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OSTips - Changing the Default Editor in FileZilla

OSTips - Changing the Default Editor in FileZilla

Today we're going to talk about Filezilla, and a really cool little trick that'll make your life much easier.

So have you been in Filezilla trying to edit your files whether they're php files or text files, and it always opens up in Notepad? It's really frustrating to find things, because there's no color coding. Maybe you would prefer TextWrangler or Sublime.

Well, you can change that Notepad default inside of Filezilla so that it always opens up in your preferred editor. It'll only take you a few seconds to do this, and in this video I show you how.

Let's take a look.

Remove index.php and IDs from URLs in Joomla

Remove index.php and IDs from URLs in Joomla

Sometimes you want to remove the /index.php from after your domain name or the category ID/article ID from your Category Blog or Category List menu items.

This blog post will explain how to do both.

OSTips - Check Modules and Themes for Move to Drupal 9

OSTips - Check Modules and Themes for Move to Drupal 9

We all know that Drupal 9 is here, but is your site ready?

In this video, I'm going to share with you 3 ways to check to see if your modules and themes are ready to move to Drupal 9.

Alright, let's go.

OSTips - Which Form Should You Choose in Mautic

OSTips - Which Form Should You Choose in Mautic

One of the questions I get every once in a while when I'm creating a form in Mautic to embed on my website is which form type should I choose.

In this video, I'm going to answer that question. It's actually a pretty simple answer.

Let's dive in.

OSTips - How to Hide the Login Page On Your WordPress Site

OSTips - How to Hide the Login Page On Your WordPress Site

One of the ways hackers and bots try to break your WordPress site is by going to /login and hammering away at the login screen. We can fix that by learning to hide the login page on your WordPress site.

In this video, we're going to show you how to use a simple plugin to completely change the login url to your WordPress site.

Let's do it!

Three Great WordPress Utility Plugins

Three Great WordPress Utility Plugins

It’s no secret that one of the reasons for the great success of WordPress is its extensibility via plugins.

WordPress.org hosts over 57,000 plugins alone. You could get lost down the rabbit hole if you are not careful.

This post will highlight three great WordPress utility plugins that I’ve found to be extra useful.

Let's take a look.

How to Add Floating Action Buttons on your WordPress Website

How to Add Floating Action Buttons on your WordPress Website

Have you ever wanted to add floating action buttons to your WordPress site to boost conversion rates? Perhaps you’d like a call to action button for people to phone you or visit your social media sites.

If so, Buttonizer is a fantastic and super easy plugin to accomplish adding floating action buttons on your site.

Find out how!

How to Change the Default Date Format in Joomla

How to Change the Default Date Format in Joomla

The default date format in Joomla is based on United Kingdom English. Not everyone wants this date format.

If you’ve ever wanted to change the date format in Joomla from day month year to US date standard of month day, year, then this is the post for you. Let’s get started.

OSTips - E-Commerce Inside Drupal Made Easy

OSTips - E-Commerce Inside Drupal Made Easy

How would you like to be able to set up an ecommerce platform on your drupal site in less than 60 seconds? You can!

In this video, I want to share with you my little frustration with drupal and drupal e-commerce. It's really hard to set up! However, there's a fantastic e-commerce platform called ecwid that allows you to set up your store in no time. Then you can literally have it embedded on your Drupal site in less than 60 seconds. People will never know the difference, because everything stays on your Drupal site!

Let's check it out.

Control Spam in Drupal with Honeypot and/or Antibot

Control Spam in Drupal with Honeypot and/or Antibot

From its conception, the fundamental (ground) idea of the internet was the exchange of information through code snippets of a markup language. This is still the ground principle that moves the internet these days. There are, of course, a lot of other things you can do over the internet, but it all comes down to an exchange of information.

With this kind of freedom, it is not surprising, that people abuse this for their own benefit. Spam comments are a form of abusing this privilege.

The combination of the Drupal modules Honeypot and Antibot will ensure that your site is “almost” 100% protected from spam (at least the ones produced by robots).

Keep reading to learn how to Control Spam in Drupal with Honeypot and/or Antibot!

OSTips - Enabling Two Factor Authentication in Joomla

OSTips - Enabling Two Factor Authentication in Joomla

Today we're going to be talking about a very important topic which is two factor authentication inside of Joomla websites.

So we know that over 80% of website breaches come through passwords, but how can we avoid this on our own Joomla website?

Well, we can turn on two-factor authentication. What that means is that we'll have a username, a password, and then a randomly generated code produced from something that is on your person physically (ex: cell phone).

Joomla offers two ways to enable two factor authentication:

Google Authenticator running on a mobile device
Yubikeys that are plugged into a USB port on your Mac or PC

Let's take a look at these options!

Intro To Local WordPress Development With LocalWP

Intro To Local WordPress Development With LocalWP

When I started my career as a web developer, we would use a text editor to write HTML in local files, and then use File Transfer Protocol to copy them to a web server on the internet, and then refresh the browser and wait for the changes to be visible.

We’ve come a long way since then. These days it’s becoming more and more common to run a web server right on your own computer, and not upload anything until the entire site is complete. I recently did a video series for OSTraining, "An Introduction To Local WordPress Development With LocalWP", which not only sets up a local web server, but also helps get WordPress itself setup and configured, as well as providing a number of other tools. Here’s some of what I covered.

OSTips - How to Create New Date & Time Formats in Drupal

OSTips - How to Create New Date & Time Formats in Drupal

I don't know about you, but as a site builder when I add a date field to a content type in Drupal, and I tell it I do NOT want the time just the date and then I go to a node, and I enter the date, and it shows me both the date AND the time... it kind of drives me crazy!

How do we fix it? In this video, I'm going to show you how to create new date & time formats in Drupal sites, so you don't have to worry about getting a time and a date when you only want the date. And, as a bonus, you'll get it in the format that you want.

Let's get started!

2 Reasons to access configuration.php in Joomla

2 Reasons to access configuration.php in Joomla

Two reasons you might need to access configuration.php are:

How to find your Database Credentials
How to set Error Reporting to Maximum

We can help you with that.

How to Disable a Joomla Plugin via phpMyAdmin

How to Disable a Joomla Plugin via phpMyAdmin

It happens. One day you visit your website, and there’s this weird error across the top of the screen throwing off your layout and making your site look horrible.

We can help you with that!

OSTips - How To Keep Your WordPress Site Up To Date

OSTips - How To Keep Your WordPress Site Up To Date

One of the fastest ways your WordPress site will get hacked is if you don't pay attention. Well ,how do you know when stuff needs attention?

In this video, I want to talk to you about a really simple plugin called Update Notifier that helps to keep your WordPress site up to date. This Is going to let you know when parts of your wordpress website need to be updated. Now WordPress updates itself in minor releases but not major releases, and your plugins and themes don't automatically update, so you need to maintain those well.

If you don't regularly log into your WordPress site, how do you know?

Let's find out!

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