Perch Blog

Perch is Ten! Find out what comes next

Fri, 31 May 2019 09:27:00 +0000

The next iteration of Perch is of course Perch 4. The changes reach from the back end technologies through to the front end user interface, and from the way you work with add-ons through to how Perch itself is licensed. Here’s a few hints of what to expect.

Old Perch installs and PHP 7

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:07:00 +0000

PHP 5 will no longer receive security updates after the end of 2018. If you run an old version and your host upgrades to a new version of PHP, you’ll not be able to log in until you update Perch.

Perch is nine!

Thu, 31 May 2018 14:09:00 +0000

Today marks nine years since the first public launch of Perch v1.0. In that time, Perch has matured from being a tiny content editor to a very small family of flexible content management tools.

Introducing Field Groups

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:06:00 +0000

We increasingly see customers looking for ways to rationalise more complex edit forms. As forms grow in complexity with more fields being added, it can sometimes be difficult for a CMS user to see what’s going on. Big forms feel complex and daunting, and complex and daunting forms don’t get used like they should.

Template changes in Perch 3.1

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:32:00 +0000

One of the primary reasons Perch has its own template language is that we wanted templates that were both robust and easy to learn. We wanted a template language that had the same strengths as HTML, with a syntax that was easy to read and wouldn’t completely destroy your page if you made a small mistake. In fact, we wanted it to be so much like HTML, that we adopted HTML-like tags as the basis.

When should I use Perch Runway?

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:42:00 +0000

One of the great strengths of building a project on Perch is that as the site develops over time you have a natural upgrade path to Perch Runway. The presence of two different-yet-the-same products can sometimes raise the question of which you should be using and when. If building a new project, should you choose Perch or Perch Runway?

Displaying a webmentions facepile

Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:40:00 +0000

July’s release of the free Blog add-on for Perch and Perch Runway adds support for webmentions. One thing that quickly became apparent when displaying likes and reports on my own site was that the traditional listing format that we’re used to for comments is not well suited to these lighter interactions. One popular solution to this is a design pattern known as the facepile.

New pagination options

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:23:00 +0000

A common pattern with a paged listing such as a blog, is to do something different with the first item. We’ve added some new variables to help.

Perch Video Tutorials

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000

We provide extensive, free video tutorials to help you get started and master Perch.

Perch is 8 today!

Wed, 31 May 2017 07:51:00 +0000

We launched Perch on the 31st of May, 2009. In this post we look back at how little Perch grew up.