Upgrading from Craft 2 to Craft 3: Update Everything on Craft 2
You'll start your migration journey with Craft 2 and Craft 2 alone. Time to spend your last days together, reminisce on the good times and say goodbye. Read More »
Ben Parizek
Upgrading from Craft 2 to Craft 3: A Fresh Install
Similar to Stage 2, I'll begin Stage 3 focusing on Craft 3 and Craft 3 alone. Craft 3 presents the opportunity for a forward-looking upgrade and treating the upgrade in part like a migration will help us take advantage of those benefits. Read More »
Ben Parizek
Upgrading from Craft 2 to Craft 3: Should I update?
Before you agree to upgrade a site to Craft 3, you’ll want to review the site and confirm that it’s possible to do so. One part of this question is if it’s technically possible (which it usually is). The more likely binding consideration is if a budget will be able to cover the work involved. Read More »
Ben Parizek
Security Concerns in Craft CMS
One of the biggest leaks of all time may have been caused by a vulnerability in a $25 WordPress plugin. This article aims to create awareness and, hopefully, help other developers to be better educated about security issues in Craft and in content management systems in general. Read More »
PutYourLightsOn (Ben Croker)
Creating a Yii Module for Craft 3
In Craft 3, you might not need a plugin to add the custom functionality to your project. This article takes a look at how to build a Yii Module that works alongside a plugin in Craft 3. Read More »
Ben Parizek
Examples of Eager Loading Elements in Twig and PHP
By default, Craft lazy loads elements in your templates. In many cases, this works just fine and no further optimization is needed. However, if your content requires queries to the database to retrieve additional related data, you may want to consider optimizing your queries by eager loading elements. Read More »
Ben Parizek
Search Straight Up Craft for Craft CMS Plugins and Articles with Alfred
Search Straight Up Craft for Craft CMS Plugins and Articles with Alfred Read More »
Ben Parizek
Notes on Updating Plugins for Craft 2.5
Craft 2.5 gives us several new opportunities in our Craft CMS plugins. Read More »
Ben Parizek
Testing if something exists: is defined, length, is not null, is not empty
In your Twig templates, it is often good practice to test if a variable or value exists before trying to display it on your page. Read More »
Ben Parizek
How to check if a variable or value exists using Twig
A reference of the expected results for numerous conditional tests you can perform in your Twig templates. Read More »
