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December 23, 2015
An Update on Drupal 8 Classes at OSTraining
Just over 1 month ago, on November 19th, the Drupal community released Drupal 8.
However, the practical kick-off for Drupal 8 was two weeks earlier on November 4th with the launch of Release Candidate 3. That was the first time that Drupal 8 was stable enough for end-users and for trainers like us to start creating lessons.
Since then, Rod and Robert, our Drupal trainers, have been hard at work producing some really great Drupal 8 videos.
If you want to learn Drupal 8, here's overview of what's available to you now and what's to come:
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However, the practical kick-off for Drupal 8 was two weeks earlier on November 4th with the launch of Release Candidate 3. That was the first time that Drupal 8 was stable enough for end-users and for trainers like us to start creating lessons.
Since then, Rod and Robert, our Drupal trainers, have been hard at work producing some really great Drupal 8 videos.
If you want to learn Drupal 8, here's overview of what's available to you now and what's to come:
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December 22, 2015
Use Google Trends to Find Keywords for Your Content
If you're trying to optimize your site to meet the needs of potential visitors, then Google Trends is a very useful tool.
If you're going to create content that's optimized for a particular keyword, it's helpful to know whether people are actually searching for that keyword.
Google Trends allows you to see how popular a keyword has been, not just today, but over a decade or more.
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If you're going to create content that's optimized for a particular keyword, it's helpful to know whether people are actually searching for that keyword.
Google Trends allows you to see how popular a keyword has been, not just today, but over a decade or more.
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OSEmbed: the Extension to Help You Embed ANYTHING in Joomla
Social media is really important for web sites. Soon or later, everyone needs to embed a Tweet, a Facebook post, YouTube or Vimeo video.
The old, painful process was to copy-and-paste the embed code - a solution that often didn’t always work.
OSEmbed makes it far easier. All you need is the URL and you can embed almost anything into a Joomla site!
Watch the video and you'll see how easy just how easy it is to embed ANYTHING with OSEmbed ...
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The old, painful process was to copy-and-paste the embed code - a solution that often didn’t always work.
OSEmbed makes it far easier. All you need is the URL and you can embed almost anything into a Joomla site!
Watch the video and you'll see how easy just how easy it is to embed ANYTHING with OSEmbed ...
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Show a WordPress Menu Item Only When Logged In
One of our OSTraining members was wondering how to set up a WordPress menu item so that only subscribers could view it.
He wasn't sure if it could be done with the WordPress core or if it required a plugin.
This tutorial shows you how to control the visibility of menu items based on logged-in status or access group. Let's get started...
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He wasn't sure if it could be done with the WordPress core or if it required a plugin.
This tutorial shows you how to control the visibility of menu items based on logged-in status or access group. Let's get started...
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Find Relevant Search Terms to Improve your SEO with Google Trends
Google Trends is a tool to find out the popularity of search terms. It is helpful to know which words or phrases to use in your site for SEO purposes by checking its popularity.
I'm going to share with you how useful is Google Trends to choose the right search terms.
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I'm going to share with you how useful is Google Trends to choose the right search terms.
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How to Enable and Disable the Shortcut Menu in Drupal 7
One of our users wanted to re-enable the Shortcut menu in his Drupal 7 site, after it had become disabled.
In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how to enable and disable the module that renders the Shortcut menu.
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In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how to enable and disable the module that renders the Shortcut menu.
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How to Enable and Disable Shortcut Menu in Drupal 7
One of our users wanted to enable back the Shortcut menu in his Drupal 7 site.
In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how to enable and disable the module that renders the Shortcut menu.
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In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how to enable and disable the module that renders the Shortcut menu.
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December 21, 2015
Move to a Safer PHP Version for Joomla 3
Joomla has just released 3.4.7, a new update which specifically targeted at people on old, out-of-date PHP versions.
If you are impacted by this security issue, then you really need to talk to your hosting company. They have you on an old and insecure version of PHP.
I'm going share some tips to keep your Joomla site secure before and after the release of Joomla 3.4.7.
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If you are impacted by this security issue, then you really need to talk to your hosting company. They have you on an old and insecure version of PHP.
I'm going share some tips to keep your Joomla site secure before and after the release of Joomla 3.4.7.
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December 18, 2015
Stop Joomla Sending Passwords in Emails
One of our members contacted us today and asked about web site security. They asked whether it was a good idea for Joomla to send password by email.
The image below shows a typical Joomla registration email, with the username and password included.
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The image below shows a typical Joomla registration email, with the username and password included.
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Create a Custom Administrator Module for Joomla
Modules allows us to display small blocks of content in the frontend of Joomla, in similar way you can show modules in the backend. The quick icons, site information, logged in users, menus, etc. are examples of this types of modules.
To build a basic administrator module are required two files.
In this post, I'm going to explain how to create a custom module to display in the Joomla administrator area.
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To build a basic administrator module are required two files.
In this post, I'm going to explain how to create a custom module to display in the Joomla administrator area.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://OSTraining.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
