Well this didn't turn out so well. The new owners made so many promises and have just ghosted the community. I feel so bad for those loyal few who put so much work and time into supporting Perch. It's such a shame.
Posts by ex-jedi
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Thanks Clive Walker. I was also wondering if anyone out in the world had got it working. My Perch days are mostly behind me but I do have a couple of mates' sites to maintain for a while.
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Has anyone got v4 Runway working yet? And has anyone managed to buy a regular Perch license recently?
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Yep, looks like adding a regular Perch licence to the cart is an oversight. But as I need a new Perch licence I'm wondering if that loophole has been closed yet. Is it worth risking £60 to find out?
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I'm wondering weather to risk trying to buy a standard licence for 3.2. I have a new perch project all ready to go on Monday which was costed out for standard Perch so this current situation is a bit of a pain.
It would be great if someone from Perch would talk to us.
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I was able to add a Perch license in my shopping cart, so there doesn't seem to be an issue, with respect to purchasing new Perch Licenses.
Have you tried buying one? I'd be interested to know if it works.
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I would guess so. Who knows for sure?!
Well I'm sure the Perch team will update us soon 😅.
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It has been pointed out that the notice in your Perch account probably means that standard Perch licenses will work with Runway 4. I must admit I misinterpreted the notice. You would still need to upgrade your site of course but would not incur additional license costs. Good news if that's the case.
Just existing ones I assume?
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Recent developments would indicate otherwise.
There still haven't been any responses from the Perch team anywhere on the forum. And dropping the axe on Perch with no warning is pretty poor.
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Particularly given the way Perch has been discontinued and Runway has been updated. No warning, explanation or support.
It's a tough market for CMS's, particularly at Runway's price point. It seems odd then to abandon Perch's community, it's most loyal supporters, the ones... the only ones giving technical support. It's a crying shame.
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It's mostly confidence for me. Regular Perch's pricing with lifetime support for one licence fee was a bit of a steal, a price rise was long overdue. Seems the 'new' owners have shot themselves in the foot though. If they had changed Perch to an annual fee for support that could have been a decent revenue streamxfor then.
I'm reluctant to commit a client to building their web presence on a platform such as Perch is now. Zero communication from the 'new' owners gives me very little assurance that issues will be dealt with.
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I just don't understand the logic here. Why wouldn't they warn existing users that Perch is going to be discontinued if that is the case? Have we offended them somehow?
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I'm seeing reports on Twitter that Perch 4.0 can be downloaded but it's an empty zip file? This is of some immediate concern to me as I have to buy a Perch licence in the next week or so.
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Also it seems that it's not possible to upgrade to Perch v4 just Runway. Is regular Perch v4 on the way or has it been discontinued?
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So, has Perch been discontinued in favour of Runway?
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Maybe setting PERCH_VERIFY_UPLOADS to FALSE in config.php could work if you're reasonably certain that you don't have to protect against malicious uploads.
More info...
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My last day of work for 2021. I really did have high hopes that Perch would thrive, but this has been a very disappointing year. I hope things will change next year, but as it stands the next Perch licence I buy will be my last. This makes me very sad indeed.
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I need to buy a licence for a project in progress so please let me know how you get on dj_lee. Thanks.
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Hi davedesigner. Are you in the Perchology slack group. You can get some help choosing an alternative there.
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I am not, and recent certificate issue resolution should alleviate any or all.
The last response from Perch on this thread was three months ago. So I'm going to remain concerned for now.