Craft Link List (Archive)

Introduction

Hello again, Craft friends!

We’ve got another full edition for you, with fresh news and links as we’re screaming toward the Craft 4 beta release.

Let’s hit those links!

News

Preparing for Craft 4

We’re working hard on Craft 4 and published a guide with steps you can take right now to get projects ready.

Five Craft CMS versions were tagged since our last edition, including powerful new resave/* command options, improved modal+slideout accessibility for screen readers, faster viewport switching in Live Preview, deep-linking within the Users index, and a bevy of bug fixes.

See the new Bulk-Resaving Elements Knowledge Base article for examples of the resave/* commands’ new --set and --to options.

craftcms/commerce

Craft Commerce saw two new releases since our last edition, with the ability to disable Donation purchasables, support for searching orders by line item description, and various bug fixes.

Disclosure Menus

Resident accessibility expert Lupe Camacho’s inaugural post detailed our improvements to Craft’s My Account menu.

Craft Copy + Nitro

Oliver Stark updated fortrabbit’s craft-copy tools for anyone using Craft Nitro.

Tools, tips, and fundamentals

devMode Standup: Craft CMS 4: Rector? Damn Near Killed 'Er!

Andrew and Ryan talk Craft 4 prep and release dates, batching queries, memoization, and workflows that work.

Generate Dynamic Social Share Images in Craft CMS

Steven Grant demonstrates how he used a custom module to auto-generate custom social image cards for Craft entries.

A Practical Example of Using the Donkeytail Plugin with Tailwind and Alpine JS

Robin Mannering takes us through a delightfully-visual example of using Good Work’s Donkeytail plugin to stylishly annotate imagery.

Understanding and Using Project Config in Craft CMS

Laura Montgomery published a friendly, well-rounded introduction to project config for developers.

nystudio107 plugindev Environment for Craft 4

Andrew’s setup can run Craft 3 and Craft 4 simultaneously for smoother plugin transitioning.

Setting Up Live Preview with Craft CMS in Headless Mode

Trevor Davis shares how he configured Live Preview to work headlessly.

Things to Know About Fast Craft CMS Websites

Really nice performance roundup from Frank Lämmer.

25 Craft CMS Plugins for 2022

Fresh plugin roundup from down under.

CraftQuest on Call 36: Better AX with Matrix Façades

The first CraftQuest stream of 2022 covers content migration questions, local development environments, and improving author experience with Matrix facades. (See also: A Table UI for a Matrix Field?.)

trendyminds/craft-debug

🐞 A simple Craft module to debug Twig within your browser.

Tip: `allow-plugins` for Composer 2.2+

Quick tip from Andrew for avoiding errors from Composer 2.2+.

Tip: Mind Your `SECURITY_KEY`

John Morton’s tip for future John Morton: when things go sideways, don’t forget to check your security key.

Perfecting your technique

Creating Fixtures for a Craft CMS Structure

Joshua Pease shares practical advice—complete with GitHub example—for testing with Structure fixtures.

How Foster Commerce hands off client work

Stephen Callender describes the async, remote-friendly dev handoff process Foster Commerce uses in a Twitter thread. The phrase “calm-for-everyone” was used, which seems particularly noteworthy in 2022.