Craft CMS

@CraftCMS
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Craft is a flexible, extensible platform for creating bespoke digital experiences on the web and beyond!
Websitehttps://craftcms.com
GitHubhttps://github.com/craftcms

It almost feels like cheating when building in #craftcms
I Really really like Twig & the Way it just works (tm)
{{ gimme.the.variable }} 😍

Makes my life easy when designer & client wants new stuff
No guess work or Sherlock Holmes coding … just simple Twig stuff in a template - push bam done

Some days are just good like today :)

New Accessibility blog post: “Accessible Target Sizes” #CraftCMS #a11y https://craftcms.com/blog/accessible-target-sizes
Accessible Target Sizes | Craft CMS

Appropriately sized touch targets improve both accessibility and overall usability.

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Wrapped up the week by merging a pretty exciting PR, which adds a new “Letterbox” image transform mode!

I’ve been a little reluctant to give this the green light because it feels like a feature that should’ve been a CSS property. But it turns out email clients are still mostly stuck in the ’90s so here we are.

Anyway, really happy with how it turned out, so nice work Mr. Hanson!

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/discussions/8848#discussioncomment-4867420 #craftcms

Add "letterbox" image transform mode · Discussion #8848 · craftcms/cms

Letterbox is a transform mode used in imager/imager-x plugin. It adds an empty area to top and bottom or left and right area of an image in order to fit it into specific dimensions. Personally, I f...

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📢 Spin Up Craft 🎉 A little niche project that lets you shrink-wrap an entire Craft CMS project (devops included!)

This lets you distribute working code & projects to others easily

Just two steps to get an entire @CraftCMS project up & running #craftcms https://github.com/nystudio107/spin-up-craft

GitHub - nystudio107/spin-up-craft: Spin up a working Craft CMS instance quickly & easily with Docker

Spin up a working Craft CMS instance quickly & easily with Docker - GitHub - nystudio107/spin-up-craft: Spin up a working Craft CMS instance quickly & easily with Docker

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If your site includes a Tw*tter feed, take note: their v1 and v2 APIs will no longer support free access starting February 9. https://twitter.com/twitterdev/status/1621026986784337922
Twitter Dev on Twitter

“Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵”

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In case you missed it - 2022 DotAll Conference presentations went public. Grab a coffee and watch some truly excellent web material (totally not biased... nope.) #webdev #accessibility #craftcms

https://craftcms.com/events/dot-all-2022/

Dot All 2022 | Craft CMS

September 27–29, 2022, Brooklyn, New York, USA: Dot All 2022 is an in-person event to bring together the international Craft community. This year's event will consist of a single day of workshops and two single-track days of talks related to Craft CMS and modern web development.

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'A Practical Guide to HTML ​Over The Wire' by the brilliant John D Wells - really great overview of this new/old approach to building web applications (and just remembered John used one of my sites as an example!) https://craftcms.com/events/dot-all-2022/sessions/a-practical-guide-to-html-over-the-wire #craftcms #htmx #unpoly
A Practical Guide to HTML “Over The Wire” | Dot All 2022 | Craft CMS

HTML "over the wire" is an alternative approach to building modern web applications, where HTML fragments are exchanged instead of JSON payloads. It is a natural fit with server-side rendered websites such as those powered by Craft, and can be achieved with surprisingly minimal tooling and changes…

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We’ve spent the past couple weeks rethinking how volume folder navigation should work in #craftcms. Here’s a sneak peak at what’s coming in Craft 3.8 and 4.4:

https://craftcms.com/blog/rethinking-volume-subfolders

Rethinking Volume Subfolders | Craft CMS

The way we navigate to subfolders within Craft is about to change.

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@CraftCMS conditional fields are an underrated feature. Super powerful and can make the publishing experience less confusing.

Craft Generator 1.1 is out, with the ability to scaffold Twig extensions!

📓 https://github.com/craftcms/generator/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#110---2023-01-06 #craftcms

generator/CHANGELOG.md at main · craftcms/generator

Scaffold new Craft CMS plugins, modules, and system components from the CLI - generator/CHANGELOG.md at main · craftcms/generator

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