News updates, tips on using Perch and running a great web design business
Looking for quick tips that will help you develop Perch sites more efficiently? News and updates about Perch, web design inspiration? You have found the right place! The Blog is curated by Drew and Rachel.
The Perch 2.7.7 release has added some nice features to the Assets Panel for Perch and Perch Runway. I show you around in this video.
When it comes to editing blocks of formatted content in Perch we offer you a real choice. Use Markdown, Textile or HTML. Edit with a simple formatting editor or use a full WYSIWYG Plugin.
Something we hear over and over again from Perchers is how using Perch cuts down the amount of time spent training and supporting clients in using their CMS. You can cut that time down even more by using some of the tools in Perch for adding help and tweaking edit forms to make them logical to complete.
Our focus with Perch and Runway is to be the best option for freelancers and agencies who build websites for clients. Working as an agency was our background, and we love to help our Perchers develop successful businesses. Here are ten tips to help you and your business have a brilliant 2015.
A new feature allows you to display a character or word count below a textarea in the Perch Control Panel, to help editors understand how much content they have added.
At the end of 2013 on the Perch podcast we did a review of the year, we thought it would be fun to do the same for 2014.
This year is the tenth season for our web design and development advent calendar 24 ways. Back in 2012 we switched the site to run on Perch, and this year I rebuilt it using Perch Runway.
One of the new features in Perch Runway is the ability to create relationships between items of content. This video shows a basic example of creating the relationship and displaying related content.
If you have ever shared a blog post on Facebook and wondered why a strange image was picked off your site to illustrate it, you’ll be happy to know that Perch can help you customize what social sites use when your content is shared.
We love to hear how much People Love Perch. This interview is with Ryan Gittings a UK-based web designer.