Drupal 6 will be around for quite a while longer and module updates are still required periodically. Unlike Drupal 7, there isn't any automated update process for Drupal 6, so here's a complete step-by-step guide to the update process:
How to Update Your Drupal 6 Modules
An Introduction to Responsive Themes in Drupal
It's hard to miss the word "Responsive" when looking at Drupal themes these days.
What does it mean? "Responsive" design means that your theme is flexible enough to look good on any device. There is no need to create a separate theme or even a separate subdomain or site. One theme can look good on a large desktop, your tablet and your mobile phone.
In this tutorial we're going to use one particular example to show you how Responsive design works with Drupal sites.
Reset a Lost Drupal 6 Administrator Password
The User 1 account on a Drupal site has special status. This account has life and death rights on your Drupal installation and needs to be protected at all costs. If you've lost access to this account, then it is important to regain that access.
Your first step should be to try and reset your password by adding this to your site's URL: /user/password/. If that doesn't work or if you don't know the email for the account, then you can manually reset your password in the database. This tutorial will show you how to do it.
10 Responsive WordPress Themes
The phrase "Responsive Web Design" isn't even two years old, but it's hard to read web design articles these days without hearing it mentioned.
What is it and how does it impact WordPress? Responsive design means that your theme is flexible enough to look good on any device. There is no need to create a separate theme or even a separate subdomain or site. One theme can look good on a large desktop, your tablet and your mobile phone.
In this blog post we'll show you a selection of 10 great responsive WordPress themes to wet your appetite.
Using Firebug to Find and Replace Logos
UPDATE: Firebug is not supported anymore. Please try Dev Tools in Firefox, or Developer Tools in Chrome instead.
As templates and themes become more complicated, it can also become more difficult to find and replace images. The most likely image you'll want to replace is the logo.
We're going to show you a technique to find and replace logos. Though the technique requires a few steps, it should help you track down almost any image you need to find.
Joomla 2.5 is here and we're ready with a new course
Joomla 2.5 was released today and the slogan for it is "Extra Features! Easy Updates!" Both are true.
Updates: If you're using Joomla 1.7, it is a one-click update to 2.5. All your extensions and template will work with the new version. Also, you'll need see an icon when you first login and this will do what WordPress does and warn you and any updates to Joomla or your installed extensions.
How to use the Fireshot addon for Firefox
Fireshot is a very useful Firefox plugin that allows you capture screenshots. Not only does Fireshot take the screenshot, but it also allows you to edit the image or email, print and upload it directly to Facebook, Flickr and other sites.
Open Source Against SOPA and PIPA
It's been hard to go online this week and not encounter protests against the SOPA and PIPA laws which the U.S. Congress has been considering.
There was a huge amount of pushback from online organizations, and open source projects led the way. Here's how some of the biggest reacted:
Thank You from OSTraining
2012 is here, our 2nd birthday is approaching in a couple of weeks. It is time for some thank yous. A lot of thank yous.
OSTraining is a new business that has been a long time in making. I used to work full-time as a teacher, doing webdesign in the evenings to pay the bills. From the beginning, the webdesign was powered by open source. My first Mambo ( Joomla ) site was in 2003. Three years later, as open source really started to become popular, the evening job was more profitable than the day job. So I went full-time with Alledia.com, where we did traditional webdesign and SEO services. But the urge to teach remained and over time the teaching side of Alledia grew until in 2010, I split it off into a separate company.
Still, at the beginning of 2011, OSTraining was just me and a large team of part-timers. A year later and we have the equivalent of 5 full-time staff members, plus an even larger team of part-time live trainers and video creators. So a big thank you to Rod, Nick, Ed, Thanh, Stacey, Tessa and everyone else who's worked with us this year.
How to use the JCarousel Module for Drupal
JCarousel is a useful module for creating Drupal slideshows. It uses the JCarousel plugin from http://sorgalla.com/jcarousel/and makes it easy to use via integration with Views.
Here's a simple example of how to use the JCarousel module.
Using the Login Destination Drupal Module
Login Destination is a module that allows you to specify which page the user sees after logging in. One very common use is to redirect users to the page they were viewing before they logged in.
Login Destination is available for both Drupal 6 and 7. In this tutorial we cover D6 because that is the version used by the student who requested this tutorial. However, the only difference for D7 users will be the installation process.
WordPress Responsive Web Design Workshop by Dan Gavin
This is our live blog of the session “Responsive Web Design Workshop” by Dan Gavin. It was given at WordCamp Birmingham.
This was Dan’s first WordCamp presentation but it was hard to tell. He was organized and spoke really well.
Automatically and Regularly Post to Twitter and Facebook
This tutorial will show you how to automatically update your Twitter or Facebook account.
This is a technique designed for people with a large amount of existing content who want to make it available to their followers.
LoginToboggan Extends Drupal's Login System
LoginToboggan is a module that improves the login experience in Drupal.
It has over eleven useful features including options that allow you to:
- redirect users after they login and send them to a page of your choice.
- allow users to use their email address or username to login.
- combine the login and registration areas on the same page.
Here's how you use LoginToboggan:
How to Build Multilingual Drupal Sites
There are many different languages available for a Drupal installation, but what if you want to have a site with more than one language? Drupal is up to the task, but it's not a trivial procedure. There are two areas that need translation.
First, you'll need to translate the interface, which includes the button texts, drop down menus, messages and other languages you use to interact with the site. Customizing the interface is fairly simple, and there are language files you can download that will help you make short work of it. Drupal developers often refer to this as localization.
Second, you'll need to translate the content. There are some modules that will make this possible, but this does require more effort than translating the interface.
Joomla, Drupal and WordPress Conferences in 2012
Every year now brings us a major new Joomla, Drupal or WordPress conference:
- In 2010, the Joomla community created a European conference called JandBeyond.
- In 2011, WordPress launched their first international conference called WordCamp San Francisco.
- In 2012, Joomla will debut the Joomla World Conference in California.
- In 2013, Drupal has plans to launch a DrupalCon in South America.
In total, this year there will be six major Joomla, Drupal and WordPress conferences. We aim to send OSTraining team members to all of these events, and we'd love to meet you there. Whether it's WordPress and Joomla on the Pacific, Drupal in the Rocky Mountains or Joomla and Drupal in Germany, there's a lot of great opportunities for you to travel and learn.
Here are the six conferences, starting in March and running through to November: