Stephen Burge's Blog, page 94
January 5, 2016
Improve the WordPress Admin Menu with the Hierarchy Plugin
In this post, I'll share with you how the Hierarchy plugin can improve the organization of your WordPress dashboard.
With it, you can merge the WordPress Custom Post Types admin menus into a single list to reflect the same structure as your public content.
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With it, you can merge the WordPress Custom Post Types admin menus into a single list to reflect the same structure as your public content.
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Add External Featured Images to WordPress Posts
WordPress allows us to upload a featured image to posts.
By default, these features images must be hosted on your site's server. However, what happens if you want to use an image located outside your site? Luckily, there is a plugin for that purpose.
In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how to choose a remotely-hosted featured image with Nelio External Featured Image plugin.
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By default, these features images must be hosted on your site's server. However, what happens if you want to use an image located outside your site? Luckily, there is a plugin for that purpose.
In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how to choose a remotely-hosted featured image with Nelio External Featured Image plugin.
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New Classes: Drupal 8 Backups and Installs
Last week, we published our roadmap for Drupal 8 classes.
This week, we completed two more items on that roadmap with the release of "Backing up Drupal 8 Sites" and "Installing Drupal 8".
Look for more Drupal 8 videos next week as we aim to create the best and most comprehensive library of Drupal 8 training on the web.
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This week, we completed two more items on that roadmap with the release of "Backing up Drupal 8 Sites" and "Installing Drupal 8".
Look for more Drupal 8 videos next week as we aim to create the best and most comprehensive library of Drupal 8 training on the web.
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How to Embed Facebook Posts in Joomla
If you use Joomla, then you've had problems with embeds.
Before the launch of the OSEmbed extension, it was difficult to reliably embed any outside sources into your Joomla articles.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how easy it is to embed Facebook posts into Joomla.
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Before the launch of the OSEmbed extension, it was difficult to reliably embed any outside sources into your Joomla articles.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how easy it is to embed Facebook posts into Joomla.
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Add Custom CSS to Your Drupal 7 Site
One of the common requests in our support chat and forum involves adding custom CSS to a site.
Normally the solution is to add the CSS to theme, but many environments are locked down and the site owners don't have access to the files.
In this post, I'm going to show you how to use the CSS Injector module to add custom CSS to your Drupal 7 site.
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Normally the solution is to add the CSS to theme, but many environments are locked down and the site owners don't have access to the files.
In this post, I'm going to show you how to use the CSS Injector module to add custom CSS to your Drupal 7 site.
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How to Create a Calendar in Drupal 8
Drupal 8 is still a very new system and many contributed modules are just starting to catch up.
However, there some features already available in Drupal 8. The Calendar module is not bug-free and doesn't have all the features it did on Drupal 7, but it is working on Drupal 8.
Here's a guide to building your first Drupal 8 calendar.
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However, there some features already available in Drupal 8. The Calendar module is not bug-free and doesn't have all the features it did on Drupal 7, but it is working on Drupal 8.
Here's a guide to building your first Drupal 8 calendar.
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How to Reset Joomla If You’re Having File or Database Problems
"Have you tried restarting it?" is the age-old wisdom of the IT world.
In this troubleshooting guide, I'll show you some simple steps to reset the Joomla core files and database. Our team has used these steps to resolve hundreds of issues that have come up in support.
Let's get started...
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In this troubleshooting guide, I'll show you some simple steps to reset the Joomla core files and database. Our team has used these steps to resolve hundreds of issues that have come up in support.
Let's get started...
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Hide Joomla URLs from Google with OSMap Pro
OSMap is the easiest way to create a sitemap in Joomla.
OSMap automatically generates and updates the sitemap you send to Google. However in some cases you may need to exclude specific URLs from the sitemap because you don't want them to be indexed by search engines.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to exclude individual URLs from your sitemap with OSMap Pro.
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OSMap automatically generates and updates the sitemap you send to Google. However in some cases you may need to exclude specific URLs from the sitemap because you don't want them to be indexed by search engines.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to exclude individual URLs from your sitemap with OSMap Pro.
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December 30, 2015
Why is the Joomla Version Displayed Twice in the Administrator?
This is an odd issue that may happen randomly. Recently I noticed the Joomla version was displayed twice in the administrator area after updating to Joomla 3.4.8.
Why this is happening? The short answer: a duplicated administrator module.
I'm going to show you how to disable the module that duplicates this information.
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Why this is happening? The short answer: a duplicated administrator module.
I'm going to show you how to disable the module that duplicates this information.
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Why the Joomla Version is Displayed Twice in the Backend?
This is an odd issue that may happens randomly. Recently I noticed the Joomla version was displayed two times in the backend after udpating to Joomla 3.4.8, however it could be there before and I wasn't aware.
Why this is happening? The short answer: a duplicated administrator module.
In this short tutorial I'm going to show you how to disable the module that duplicates this information.
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Why this is happening? The short answer: a duplicated administrator module.
In this short tutorial I'm going to show you how to disable the module that duplicates this information.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
