Introduction
Your Craft links for early November.
Fall is in full swing, at least from where I'm sitting, and the Craft CMS links are dropping like leaves from a tree. Ok... I'm stretching it a bit there, but there are many good Craft links for you again this issue.
If you're interested in generating JSON from your Craft install, be sure to check out the Element API video in the Tools, tips and fundamentals section. Plus, there's also a nice graph, if you like Craft and you like graphs, to kick off the issue. Who doesn't like a good graph now and then?
Lastly, as this issue was close to publishing, there was a tweet that said you might need to manually update to Craft 2.6.2950. Thought it was worth mentioning in case this happens to you.
Let's hit the links.
Craft Link List
Top Stories
News
More Information than You Require About Craft License Keys
Licensing in Craft is smooth as butter, but that doesn't mean you don't have questions.
craftcms.com
Peers Conf 2017 – Seattle
On April 26th–28th, 2017, Peers Conference goes West. See the real-life faces behind all those Slack thumbnail images.
peersconf.com
Vote: Control panel admin login two-factor authentication
If you're interested in locking down your Craft control panel with 2-factor authorization, you can vote on the feature request here.
uservoice.com
Vote: Image Transform Options
There's another recent feature request asking for additional options for image transforms. (Voting is all the rage this month.)
uservoice.com
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Pic Puller: The Instagram plugin for Craft CMS
Pic Puller brings your Instagram media into Craft CMS. Full documentation and code samples get you up and running quickly.
picpuller.com
Tools, tips, and fundamentals
Matrix within Matrix. Part 2. Neo.
This is a follow up to Matrix within Matrix. Part 1. Super Table, which was mentioned in the previous issue of Craft Link List.
mediasurgery.co.uk
Perfecting your technique
Craft-Powered Apps
Straight Up Hangout: Craft CMS isn't just for websites; it can also be used as a headless CMS. (You might want to also check out The Nearly-Headless CMS, mentioned back in issue #6 of CLL.)
youtube.com
Plugged In
Sprout Import Plugin
Out of the box Sprout Import supports over 40 data types such as Entries, Users, Assets, Products, Orders, Forms, Email, and Redirects; and more can be added as needed via plugin integrations.
barrelstrengthdesign.com
Freeform Plugin for Craft CMS
Solspace brings Freeform to Craft CMS. A powerful form building plugin that gives you full control to create simple or complex forms.
solspace.com
Plus
The Plus plugin for CraftCMS adds an easy to use way of attaching behaviors to your elements using Craft's own $element->attachBehavior() method. In addition Plus adds a useful global variable 'plus' that will expose all available services you create within the Plus\Services namespace.
The Craft Advantage
The Journey from Drupal to Craft CMS
The Craft Podcast interviews Patrick Harrington and Marko Srdoč.
craftpodcast.com
It’s not Craft, but it’s interesting.
Overcoming Overwhelm
A developer shares "a few things that have helped me to resolve some of the anxiety around Building Big Things™."
themeteorchef.com
MJML: the only framework that makes responsive-email easy
"Only" may not be the word I'd pick, but, hey, I'm just sharing the link.
github.com
How To Protect Your Server Against the Dirty COW Linux Vulnerability
Security alert since you're probably (or most definitely) using Linux.
digitalocean.com