How to Stay Sane as a Developer 8 Jun 2022 Freelance development is a stressful business. Here are a few things I learned over the years that make developing projects and working with clients a lot more manageable.
Statamic Tip: Invalidating Static Cache on Content Update 6 May 2022 Static caching gives your site a speed boost, but it can also lead to inconsistent content. Here's how you automatically clear exactly the right pages from your static cache.
Statamic Starter Kits vs WordPress Themes 30 Apr 2022 WordPress has themes, Statamic has starter kits - both let you set up a new site quickly, but the approaches are quite different. Here are the main distinctions you should keep in mind when moving from WordPress to Statamic.
Statamic Tip: Using Forms with Static Caching 11 Apr 2022 Static Caching gives your site a speed boost, but sadly it also breaks any forms you may have. Here's how you can have the best of both worlds.
Intro to Custom Form Handling in Statamic 7 Apr 2022 A quick look at how we can use the standard Statamic forms but add our own submission handling to create a custom newsletter signup form.
Setting Up Statamic Sites with Ploi 2 Apr 2022 Deploy tools are a godsend when you create websites for a living. Here's how Ploi.io can save you a ton of time when working with Statamic.
Statamic's Caching Levels Explained 19 Mar 2022 Hardly any website would be usable today without some sort of caching - let's take a look at all the ways Laravel and Statamic cache information to help your website's performance.
Statamic Tip: Showing Random Entries with Static Caching 8 Mar 2022 Static caching is a great way to increase your website performance, but it does present some obstacles. Since the entire site is served as HTML, it's not possible to show random content to the user with Antlers. Let's look at some workarounds.
Statamic Tip: Protecting Documents from Unauthorized Access 4 Mar 2022 By default, any asset you upload to your Statamic control panel can be accessed by anyone on the internet. Here's an easy way to make sure only authorized users can download them instead.
Statamic Tip: Using Tailwind Classes as Select Options 26 Feb 2022 Using Tailwind CSS when creating your Statamic site gets stuff done in no time. You can work even faster - and save a bunch of conditionals - by simply telling Tailwind to also check your fieldsets for classes used.