Craft Link List (Archive)

Introduction

News

Craft 3.0.27.1 released

Along with a number of tweaks, fixes and updates, one v3.0.27 release note caught my eye in particular. “The Plugin Store now requires browsers with ES6 support.” Bring on the arrow functions!

Dot All 2018 : au rapport !

The report on Dot All 2018, in French, from La Haute Société.

Growth, Responsibility & Inclusive Design: Themes from Dot All 2018

Tom Davies from Kind shared his thoughts on Dot All 2018 and the Craft community in attendance “who aspire to do their best work, using the best tools to do it, and who were generous in sharing what they learn.”

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Tools, tips, and fundamentals

Localhosting Countdown

CraftQuest has a full run-down of the most popular ways to do localhosting of Craft CMS.

Webpack config tool

Get a webpack.config.js that is created just for you as a great starting point for further development.

dbdiagram.io

Free database diagrams designer for analysts & developers to brainstorm your database structure.

331: How to Think like a Front-End Developer with Eric Meyer

Eric Meyer joins this episode of the ShopTalk podcast to share his thoughts on front-end web development in 2018. The hosts throw a set of website design mockups at Eric and to see how he'd break them apart into HTML. Craft is mentioned along the way too.

Sysget

sysget is a bridge that lets you use one syntax to every package manager on every unix-based operating system.

Craft CMS 3 tip: Use a variable as the key in an array in Twig

Andrew ftw.

Perfecting your technique

CraftCMS Migrations

CraftCMS migrations can help you move configuration and content between different environments, allowing you to make sure that changes you make are propagated correctly.

PhpStorm Live Templates for Craft CMS

PhpStorm Live Templates for Craft CMS have been updated for Craft 3, including the addition of tab triggers for several new Craft 3 craft.app variables, Twig Functions, and output tags.

Craft CMS: Beyond the Small Business

Nate Iler shared his slides from DotAll 2018: A high level look at DevOps with Craft CMS. He covers infrastructure architectures, local development with Docker containers, and continuous integration / delivery.

How to display a flash message in a template with a plugin

Commerce Minded #3: Andrew Welch

Stephen Callender interviews Andrew Welch on how he became an expert Craft developer and the value of teaching others.

The Art Of Plugin Development

Ben Croker shared his slides on his Dot All 2018 presentation on plugin development. Ben told me the slides were meant as an accompaniment to his actual presentation than a standalone piece. Never fear, the Dot All videos are meant to be coming soon. They’ll be listed in a future issue of the newsletter.

Webpack, Gulp, and Babel, Oh My!

Jake Dohm also shared his Dot All 2018 slides. He covers the most common and popular build tools for all things front-end.

Deploying a Craft CMS Site with Gulp and DeployHQ’s Automated Build and SSH Commands | Masuga Design

Ryan Masuga dives into the build process he and his team are now using. They’ve moved from relying on a plugin for minification in Craft 2 to a build process for Craft 3. Read the post for the details.

Craft 3 - Heroku Boilerplate

Dimitri Steinel has written a guide on how to set up a Craft 3 project on Heroku.

devMode.fm on Gatsby

Build Blazingly Fast Websites with Gatsby. Cool stuff!

Creating a related content subpage to a channel entry

Docker Craft Nginx

A minimal 🐳 Docker container for Craft CMS, intended for use with zeit-now.

Craft CMS Deployment Methods

A rundown of deployment methods for Craft files and DB updates with pros and cons specifically tailored to Craft by Matt Gray.

Plugged In

Transfer Plugin License to Craft 3

Double Secret Agency plugins bought for Craft 2 can now be transferred to Craft 3.

Portal

Portal brings advanced Live Preview capabilities to Craft CMS.

Commerce Widgets for Craft 3

Insightful widgets for Craft CMS Commerce stores to help you see a better overview of your store’s performance.

Help Links

Define useful links to be added to the dashboard for clients.

Relabel Plugin for Craft

This handy plugin for relabeling fields for your users.

Snaptcha for Craft 3

Snaptcha is an invisible CAPTCHA that automatically validates forms and prevents spam bots from submitting to your Craft CMS site.

Craft Template Comments

Adds a HTML comment with performance timings to demarcate {% block %}s and each Twig template that is included or extended.

Plugin Store Stats

For all you plugin devs out there, Josh has created a tool that fetches transaction data from the Stripe API in your browser.

Searchit

Configure powerful custom filters for an enhanced search experience in the Craft CMS control panel. Harness the power of Twig and element queries to create endless filtering options.

The Craft Advantage

Why Craft is Our Go-To CMS

Overheard

What CMS do you use?

Look past the graph and dig into the replies. You may see many familiar Slack handles raising their hands for Craft.

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