Introduction
Hello all!
I've been browsing the (new design!) Perch Forum in recent days and there are a couple of links to forum posts in this newsletter. In particular, I like posts with a solution from a third party developer or where a user posts a question together with a final summary of the code they used. Good to read :-)
News
Add-Ons
LiamForsyth/eggshell: Theme Applicator for Perch CMS
'Eggshell', a Perch App to allow you to create themes/skins for Perch using variables editable within the Perch admin area.
Code
User chooses the number of tweets
Here's how to let an admin user choose how many tweets to display with the Perch Twitter add-on. Create a count field in a content template, pass the value into a variable, and use that with the perch_twitter_get_latest page function.
How Do I?
Disable a Perch Form
How to disable a Perch form after a specific number of responses have been reached. Nice answer and a new app by Simon Clay.
Videos
Editing Content with Perch CMS - YouTube
A basic primer on editing content regions with the Perch Content Management System.
I like the explanation of how to use Markitup editor. Very useful as an introduction for clients.
Site Examples
Premier Pet Care Plan
Here's a great site built with Perch Runway. Nice work!
It’s structured for multilingual (English and French), uses blocks heavily to construct different page layouts, and has some fun areas like a practice locator.
Perch Documentation
Rapid content relationships in Perch Runway
The ability to create content relationships is one of Perch Runway's best features. It's incredibly powerful and very easy for clients to use. Rachel describes an example with testimonials. The <perch:related> tag is the key to making this work.