Issue 53

Introduction

It's beginning to look a lot like Craft 3

It’s almost time. Craft 3 RC1 is scheduled for release on December 5, 2017. If that was on your wish list, you're in luck. (If you’re wondering what RC1 actually means, see Software release life cycle later in the issue.)

CLL #53 is filled with Craft CMS goodies, including fresh details on the Plugin store, loads of plugins, and plenty of dev tips. Find something you like? Give the author a shout out on Twitter or a star on Github.

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Let's hit the links.

-John Morton

News

Craft 3 beta 36 released

Craft 3 beta 35 was quickly followed by beta 36. Check out the change log for the details.

Plugin Store FAQ Updated ⭐️

There's been a lot of discussion about the upcoming plugin store in Slack. That discussion is now collected in the official Plugin Store FAQ. Whether you're planning on developing a plugin or just installing one, be sure to check out the updates here.

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Tools, tips, and fundamentals

Protect a page with a single password?

Hashing Redirects in Craft ⭐️

Are your forms not submitting as you expect in Craft 3? Ryan will show you what's going on and how to fix it by hashing your redirect parameter, the default behavior in Craft 3 for form submission.

Craft 3 Service APIs in Templates ⭐️

Mijingo on Craft 3 Service APIs in Templates. After watching this video you’ll have a better understanding of why craft.app is showing up so much in your Craft 3 templates.

Craft CMS Class Reference

Craft 3 now has a full class reference. This is a good followup link to the Craft 3 Service APIs video.

Upgrade Craft 2 to Craft 3

Ryan steps through how to upgrade a Craft 2 site to Craft 3.

Remove the file extension from string with Twig

How do I force all users to reset their password in Craft CMS?

Run Inspection by Name in PHPStorm ⭐️

If you’re a plugin developer working on Craft 2 -> Craft 3 plugins, this will save you tons of time.

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Project management tools

There was a project management discussion in Slack last week about what services people use to keep team members on the same page. Here are some of the suggestions mentioned:

Twist – Mindful Team Communication
Ora – Agile task management & team collaboration.
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Wrike - Cloud-based collaboration and project management software that scales across teams in any business.

Perfecting your technique

How to convert a Craft 2 plugin’s changelog to Craft 3 format. ⭐️

Craft 3 plugins should include a changelog named CHANGELOG.md, rather than a releases.json file (see Changelogs and Updates).

If you have an existing releases.json file, you can quickly convert it to a changelog using the following command in your terminal:

cd path/to/plugin curl https://api.craftcms.com/v1/utils/releases-2-changelog --data-binary @releases.json > CHANGELOG.md

Craft3 Docker on Docker Hub

An unofficial Craft 3 image on Docker Hub.

How do you get Matrix elements to copy their content across language Locales?

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Plugged In

Repeat Order

Repeat an order within Craft Commerce from a completed orders history.

CookiePass

Provides a basic password only "login" that allows you to hide content from the general public.

Collections

Use Laravel Collections in Craft 3.

Craft Plugin Downloader

Download Craft Plugins and move them to plugins folder.

Craft3 Cloudinary

Cloudinary Asset Volume Plugin for Craft 3.

Shortcut

Simple URL shortening for Craft 3.

HTTP2 Server Push ⭐️

Automatically add HTTP2 Link headers for CSS, JS and image assets. If you're interested in this plugin, also check out HTTP/2 push is tougher than I thought.

Guest Entries Notification

Add email notification support to Craft's Guest Entries plugin.

Default Tab

Add a default tab to your new sections.

CMS Speedup ⭐️

This plugin has been built to follow the recommendations made in the Speeding Up the Craft CMS Admin Dashboard article by Zachary Flower and also address the issue of what happens after the CMS is updated.

Notices in Craft 3 plugins

For a plugin, in Craft 2 a user notice was initiated like this:

craft()->userSession->setNotice(Craft::t('My notice here.'));

In Craft 3 it is:

Craft::$app->getSession()->setNotice(Craft::t('pluginHandle', 'My notice here.'));