Introduction
Hello everyone
Here's another bunch of Perch-y links.
If you have links for future weeks .... let me know. I'm @perchology or @clivewalker on Twitter.
Want to chat with other Perch users? Why not join the Perchology Slack group? There's a good discussion every week and many folks help others with their Perch questions/problems.
See you next time
News
Utility function: perch_get()
Perch has a number of very helpful utility functions. perch_get() is probably one of the most popular. Here's how it works and why it's so useful
Working with Perch
I love working with Perch CMS and it's a very flexible and powerful system. Here's my Perch workflow and a few of my favourite things about working with it.
Rachel Andrew on CSS Grid and Perch
Here's a great interview with Rachel Andrew from last year. Lots of good discussion about CSS Grid, Perch and the web design industry.
Site Examples
Ener-Tel Services | Security Experts
100% vanilla perch, blog add-on, virtually everything is editable by client, uses pages for promotions.
Spicule Data
Built using Perch Runway with a blocks template enabling complex layouts to be built simply and quickly.
Perch Documentation
Previous and Next Links in Content
When using a multiple item region, particularly with a list/detail display, it is sometimes useful to be able to link to the next or previous item in that region. This can be done with some simple filtering and ordering using
perch_content_custom().