Issue 11: Craft Link List is bursting at the seams

Introduction

Craft Link List is bursting at the seams.

Welcome to March at Craft Link List. Some of you have been asking: Is CLL a newsletter or news novella (newsvella?). I hear you. This is a long issue once again. There is a plan though.

Due to the number of links we've got this month, there will be 2 issues of Craft Link List this month. Look for the special Plugin-palooza issue mid-month.

The Craft community has written many helpful "why we use Craft" posts. This month there's a new category called "The Craft Advantage" to keep a tally of them. If you write one, send it my way: [email protected]. Tip: you can always search past issues on the site.

Lastly, I happy to welcome a new sponsor to Craft Link List: fortrabbit. They offer developer-friendly, fast and reliable Craft CMS hosting, PHP 5.6 & 7.0 for you speed nerds. Check them out. Tell them Craft Link List sent you.

Let's hit the links.

-John

News

Craft Services talk on the Craft Podcast

The Craft Podcast lost a co-host, Leslie Camacho. Coincidentally, Craft CMS gained a lead of the new Craft Services, Leslie Camacho. I think these two guys might be related! Learn about the news in this episode.

Murder on the Enterprise Express

A Craft CMS case study from P&T about AgathaChristie.com.

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Tools, tips, and fundamentals

Apply an 'active' class to all nav items with CraftCMS

There's a decent chance your site has navigation. If you find this to be the case, check out Dan Perrera's post.

Adding active class to globally cached navigation

This was mentioned last month in Slack and follows up the previous article nicely.

Craft-Twig.tmbundle for Sublime Text and Textmate

A Craft CMS influenced Twig bundle for Sublime Text and Textmate

Craft Kint

Adds Kint, "a modern and powerful PHP debugging helper," to Craft CMS for use in Twig and PHP.

Longform Content with Craft Matrix

The Matrix was great but the sequels... wait, that's not what this is about.

Remote Asset Sources in Craft

Mijingo shows how set up and configure both Google Cloud Storage and Amazon s3 in Craft.

Craft CMS Field Guide

Example Twig code for all default Craft CMS field types.

Perfecting your technique

Migrating a website to Craft CMS

Jeroen Kenters posted a video on moving an existing site to Craft CMS. Jump to about 8 minutes in because that's where the fun begins.

Best practice for handling data migrations

What's the best practice for handling data migration and organization across development environments?

Combined searches and filters using Craft

Jérôme Coupé walks through creating a sophisticated search for your Craft content.

Get a head start on your Craft CMS templates with Gulp and Twig.js

Jon Thomas discusses twig.js, a javascript implementation of Twig, and how it can help your Craft workflow.

Reservation Booking with Craft Commerce

Zaengle Corp details a Craft Commerce solution using custom purchasable element types.

Building Complex Queries by Extending the ElementCriteriaModel

A good article with real world examples. Nice work.

Craft Hearty Config

Hearty makes it easy to set up Craft installs that are easy to move and deploy between different environments.

Environment-Specific Configuration for CraftCMS Using PHPDotEnv

This came up in Slack last month, but it was pointed out that the docs note that this is "made for development environments, and generally should not be used in production."

Customize the style of password reset page

Make your password reset page reflect the look of the rest of your site.

How To Install Craft CMS on CentOS 7

The title says it all.

Craft CMS on Heroku

The title says it all.

Can you get the HTTP status code in twig templates?

Short answer: No. Longer answer: Yes.

Can you sort the entry index page by a custom field?

Short answer: No. Longer answer: Yes.

The Craft Advantage

Crazy About Craft: A Review of Craft CMS & Tips to Get Started

"...why on earth write about how we just started working with another CMS? Because it's super great. Like, I'm-about-to-write-3000-words-about-it insanely great."

Picking the right CMS for the job

André Goldstein discusses choosing between some great CMS's: Statamic, ProcessWire and Craft CMS.

Craft vs. WordPress: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Data

An oldie but a goodie.

A Business Case for Craft versus WordPress

Jeff Bridgforth writes up his thoughts on why a business is better off using Craft CMS over Wordpress. You probably have had clients come to you asking for a "Wordpress site" and you need to convince them a real CMS (i.e. Craft CMS) is what they actually need.

Should your Agency WordPress or Craft your Website?

No doubt you too "care a lot about code, performance, security and what’s best for our clients" like 70kft. They've written up their POV on 'why Craft' site.