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Is my 100th post I wanted to do something special. I edited a video, hope you like it Just for fun Edited: Now with subtitles

Zorro masks? What Zorro masks??

Inspired by the pdf I made a little proof of concept welcome page + guide through how to create a field, template and page. Check it out: GetStarted.zip Edit: Updated it.

I look like the world's weirdest burglar now. Brrrrr... it's cold out guv'ner!

Maybe it's some kind of forum virus?

or read the last point on the template tutorial from ryan he describes the approach of the 2.5 site templates. (...and work with the 2.5 version for testing...) http://processwire.com/docs/tutorials/how-to-structure-your-template-files/page4 best regards mr-fan

The default siteprofile of version 2.5 does exactly what you want. Each template calls it's own template.php file. With prependTemplateFile the _init.php is called before the template.php to have global variables, sidebars and stuff, from there you can include a _func.php with global functions, too. After that the template.php fills the template specific variables and they are all echo'd in the _main.php, which is either included at the end of the template.php or with appendTemplateFile.

Thanks renobird! My nick is blad not bald I have a thick and beautiful hair

Cool! Installed it on a test site. I like the basic idea but think there is still some work to do on the execution. Demo: http://terbium-znu.lightningpw.com/processwire/page/ User: demo Password: demo123 (Hint: Yes, that is a shameless self-ad for lightning.pw. Hope that's ok) But most of the points adressed in the onboarding PDF could be fixed with little changes to the default text and for example providing a preview of the admin URL instead of only the name.

The shiny new ProcessWire 2.5 features were just too bright for my eyes....oh wait, it's sunglasses I need..........

The glorious Seven Eight? (or have I forgotten one?) Peter?

I found it in the post today.

I haven´t seen any mask

Whooeeeaaa

:D Nice to see so many Zorros after coming back a few hours laters. And best of all, look at who's reading this thread right now

¿Qué pasa?

Don't tell anyone... but they are trying to take over the world by coding the best CMS and make everybody addicted to it. They already got me hooked on it. Nothing beats the original theme

I think we need to team up Blad with Joss... Subtitles by Willy C

Update time! We've launched lightning.pw over the weekend. I've added more information on the first post. Try it for yourself now and use the coupon code PROCESSWIRE for a free credit. Any feedback is welcome. Please note, that we would still call this a beta version. We are note sure how many ProcessWire sites we can fit on a server so we might have to finetune some settings for better performance later. Also there are still some little optical improvements on our todo list.

Why are you using the delegate approach, if you don't want to manage all templates with one file? That's the reason for this approach, you have only to manage one file for all (or some) templates.

I haven't done the WEBDESIGN BUSINESS for long. Only a few years. Mostly I have pursued it as a hobby and from time to time, I'd build something for profit. Done tons of reading about freelance, Getting Things Done, design, etc. I used to use ExpressionEngine, back when it had just branched from pMachine. I was an early adopter and fell in love with it. Used it for several sites. Bought four commercial licenses for clients. TONS of extensions/addons/etc. One of my last clients on EE was about two years ago. By far, the greatest, client, ever. I've been a lurker and mild contributor here since July 2012. Taking things in. Bookmarking. Testing things out on various localhost installations. I was delighted to receive an email from him (my old client) a few weeks ago, asking if I would visit with his Father, because he also owns a business and needs a website. Even though we had a major disagreement, we parted ways and I'm thrilled to learn he still thinks very highly of me. So COMING SOON, is my very first, ProcessWire website ANNNNNNNNNNNNND he sends me another email today, stating that he wants needs a redesign on his old site. I looked over the source code and it reveals I used Foundation 2.2.1, hahaha. So this ought to be fun!!! \o/ I'm pretty sure I'll just keep him on EE instead of rebuild it entirely on PW. So most likely a responsive redesign. ** HIGH ** FIVE **

I've done plenty of EE > PW rebuilds. Sing out if you need a hand.

Admin Custom Files Admin Custom Files is a simple module that can add custom javascript plug-ins, scripts and styles to the Processwire admin area. Instructions are on github. Download module at GitHub Download at the modules directory

Cool! I rewrote the default theme to use the old theme structure with head and foot includes instead of inits and main. I think this makes the setup more transparent and easier to follow for new users. I also added a lot more comments to explain what is going on. Here's an example from the sitemap.php file. Before: <?php // sitemap.php template file // Generate navigation that descends up to 4 levels into the tree. // See the _func.php for the renderNav() function definition. $content = renderNav($homepage, 4); After: <?php /* This is a template file. Pages based on the sitemap template will render using the code below. ProcessWire provides variables to every template. The variables makes it easy to find content, submit data and more. The most frequently used variables are $page and $pages. $page holds info about the current page and $pages is where you'll find all the other pages in your site. You can read more about ProcessWire's variables here: https://processwire.com/api/variables/ */ include_once("includes/head.php"); // Import the global html header include_once("includes/functions.php"); // Import custom functions from another document $homepage = $pages->get("/"); // Use the $pages variable to fetch the homepage echo $page->summary; // Echo the current page's summary field echo renderNav($homepage, 4); // Call our function from functions.php to render a sitemap include_once("includes/foot.php"); // Import the global html footer What do you think? Too much?

Hhm, I cannot really follow, and sure I have misunderstood you. But when I read "to put this into a variable you need to use output buffer", my brain rings alert, and if I want or not: I cannot follow further. Here in the forums in the last past years were so many different aproaches presented and discussed, mostly from people who know PW really good because they have used it for many Projects. I'm not aware of any that needs output buffering. (sounds ugly to me) It seems we think diametrically opposite. I'm afraid I can be of any help to you.

@adrian, Tomorrow I'll finish, the admin theme based css and js includes.

Don't Zorro Ivan.

Absolutely love it Martijn - now I can have hover links and debug toggle in the default theme Lots more potential obviously. One request - any chance you could make it possible to limit the actions to only certain themes?

Nope, __toString is a magic method.

This probably means your server runs in CGI/FastCGI. When this is the case you can't use PHP value or flag commands inside a .htaccess file. Doing so will probably result in the 500 error you are getting. There are other options. Sometimes you can set these values from your control panel that sits on the server. If you can edit php.ini manually that would also be a good way, and most common. Another way you could try is setting ini_set('memory_limit', '64M'); inside PW's index.php file. Not sure if this would work though. And of course, you can always contact the hoster. PS did you have a look in your apache error logs??

I generally avoid templates because I mostly find it easier to start from scratch. I agree to this. Something is always wrong or doesn't match your specific needs and than you have to figure out how to make it work. This often costs much to much time. Call me a "control freak" but I like to know my code (that's why I like to work with PW and fight modules

i liked all your posts - great video!

The First post for me? Thank you all

Maybe take a look here: http://boagworld.com/mobile-web/mobile-app-vs-mobile-website-design/ and at the video linked at the end of the article. Apps can be great but most of the time a simple website is the better option. I sometimes wonder what some companies think that people would happily download.

You can save the first lines by using this. $timestamp = $page->getUnformatted("week_begin");

Just tried it. Everything went smoothly http://rhodium-4zp.lightningpw.com/ Loved the TOS in simple words PS: noticed a small typo: in"We’re using an credit based system for payments"

16 mb sounds quite low, so definitely try putting it to 64 or so.

Thank you ryan, I'll do a more informative and serious video

I'm glad I could help! Thank you - excellent points. I'll make these changes and then post the module. Well what can I say, you gave me exactly the little push I needed to go for it

I think the law in Spain let you to use <= 9 second.

Thanks for sharing. I just added a description.

Maybe

To be continued ... 97 posts for a new video. Thanks

I hope it doesn't bother to ryan

Thanks Awesome !!!

woop, you hide the best part on the last slide. To quote his PDF: I like ProcessWire the way it is. Clean and minimal. Please, don't tell me how to do things. Instead focus on tutorials, guidelines and articles that explain how to use the tool ProcessWire to build great sites. My first site with ProcessWire was quite easy and not a complex monster. I learned how to use different field types and how to structure content with each project and I'm still impressed, when I find a new way to solve a problem with ProcessWire. That wouldn't be possible, if I had everything finished. Then I would say "Oh thats great but not exactly what I needed". ProcessWire as a clean and minimal CMS/CMF to build a website is great. Ryan should try to improve the system itself and keep bloat away. (In my opinion, the new 2.5 with all it's profiles is even too much to start). There are other areas to improve, beside the system and most of them were mentioned before in this thread: Better onboarding process that guides the users A single place for all the little code snippets and fragments. Tutorials for beginners and experts. Maybe have a look the new Kirby docs More site profiles to start with, but not bundled by default (Download during the installation?)

Interesting discussion! I definitely think Processwire could improve its usability but I don't think plugins is the way to do it. I just did a clean install of PW 2.5 and documented each step in the process. Here's a .pdf with 44 slides that covers the scenario of a new user's first contact with PW: http://cl.ly/0e3V2M3w1z1B ​comments appreciated

Nice! I'm sure PW 2.5 will an awesome companion for building the site.

Have fun, it sounds like you are already

WOW! That's one of the coolest thing for ProcessWire I've ever seen!!!!!1 (If possible I would like it a hundred times more)