Solutions

This is the first in a series of articles that show you how to get started developing your own Perch apps using the Perch API. To be able to use the API you need to have some PHP knowledge, however we have tried to create a simple starting point with the Sample App. This article shows you around the sample app.

A post explaining the various different ways to upload images and files into Perch.

This solution shows you how to add a Campaign Monitor signup form to Perch. However the instructions are the same when adding any form which submits to another website.

Perch 1.7 makes adding forms to your website easy. To get started try this drop in example.

Perch doesn’t insert anything into your website without you asking it to, this means that you can use any mark-up. So whether you prefer HTML4.01, XHTML or HTML5 or even want to edit an XML document, Perch will help you do that – in fact the Perch structured content and template-based approach makes it ideal for editing your HTML5 sites.

This solution demonstrates how to set up the Perch Gallery app along with Fancybox for a JavaScript slideshow.

Although Perch is a deliberately simple CMS and as such doesn’t have native multilingual website functionality, it is flexible enough to enable you to implement a basic multilingual site yourself. We look at two ways that can be done.

In this solution we demonstrate how to build an example of listing and detail pages by using the power of multiple-item regions and perch_content_custom without the need for apps.

Sometimes it’s desirable to have the option for site visitors to be able to leave a comment or share the content next to an article or blog post. We look at a number of tools to help you do this with Perch.

In this solution I will demonstrate how to use the Perch Events app to power lists of events on your site. Examples include displaying the next 3 upcoming events or showing the events for a category or categories.

With the development of the Perch API, PHP developers can start to create their own apps – plugins for Perch. In this solution I’ll explain how to use the Events app to display a calendar on your website.

SlideShowPro is a popular Flash-based application for displaying a slideshow of images. In this solution I will show you how to use Perch to publish content to your slideshow by editing the XML file.

This article looks at how to use the power of perch_content_custom() and templates to create a simple RSS feed for the news items on your site.

This tutorial explains how to build a basic image gallery using a custom template and Perch’s in-built image thumbnailing ability. This should give you the markup you need ready to layer your favourite JavaScript gallery script on top.

In this article find out how to pull the latest news item from your news page onto another page of your site. This is an ideal way to keep a homepage fresh without needing to edit the content in two places.

This tutorial explains how to create a news page that automatically orders by date using new features in Perch 1.2.

In this article we will create an example FAQ page using a custom template. We will also make use of a new feature in Perch 1.2 that enables us to create a list of links at the top of the page jumping down to the individual FAQ answers.