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Using Panels to Build Page Layouts in Drupal 8

One of our OSTraining members asked about the current state of the Panels module in Drupal 8. They already had experience with Panels in Drupal 7.

Panels is one of the most popular ways to create page layouts in Drupal.

In this quick tutorial, we will show you have to create your Panel in Drupal 8. The process is definitely different when compared to Drupal 7, although many similarities remain.

For this tutorial, you do not need to have experience with Panels.



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The Easiest Way to Debug Drupal Themes and Modules

Are you looking for an easy way to find errors thrown by your Drupal modules and themes?

A lot of new developers are learning to create their first Drupal 8 modules or Drupal 8 themes. Often they've made a very small typo or spacing error and are looking for an easy way to debug their mistake.

Follow this tutorial, and you'll quickly be able to see a detailed list of recent errors on your Drupal site.



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Tiled Mosaic WordPress Photo Galleries With JetPack

One great way to improve the design of your WordPress galleries is the JetPack plugin. 

Once JetPack is installed, you can enable the "Tiled Galleries" feature. If you have a photo gallery set up, you will now get a "Tiled Mosaic" option for your galleries. This will show your images in a beautiful mosaic layout.

What's the difference between a normal photo gallery and a mosaic photo gallery?



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1 Million Views of the Drupal 8 Beginner Class!

One year ago, the Drupal Community helped us to fund a Kickstarter project and publish "The Drupal 8 Beginner Class" for free on YouTube.

The goal of the Kickstarter was to make sure that as many people as possible can use Drupal 8. 

I'm delighted to say that, with your help, this Kickstarter was more successful than we ever imagined.



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Contribute Your Code on Drupal.org, Part 6: Review Process

Previously we talked about connecting and checking that you are connected to your sandbox project, uploading your project and checking it against Paraview. 

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Now, in Part 6, we're going to look at getting your theme reviewed. This is perhaps the trickiest and slowest part of the whole contribution process, so pay close attention. We're going to help you do everything possible to ensure a speedy and successful application submission. 



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Cloud With Me: Launch Your Managed AWS server in Minutes

You may have already asked yourself the following question:“Why am I having difficulty getting started with AWS (Amazon Web Services)?”
Even with 9 out of 10 businesses already relying on the power of the cloud for some of their services, the ease-of-use that should be part of process has been largely absent. Until now.

Cloud With Me is a game-changer in the AWS server solutions space, and their managed AWS offerings continue that trend of excellence. They take care of all the difficult decisions and jump through all the hoops for you, saving your startup, small business, or large corporation time and money.



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Contribute Your Code on Drupal.org, Part 5: Upload Your Project Files

In previous posts in this series, we talked the process of contributing to Drupal.org.

Those posts covered setting up your project, configuring Git, creating sandbox projects, and much more: 

Part 1: Getting started
Part 2: Starting a Sandbox Project
Part 3: Git Configuration 
Part 4: Connecting to the sandbox


Now, in Part 5, we are going to upload our project and ensure that the project meets Drupal's standards.



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Contribute Your Code on Drupal.org, Part 5: Upload Your Project

Previously we talked about the different ways in which you can contribute to Drupal, setting up your project, configuring git and connecting and checking that you are connected to your sandbox project. 

Part 1 Getting started
Part 2 Starting a Sandbox Project
Part 3 Git Configuration 
Part 4 Connecting to the sandbox


Now we are going to upload our project and check the project meets Drupal's standards.



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How WordPress Pings Google and Other Search Engines

Even if you update your site regularly, you can't guarantee search engines will find your site. Pings can help.

In this video, we talk about WordPress' ability to send out a ping. A ping is an alert to other sites that something has changed on your site.

Search engines like Google use pings to understand when you've added new content.  WordPress will send out a ping whenever you update your content.



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How to Change the WordPress Site Title and Tagline

This tutorial will show you how to change the site title and tagline on your WordPress site.

The title and tagline are very often shown in the top-left corner of your site's design. They are the first thing that many visitors will see when they arrive at your site, and so it's important to make sure they are correct.




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