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This new main/master version has more than 220 commits, resolves more than 80 issues, adds numerous new features, performance improvements and optimizations, and consumes HALF the disk space of our previous release. This post covers all the details. More
This week we have some great performance and scalability improvements in the core that enable lazy-loading of fields, templates and fieldgroups. More
This week ProcessWire gained the ability to maintain separate read-only and read-write database connections to optimize scalability, cost and performance. The post covers why this can be so valuable and how to configure it in ProcessWire. More
This week ProcessWire gained powerful new tools for finding pages and controlling how they are loaded. If you like to maximize performance and efficiency, you’ll like what 3.0.172 brings. More
This week we'll take a brief look at a powerful new ProFields module for ProcessWire that's just around the corner—the Combo field. More
In ProcessWire 3.0.160 we’ve got some major upgrades and additions to our text-search abilities. This brings a whole new level of power to $pages->find() and similar API calls, especially when it comes to search engine type queries. More
This latest version of the core on the dev branch focuses on comments field updates, significant refactoring/improvements to ProcessWire’s core Template class and PagesLoader class (which is used by the $pages API variable), and we introduce a useful new $pages API method. More
This week we have some major improvements to our core date/time Inputfield, as well as a new ability to specify your own custom classes for Page objects. Read on for all the details and examples. More
Last Saturday we started getting hit with heavy traffic at the processwire.com support forums, and it soon became a full blown DDOS frenzy. This post describes all the fun, how we got it back under control, and what we learned along the way. More
In this post we’ll look at a process used for migrating an existing website to use WebP images. We’ll cover everything from preliminary considerations to implementation and testing, with lots of tips and tricks along the way. More
Version 3.0.135 of ProcessWire on the dev branch focuses on .htaccess updates, adds additional layers of security, adds clarity to debug mode, and improves upon the installer. More
This week I’m happy to report we now have WEBP image support in ProcessWire thanks to a GitHub pull request from Horst Nogajski. This enables you to have highly optimized image output in PW and I think you’ll really like the difference it makes. Read on for all the details. More
This week we’ll take a detailed look at a few useful new API additions made in the last few weeks, along with examples of each. More
Alex recently worked with design agency Human After All to build a website for this leading independent book publisher. This post discusses the highlights, challenges and successes in building this impressive ProcessWire-powered site. More
“…building with ProcessWire was a breeze, I really love all the flexibility the system provides. I can’t imagine using any other CMS in the future.” —Thomas Aull