Solutions

  • Creating your own Perch Apps: the sample app

    Wednesday 26th October 2011

    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.

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 14:51
    Tagged:
  • Adding images and files using Perch

    Monday 3rd October 2011

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

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 10:00
    Tagged:
  • Adding a Campaign Monitor form with Perch Forms

    Thursday 18th August 2011

    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.

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 14:20
    Tagged:
  • Adding a form to your site with Perch Forms

    Thursday 18th August 2011

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

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 14:20
    Tagged:
  • Using HTML5 with Perch

    Friday 3rd June 2011

    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.

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 08:38
    Tagged:
  • Creating a gallery using the Perch Gallery App and Fancybox

    Friday 25th March 2011

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

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 16:58
    Tagged:
  • Creating a multilingual website

    Thursday 16th December 2010

    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.

    Posted by Drew McLellan at 09:56
  • Creating list and detail pages

    Saturday 20th November 2010

    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.

    Posted by Drew McLellan at 21:31
  • Adding comments to a page or blog post

    Monday 20th September 2010

    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.

    Posted by Drew McLellan at 12:49
    Tagged:
  • Displaying a filtered list of upcoming events from Perch Events

    Thursday 16th September 2010

    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.

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 10:23
  • Using the Perch Events app to display a calendar

    Thursday 16th September 2010

    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.

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 09:57
    Tagged:
  • Manage a SlideShowPro slideshow with Perch

    Friday 30th July 2010

    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.

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 07:00
    Tagged:
  • Add an RSS feed to your news page

    Saturday 20th February 2010

    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.

    Posted by Drew McLellan at 12:26
    Tagged:
  • Create an Image Gallery

    Sunday 17th January 2010

    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.

    Posted by Drew McLellan at 16:33
    Tagged:
  • Homepage pulling in latest news item

    Monday 19th October 2009

    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.

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 15:22
    Tagged:
  • News page ordered by date

    Monday 19th October 2009

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

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 14:38
    Tagged:
  • Create an FAQ page

    Monday 19th October 2009

    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.

    Posted by Rachel Andrew at 13:10
    Tagged:

Perch by edgeofmyseat.com

Perch is a product developed and sold by edgeofmyseat Limited t/a edgeofmyseat.com Registered as a company in England and Wales, company registration no. 04735127