Posts by Stephen Meehan

  • Image cropping in Perch 4?

    hus_hmd thanks, ideally some sort of focus based cropping should be part of Perch core. The imgix service isn't expensive, and I really like the work you've done to make this work with Perch, however it's one more cost for something that I feel isn't unreasonable to be part of Perch.

  • Image cropping in Perch 4?

    Hi


    Just spotted this on a client website...




    It'd be so useful to be able to click on a focal point in an image and set that as the crop, instead of the default 'crop from the middle'.


    Many other Content Management Systems have this feature:

    1. [Umbraco](https://our.umbraco.org/docume…e-cropper#set-focal-point)
    2. [CraftCMS](https://github.com/smcyr/Craft-FocusPoint)
    3. [Squarespace.com](https://support.squarespace.co…l-points-to-center-images)
    4. [Wix.com](https://support.wix.com/en/art…o-in-the-wix-pro-gallery#)
    5. [Silverstripe](https://www.silverstripe.org/b…ropping-for-silverstripe/
    6. [Sitecore](https://inverseproportion.word…ocus-cropper-in-sitecore/)

    The links above come from this GitHub [post](https://github.com/processwire…swire-requests/issues/150).



    Can we expect image cropping options in Perch 4?

  • Category count?

    I can see in the docs, we can use id="count.blog.post" to output category count tags.


    Is there a way to do a category count with a collection?


    I'm trying to achieve this:

    • Cars (12)
    • Boats (9)
    • Planes (3)

    Cars, Boats and Planes are categories assigned to a collection. The numbers indicate the number of posts in each category.


    Can I do this with categories & collections? Or is a category count only available when using categories & Blog App?

  • Category count?

    Hi,


    The Blog App allows me to display the number of posts associated with a category.


    I can list all the categories and display a number next to each category title. Like this:

    • Cars (12)
    • Boats (9)
    • Planes (3)

    Is there a way to do this with a 'Collection'? I'm considering using a 'Collection' instead of the Blog App

  • Nesting perch:template and rescope?

    Hi,


    The template setup below works, until I try to use rescope="parent"


    Code
    1. <perch:blocks>
    2. <perch:block type="Image" label="Image">
    3. <perch:template path="path/to/template.html">
    4. </perch:block>
    5. </perch:blocks>


    template.html also includes a perch:template



    When I add rescope="parent" , the nested perch:template doesn't work properly...


    Code
    1. <perch:blocks>
    2. <perch:block type="Image" label="Image">
    3. <perch:template path="path/to/template.html" rescope="parent">
    4. </perch:block>
    5. </perch:blocks>


    • In this example the template.html is an image
    • The template fields appear in the CMS, but when I press save, there's no output?
    • When I look in the source, I can see the template HTML is being output, but it's missing the image path


    Perch Runway: 3.1.3

  • Create a unique CSS class within a repeater?

    To use _block_id inside a perch:repeater, just do this:


    Add scope-parent to the perch:repeater, then add id="parent._block_id" to the ID inside the perch:repeater

    Code
    1. <perch:repeater scope-parent id="your_repeater_id"><perch:content id="parent._block_id" type="hidden">-item-<perch:content id="perch_item_index" type="hidden"></perch:repeater>


    When combined with perch_item_index, this will output a unique value per item inside a repeater. A useful addition if you intend to have more than one block on a page.



    More info in the docs, at the bottom of the page, 'Accessing content outside the repeater'.

  • Create a unique CSS class within a repeater?

    I've hit a bump with this...


    When I have more than one block on a page, the value of perch_item_index is no longer unique.


    Using perch:showall I can see each block as a unique ID


    <perch:content id="_block_id">


    I was hoping to combine _block_id and perch_item_index to make a unique value within a repeater


    Unfortunately, I can't access _block_id inside a repeater


    I've created variables from IDs in the past, but the way I do that involved referencing a fixed page. As this is a block, it could appear anywhere.


    Is it possible to make _block_id a variable, so I could use it inside a repeater


    Or perhaps there's a better way to create a unique value per item in a repeater ?

  • Create a unique CSS class within a repeater?

    Hi,


    I'm using a repeater in my template.


    I'd like to be able to output a unique CSS class for each item in a repeater, something like this:


    Code
    1. <div class="item-0">...</div>
    2. <div class="item-1">...</div>
    3. <div class="item-2">...</div>


    I've used <perch:showall> and I can see each repeater item starts with a unique array, simplified example below.


    Is it possible to use these array numbers in my HTML template? If not, perhaps I could use the [assetID]?




    Health check

    • Perch Runway is up to date
    • PHP 7.1.26 is up to date
    • MySQL 5.7.25 is up to date
    • Image processing available

  • YouTube Fieldtype question

    Figured it out.


    Found this post


    I was looking at the debug on the page, not in the control panel (!).


    I had this error in Perch control panel:


    Code
    1. { "error": { "errors": [ { "domain": "usageLimits", "reason": "ipRefererBlocked", "message": "The request did not specify any referer. Please ensure that the client is sending referer or use the API Console to remove the referer restrictions.", "extendedHelp": "https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials?project=xxxxxxxxxxxx" } ], "code": 403, "message": "The request did not specify any referer. Please ensure that the client is sending referer or use the API Console to remove the referer restrictions." } }


    Within Google API settings 'Application restrictions', I had restricted the API key to a specific domain - I must have set it up wrong. When I (temporarily) remove it and press save, the YouTube Fieldtype works a charm.


    I'll leave it there for now. At least I know the issue is related to 'Application restrictions' in Google API settings ad has nothing to do with the YouTube Fieldtype.


    Thanks for the support!

  • YouTube Fieldtype question

    Hi,


    YouTube embeds are working using the YouTube Fieldtype


    I've setup my YouTube API key, and checked Debug (no errors).


    Code
    1. <!--* output="embed" - Displays video on page *-->
    2. <perch:content width="560" height="315" id="video" type="youtube" label="YouTube URL" output="embed">


    However, I've been unable to get any other output types to work?

    Code
    1. <!--* None of these are working? *-->
    2. <perch:content id="video" type="youtube" output="title" />
    3. <perch:content id="video" type="youtube" output="description" />
    4. <perch:content id="video" type="youtube" output="date" />


    Screenshot below shows <perch:showall>

    Screenshot-2019-04-10-20-21-43.png


    The three URLs in the screenshot above show the output of output="title", output="description" and output="date"


    Is there anything else can try?



    Perch information

  • Limit content to one category?

    Came up with a solution...


    I created a couple of variables, one to check the current category. And another so I could use id="cd_form", from a category template in my blog template.


    I'll post it here next week.



    Thanks for the replies ryan, have a great weekend.

  • Limit content to one category?

    Hi


    At the moment I've hardcoded the control-and-display category, this will be a variable


    I would have thought  'category' => 'news/control-and-display/' would have done the trick - but it looks like it's being ignored as perch_blog_custom  is still displaying id="cd_form" from other categories?



    The original code works, in the sense that it displays id="cd_form". The problem is when a post is associated with more than one category. When that happens id="cd_form" is output more than once. Does that make sense?:/