Introduction
The 'difficult' second issue
It has been great to see the interest in Perchology from everyone who works with Perch. Thank you.
Perch Shop is a relatively new addition to the Perch add-ons family and sites using it are now appearing. There are a couple of examples in this issue. Great work!
This newsletter is independent of Perch themselves but it has their support.
News
Why we use Perch CMS
A nice explanation why Full Fat Designs use Perch. And some great examples of sites they have built with it.
Add-Ons
Perch Log
An event based activity log for Perch. Keep a record of which content editors have published changes and view the differences.
Code
Using perch:related in Perch Blocks
Using related content in Perch Runway is one of its best features. This makes it easy to add content items (from Collections) in any area of your site. Here's some code from Scott Gruber that demonstrates the concept.
Previous/next article links using Perch Blog.
Alex Blackman has published code for generating previous/next article links with Perch Blog. If there is no previous or next post, the link is disabled.
Site Examples
Beatrix Taylor | British Made Contemporary Womenswear
Another Perch Shop implementation. It's great to start seeing new sites using Perch Shop.
Perch Documentation
How do I debug problems with templates or custom content?
Did you know, Perch has a debug mode? It's easy to configure and is super useful for fixing problems in development. And if you need to post a problem on the Perch forum!