Pagegrid and siteprofiles/procache

[ausblick]

Hi

As a beginner in PW I just want to ask

a. how Pagegrid interferes/interacts with siteprofiles?

b. Does Pagegrid supports ProCache?

c. How to cahgne to main Home pw page to pagegrid? 

Merci.

[jploch]

Hi ausblick,

I'm happy to answer your questions. Basically, these are topics that for the most part don't specifically concern PAGEGRID, but rather ProcessWire in general.

12 hours ago, ausblick said:

a. how Pagegrid interferes/interacts with siteprofiles?

In ProcessWire, site profiles are essentially preconfigured starting points for a new site. They define the structure, templates, fields, and sometimes demo content that get installed when you first set up ProcessWire. Unlike themes in WordPress, which can be changed later, site profiles are installed together with ProcessWire when you first setup the site and can't be changed later. 

PAGEGRID supports the creation of site profiles, and there are currently two smaller PAGEGRID profiles that can be installed (click the thumbnail to see the frontend). However, these are currently only available in PAGEGRID Cloud. If you want to try them quickly, you can create a free cloud account. Cloud sites can then also be exported as a site profile (with a self-hosting license). But I can also upload them here as ZIP archives if you prefere. 

For my projects I usually don't use site profiles. Since PAGEGRID allows you to install pre-built blocks (which create all the templates and fields for you), it's already a good starting point for a new website. All you have to do is add the blocks you want to your page and design them using the style panel (visually) or with CSS code. Since my websites usually look very different from each other, I prefer blocks that are largely unstyled by default.
 

12 hours ago, ausblick said:

b. Does Pagegrid supports ProCache?

Yes. Procache works with PAGEGRID. But it is not really needed since PAGEGRID is already using markup cache for all it's output. If you build a site that is mostly rendered through PAGEGRID it will be very fast out of the box, without any additional customisation. E.g. page-grid.com which is build with PAGEGRID has a performance score of 100 (best score) in Google lighthouse speed test and is not using any additional caching.
 

12 hours ago, ausblick said:

c. How to cahgne to main Home pw page to pagegrid? 

1. First you have to add a PAGEGRID field to your home template inside the admin. 
2. Then open the file home.php inside your site/templates folder and add the following lines:

   <div id="content">
   	<?= $pagegrid->styles($page); ?>
   	<?= $pagegrid->renderGrid($page); ?>
     	<?= $pagegrid->scripts($page); ?>
   </div>

   Note in this example I am using the blank site profile and markup regions are enabled. The #content div in this file will replace the #content div in _main.php
   See the Markup Regions documentation for more information.