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How to Display PDFs on a Drupal Site

An OSTraining member asked us about attaching PDFs to a Drupal site.

It is possible to use the default File field and allow people to download the PDF. However, this member wanted visitors to read the PDF directly on the site.

Friday, July 8, 2016 - 13:10

Half a Million Views of the Drupal 8 Beginner Class!

Drupal 8 is now eight months old.

Has it been a success so far? Yes. Drupal 8 is running over 100,000 sites and is now more popular than Drupal 6.

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 20:09

Installing Drupal-VM on Windows

An OSTraining member asked how to use the Drupal VM environment on Windows.

In this tutorial, we will install D8 in a few simple steps.

Friday, June 24, 2016 - 11:52

How to Create a Node Override in Drupal 8

For Drupal 7 users, many things have changed in Drupal 8, but many are reassuringly familiar.

Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 21:35

New Class: How to Use the Bootstrap Framework

This new class, "How to Use the Bootstrap Framework", teaches you how to use the world's most popular design framework in the world.

Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 17:53

New Class: How to Use the Twig Template Engine

This week, we're happy to add a new and much-requested class to the OSTraining library, How to Use the Twig Template Engine.

Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 15:53

This is Bootstrap Week at OSTraining: Watch 2 Free Classes

We've just published a post explaining that "Bootstrap's popularity grew 1,000% in 3 years".

Sunday, May 22, 2016 - 19:06

Bootstrap's Popularity Has Grown 1,000% in 3 Years

Back in mid-2013, I wrote a post called, "The Bootstrap Boom is Just Getting Started". Looking at the statistics, it was clear that Bootstrap was on its way to b

Friday, May 20, 2016 - 15:39

Track Google Analytics Clicks and Downloads in Drupal

Over the last week, several people have asked us about tracking Google Analytics "events" on their Drupal site.

"Events" describe anything from clicking on an external link to leave your site or downloading a file.

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 14:58

How to Use Pathauto in Drupal 8

Many modules have been in flux during the early stages of Drupal 8's development.

Few modules have changed as much as Pathauto, which the vast majority of Drupal sites use to control their URLs.

Monday, May 16, 2016 - 19:10