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@Robin S - I haven't ignored your request - it will be in the next version. Speaking of the next version, I have been looking at the poll from @teppo's PW Weekly and wondering what you guys would think about Tracy dropping support for PHP < 7.1 ? The new core Tracy 3.0-dev version requires PHP version 7.1 or newer and looking at the changes since the 2.5 version we are currently using, it won't be practical to support two versions of the core like I have done previously. So, the question is, can I make 7.1 a requirement for the new version? Not sure how to really get your feedback on this, but maybe a "like" means your OK with it, or a "sad" if you're not happy either sticking with the current version of this module (to maintain 5.x support), or otherwise don't want to lose 5.x support just yet. The new Tracy core comes with much faster rendering of dumped objects with a lot of depth, so we might be able to increase the default and big dump options significantly. There have also been improvements to live dumping that I still need to experiment with, but both sound very useful to have so I would like to upgrade. Thanks for your thoughts.

See the post below. You can prefix the actual visible date value with a hidden sortable value (e.g. yyyy-mm-dd). Example code here. Follow the $dateSorter variable. The span with class="date-sorter" is hidden in the module's CSS file. The value in the span is the prefix. Sorting will be done based on it.

I'm biased, and probably not the biggest user of Tracy either, but in my opinion support for PHP < 7.1 should be safe to drop by now. For the folks stuck with those versions, current Tracy version still works – right? That's what I've been doing with my modules and code recently: splitting a separate "legacy" branch for those who need it, but only focusing new development for current PHP versions. And by "current" I mean the officially supported ones.

It looks like there are many settings that can be defined for InputfieldSelector, but only initValue can be set via the FieldtypeSelector field config. For the others you have to use a hook. The previewColumns setting controls the columns shown: $wire->addHookBefore('InputfieldSelector::render', function(HookEvent $event) { /* @var InputfieldSelector $inputfield */ $inputfield = $event->object; // Only for the FieldtypeSelector field of the given name if($inputfield->hasField != 'test_selector') return; // Define the columns you want $inputfield->previewColumns = ['name', 'template', 'modified']; });

With the the relatively new ProField FieldtypeFieldsetGroup it should be a quick job to add this to all templates.

A module helping you to manage SEO related tasks like a boss! Automatically generates and maintains a XML sitemap from your pages. Includes a Fieldtype and Inputfield to manage sitemap settings and meta data for pages (Title, Description, Canonical URL, Opengraph, Twitter, Structured Data etc.) Multi language support for the sitemap and meta data. Configure default values for meta data on template level and let pages inherit or overwrite them individually. Map existing fields to meta data, reducing the need to duplicate content. Live preview for content editors how the entered meta data appears on Google. Live preview for content editors how the entered Opengraph data looks like when sharing a page with Facebook. Check out the README on GitHub for more details, including usage instructions. The module is currently released as beta and needs testing! Please report any issues on GitHub or in this forum thread, if you find time to give it a try ? Examples Here is an example of rendered meta data you will get from a single SeoMaestro field: <title>Sed dictum eros quis massa semper rutrum. | acme.com</title> <meta name="description" content="Si lobortis singularis genitus ibidem saluto. Dolore ad nunc, mos accumsan paratus duis suscipit luptatum facilisis macto uxor iaceo quadrum. Demoveo, appellatio elit neque ad commodo ea. Wisi, iaceo, tincidunt at commoveo rusticus et, ludus."> <meta name="keywords" content="Foo,Bar"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://acme.com/en/about/"> <meta property="og:title" content="Sed dictum eros quis massa semper rutrum."> <meta property="og:description" content="Si lobortis singularis genitus ibidem saluto. Dolore ad nunc, mos accumsan paratus duis suscipit luptatum facilisis macto uxor iaceo quadrum. Demoveo, appellatio elit neque ad commodo ea. Wisi, iaceo, tincidunt at commoveo rusticus et, ludus."> <meta property="og:image" content="https://acme.com/site/assets/files/1001/og-image.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1600"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:alt" content="Lorem Ipsum"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://acme.com/en/about/"> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_EN"> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"> <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@schtifu"> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@schtifu"> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "About", "item": "https://acme.com/en/about/" } ] } </script> <meta name="generator" content="ProcessWire"> <link rel="alternate" href="https://acme.com/en/about/" hreflang="en"> <link rel="alternate" href="https://acme.com/en/about/" hreflang="x-default"> <link rel="alternate" href="https://acme.com/de/ueber/" hreflang="de"> <link rel="alternate" href="https://acme.com/fi/tietoja/" hreflang="fi"> And some screenshots of the UI:

Just wanted to share what I recently used to create forms in modules and in frontend using the API and Inputfield modules PW provides and uses on its own. I think many newcomers or also advanced user aren't aware what is already possible in templates with some simple and flexible code. Learning this can greatly help in any aspect when you develop with PW. It's not as easy and powerful as FormBuilder but a great example of what can be archieved within PW. Really? Tell me more The output markup generated with something like echo $form->render(); will be a like the one you get with FormBuilder or admin forms in backend. It's what PW is made of. Now since 2.2.5~ somewhere, the "required" option is possible for all fields (previous not) and that makes it easier a lot for validation and also it renders inline errors already nicely (due to Ryan FormBuilder yah!). For example the Password inputfield already provides two field to confirm the password and will validate it. De- and encryption method also exists. Or you can also use columns width setting for a field, which was added not so long ago. Some fields like Asm MultiSelect would require to also include their css and js to work but haven't tried. Also file uploads isn't there, but maybe at some point there will be more options. It would be still possible to code your own uploader when the form is submitted. Validation? If you understand a little more how PW works with forms and inputfields you can simply add you own validation, do hooks and lots of magic with very easy code to read and maintain. You can also use the processInput($input->post) method of a form that PW uses itself to validate a form. So getting to see if there was any errors is simply checking for $form->getErrors();. Also the $form->processInput($input->post) will prevent CSRF attacks and the form will append a hidden field automaticly. It's also worth noting that processInput() will work also with an array (key=>value) of data it doesn't have to be the one from $input->post. Styling? It works well if you take your own CSS or just pick the inputfields.css from the templates-admin folder as a start. Also the CSS file from the wire/modules/InputfieldRadios module can be helpful to add. And that's it. It's not very hard to get it display nicely. Here an code example of a simple form. <?php $out = ''; // create a new form field (also field wrapper) $form = $modules->get("InputfieldForm"); $form->action = "./"; $form->method = "post"; $form->attr("id+name",'subscribe-form'); // create a text input $field = $modules->get("InputfieldText"); $field->label = "Name"; $field->attr('id+name','name'); $field->required = 1; $form->append($field); // append the field to the form // create email field $field = $modules->get("InputfieldEmail"); $field->label = "E-Mail"; $field->attr('id+name','email'); $field->required = 1; $form->append($field); // append the field // you get the idea $field = $modules->get("InputfieldPassword"); $field->label = "Passwort"; $field->attr("id+name","pass"); $field->required = 1; $form->append($field); // oh a submit button! $submit = $modules->get("InputfieldSubmit"); $submit->attr("value","Subscribe"); $submit->attr("id+name","submit"); $form->append($submit); // form was submitted so we process the form if($input->post->submit) { // user submitted the form, process it and check for errors $form->processInput($input->post); // here is a good point for extra/custom validation and manipulate fields $email = $form->get("email"); if($email && (strpos($email->value,'@hotmail') !== FALSE)){ // attach an error to the field // and it will get displayed along the field $email->error("Sorry we don't accept hotmail addresses for now."); } if($form->getErrors()) { // the form is processed and populated // but contains errors $out .= $form->render(); } else { // do with the form what you like, create and save it as page // or send emails. to get the values you can use // $email = $form->get("email")->value; // $name = $form->get("name")->value; // $pass = $form->get("pass")->value; // // to sanitize input // $name = $sanitizer->text($input->post->name); // $email = $sanitizer->email($form->get("email")->value); $out .= "<p>Thanks! Your submission was successful."; } } else { // render out form without processing $out .= $form->render(); } include("./head.inc"); echo $out; include("./foot.inc"); Here the code snippet as gist github: https://gist.github.com/4027908 Maybe there's something I'm not aware of yet, so if there something to still care about just let me know. Maybe some example of hooks could be appended here too. Thanks Edit March 2017: This code still works in PW2.8 and PW3.

If you include a TwilioChannelsConfig.php file with your TwilioChannels module (see the blog post that introduced this approach), this file is only for defining the config fields for the module. It isn't a module in its own right that you can get with $module = $modules->get('TwilioChannelsConfig'). Put all your methods - including your hi() method - into the main TwilioChannels module file. $module = $modules->get('TwilioChannels'); echo "<p>" . $module->hi() . "</p>";

Version 0.5.0 fixes two issues, please update: Fix wrong url in the <link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default"> meta tag. Fix date formatting for the lastmod property in the XML sitemap. Cheers

Just another update to the Tracy core - apparently LIVE dumps now work more reliably and are now the default when calling barDump(), so it looks like we'll be able to ditch our custom bdl() method and probably even our bdb() and db() and integrate the LIVE option into standard d() and bd() calls. As you can tell, I am excited about the new version ?

Not sure where to post this, I'm hesitant to file it as a GitHub issue. I noticed that in the database's image fields, the fractional part of focus values are a bit overkill: e.g. {"focus":{"top":93.400000000000005684341886080801486968994140625,"left":49.39999999999999857891452847979962825775146484375,"zoom":0}} Don't know that it matters much, but hey, the super-extra-hyper-10x-Retina displays aren't on sale yet, so... ?

thanks for the advice, I submitted it as an issue.

I just wanted to share what I've just discovered after looking at Dragan's "CMS evaluation / checklist / usability (only in german for now)" article, even if I can't read german currently. https://animejs.com https://github.com/juliangarnier/anime

Well, it might be technically possible, but there's no core support for it, and I wouldn't recommend it ? In this case you would probably have to modify index.php, .htaccess, and at least some other core files: wire/core/ProcessWire.php, wire/modules/Process/ProcessLogin/ProcessLogin.module, and wire/modules/Process/ProcessPageView.module. Modifying core files is never a good idea, as it makes updating ProcessWire difficult (usually you can just replace certain core files and that's it), and there's also no guarantee that some third party module etc. isn't expecting the core to remain as-is. So, long story short: if you really have to, you can of course modify it, but there's no guarantee that things will work as expected afterwards. If possible, I'd recommend developing the ProcessWire site elsewhere (subdirectory, or another domain, or locally) and then replacing the old site in one go. ?

Here is another progress report for development (early state) of my GroupMailer module: The dashboard and the message lister are nearly finished. Behind the scenes I created a custom field which holds all MessageMeta data. This special field can be attached to each template you like and will immediately make all corresponding pages a GroupMailer message. This allows to maintain the extreme flexibility of ProcessWire. More to come ...

Using .htaccess is efficient. You could, in theory, handle (nearly) everything in PHP, but this would add serious overhead, both memory and speed wise. Others have adapted the rules for NGINX, a few like me use IIS with URL Rewrite to power PW, but in all cases, it makes sense to filter and rewrite requests in the web server itself. The topic of supporting more platforms than just Apache out of the box has been brought up a few times already here in the forums. Ryan himself is not opposed to it, but he lacks the time to develop and test the rule sets, and he is of course wary of including anything that hasn't been well tested or that might end up without active support (any changes he makes for .htaccess need to be quickly adapted for other platforms). So I guess it would need a team of knowledgeable volunteers who develop the rules, adapt the installer script, test everything well and provide quick support before he considers integration into the PW project.

no huge rush, configurable sounds cool.. thanks!

I'd be keen to have an option to enable the Console for non-superusers on localhost. If it's limited to localhost then there's not really a security risk I think. It would be handy for checking things like $page->addable(), $page->publishable(), etc from the perspective of a non-superuser role. When testing I typically keep an incognito window open with an editor role logged in rather than work with the User Switcher.

Hi @Sebastian. Welcome to the forums. The real answer is that these forms were never intended for use in the frontend. Their purpose and design was for backend use only where trade-offs have had to be made between complying with standards versus delivering a usable and highly efficient UI, taking into account the underlying complexities that constitute the PW Admin. Using them in the frontend is just a bonus, but it comes at a 'cost'. You are probably better off using your own forms, or investing in Form Builder or similar.

@kongondo: sorry if this is unrelated (I don't have a proper test environment at hand right now) but sorting by dates is entirely doable using MarkupAdminDataTable too. It just requires a bit of extra work: prefixing actual, visible value with hidden, sortable value; something like yyyy-mm-dd etc. This is how I solved it in ProcessLoginHistory. Sorting multi-page values is another issue entirely, but as far as sorting visible results is good enough, no need to complicate things with new 3rd party components

Great tutorial Soma! This is the best summary of using PW's Inputfields that I've seen. I noticed you did $field->attr('id+name', 'email') so just wanted to explain what that is for those that may be unsure of the syntax. That syntax is basically saying to set the 'id' and 'name' attribute to have the 'email'. While every field needs a 'name' attribute (like in HTML) the 'id' attribute is optional… if you don't assign an id attribute, PW will make one up. If you intend to custom style a field with CSS or target it from javascript, then it's best to assign your own 'id' attribute. Otherwise, it doesn't matter. // this… $field->attr('id+name', 'email'); // …is the same as: $field->attr('id', 'email'); $field->attr('name', 'email'); // …as is this (direct reference): $field->id = 'email'; $field->name = 'email'; The advantage of using the attr() function over direct reference is that attr() can't ever collide with other Inputfield properties that might have the same name as a field attribute. It's basically your way of saying "this should definitely be an HTML attribute and not anything else." For recognized attributes like 'name' or 'value' it doesn't matter what syntax you use because an Inputfield already knows 'name' and 'value' are standard HTML attributes. But if you needed to add a custom attribute like "data-something", well then you'd definitely want to use the attr() method of setting. That attr() method should only be used for things that would actually be HTML attributes of the <input>, because they will literally end up there. So if you do an $field->attr('label', 'Hello'); you'll end up with an <input label='Hello'> in the markup, which is obviously not something that you want. That's why you assign a non-attribute property like 'label' or 'description' directly, like: $field->label = 'Something'; Last note about $attr() is that it can be used for both setting and getting attributes: $field->attr('value', 'something'); echo "The field's value is: " . $field->attr('value'); // same as: $field->value = 'something'; echo "The field's value is $field->value"; To extend your example, lets say that you wanted the 'email' and 'password' fields in a fieldset titled "About You". You would create the fieldset, and then add/append the fields to the $fieldset rather than the $form. Then you'd add the $fieldset to the $form: $fieldset = $modules->get('InputfieldFieldset'); $fieldset->label = 'About You'; $field = $modules->get("InputfieldEmail"); $field->label = "E-Mail"; $field->attr('id+name','email'); $field->required = 1; $fieldset->append($field); // append the field $field = $modules->get("InputfieldPassword"); $field->label = "Password"; $field->attr("id+name","pass"); $field->required = 1; $fieldset->append($field); $form->append($fieldset); Or lets say that you wanted those 'email' and 'password' fields to be each in their own column so that are next to each other horizontally rather than vertically. You would assign the 'columnWidth' property to both the email and password fields. In this case, we'd give them both a value of 50 to say that we want them to be a 50% width column: $field->columnWidth = 50; To jump out of tutorial mode and into idea mode: lately I've been thinking that PW should have a YAML to Inputfields conversion tool in the core (something that would be pretty easy to build), so that one could define a form like this: And create it like this (where $yaml is the string above above): $form = $modules->get('InputfieldForm'); $form->load($yaml); echo $form->render();