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How to Choose the Best Host for Drupal 8

At OSTraining we often get asked to help our clients make the right choice for Drupal hosting.

You may often hear that Drupal hosting is expensive, but there are some very reliable and affordable options available.

Friday, September 30, 2016 - 12:23

Why Are There So Few Drupal 8 Themes?

Back in January this year, we talked about Drupal 8 themes. At that time, there were 86 themes for Drupal 8 on Drupal.org.

Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 18:26

New Drupal 8 Ideas in Dries' Dublin Keynote

This week is DrupalCon Dublin. And as always, Dries gave the keynote address on the first morning of the event.

This year's keynote was broken into two sections: "Drupal 8 Update" and "The Why".

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 17:01

How to Add Audio Files to Drupal 8 Sites

This week, an OSTraining member asked us about adding audio files to their Drupal 8 site.

Using the Drupal AudioField module, I will explain how you can display a simple HTML5 player for your site's audio files.

Friday, September 16, 2016 - 14:58

Four Videos Showing How to Build a Drupal 8 Module

Building modules in Drupal 8 is surprisingly easy.

With just four files, you can register the module with Drupal 8, create functionality, control permissions and add a menu link to the module.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 15:48

3 More Major Features in Drupal 8.2

In early August, we wrote about 7 improvements you'll see in Drupal 8.2.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 15:32

New Class: How to Use Ecwid for eCommerce Sites

If you want to set up an online store, and don't want to set up a new website, then Ecwid is a great solution. Ecwid has everything you need to set up an e-commerce store from products and categories to payments and shipping.

Monday, September 12, 2016 - 22:14

How to Use the Drupal Group Module

Group is an extremely powerful Drupal 8 module that allows you to create groups of users with shared content and permissions.

Friday, August 19, 2016 - 14:22

Would You Be Interested in an Online Drupal 8 Day?

Drupal 8 has been out since November and is now maturing into a really powerful platform.

We'd like to hold an online event all about Drupal 8.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 19:59

Win a Copy of MySQL Explained and learn MySQL for Free!

Do you use Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, Magento or other PHP software?

If you answered "yes", then you use MySQL.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 21:45