Introduction
Hi folks
This week's newsletter includes some great links. In particular, I really like the Cloudinary template filter that enables you to get up and running with Cloudinary's image CDN very quickly. I'm using this on my personal site and I plan to use it on other sites soon. Cloudinary is excellent.
Also this week, I've enjoyed setting up a list of third party apps and add-ons for Perch on Github. It's not really a marketplace but it is a consolidated list of many third party apps. I'll be keeping it updated for my own use and I hope it's useful for others as well.
See you next time.
News
A list of third party apps and add-ons for Perch CMS
This list includes add-ons, field types, template filters, plugins etc. There's a short index with internal links and the list is organised into sections.
Add-Ons
Pipit Cloudinary
Pipit Cloudinary is out. It is a Perch template filter that enables you to easily fetch your images to Cloudinary on the fly. Cloudinary also gives you the option to manipulate your images with dynamic URLs.
Superlist field type
Adds a field type to Perch CMS that makes it easy to edit and output unordered/ordered lists.
Code
Dashboard widget list members
Want to list members in a dashboard widget? There's a useful code example in this forum post that should get you started.
How Do I?
Simple URL Forwarding with Routes
Perch Runway’s Routing is a powerful feature. One of the things you can achieve with Runway’s routing is URL forwarding ...
Great for custom referral links!
Site Examples
Perch Documentation
Shortcode Providers
Shortcodes are text-based placeholders that can be entered into a text field, to be replaced out with something else later.
A good use for this would be to embed Instagram photos.