla Module in Multiple Positions

Joomla allows you to display the same module in multiple positions and place it on different pages.

For example, you might want to display the "Search" module in the "search" position on your Home page, but you want it in the "left" position on each sub-page.

Here is a quick and easy way to accomplish this.



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How to Display the Same Joomla! Module in Multiple Positions

Joomla! allows you to display the same module in multiple positions and place it on different pages. For example, you might want to display the "Search" module in the "search" position on your Home page, but you want it in the "left" position on each sub-page. Here is a quick and easy way to accomplish this.



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Drupal 8's Field Layout is an Alternative to Display Suite

In Drupal 7 to create custom displays, you would probably use Display Suite.

Drupal 8 just added a potential alternative to the Display Suite in the core experimental modules. The Field Layout and Layout Discovery modules will allow you to assign a layout to specific content types.

In this tutorial you will learn how to customise the display of content on a content type level with the Field Layout and Layout Discovery modules.



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