Posts by ex-jedi

Quote from JayW

NOT copy Wordpress for anything!

Preach!!

And it looks like it was very tricky to get it up and running again. Thanks for fixing it!

Interesting. I don't want to jump to conclusions but are there discussions about bringing add-on functionality into core?

Also, any plans to ressurect the Perch podcast?

It's still down. Is there any news on this?

Are their plans to make the current set of first party add-ons php8 compatible?

Quote from Tobe

Apart from any critical updates, the whole UI should be top of your list. It's like going back in time whenever I login into Perch haha.

Agreed! On mobile especially!!

WebP support? Better asset management, batch deletion for instance. 2FA. Native responsive images.... flux capacitor?

Thanks Gareth S. I'd like a separate thread for that please. I think there will be lots to say about that, you might want to pour yourself a drink 😅.

Quote from Rene Banus

Do you seek or need input for version 4 from the current resellers of Perch?

(Resellers = most of the forum members and members of the Perchology Slack)

As the members in the forum have more experience in using and implementing and selling Perch, I can imagine you turn to these members to determine the look & feel and functionality of Version 4.

Or is this a strange thought?

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This seems like a not strange thought 😄. And I hope that this thread is partially an invitation to do this. Perhaps a separate v4 requests thread might be a good idea?

Thanks for your response Gareth S. It's good to see forum posts being answered by the team.

Are the technical team planning to respond directly to forums posts? Can we ask what the make-up of the team is? Any chance you all might put up profile pics instead of anonymous avatars on the forum?

Also, is there a chance of ditching the 'really little CMS' tagline? It gives the wrong impression of Perch's capabilities and once clients see that it becomes a tough sell. Something like 'the really lean' or 'the really nimble' CMS might be better.

Thanks, I'm sure there are a lot of us who are eager for that update.

Could you also tell us a bit about yourself and the Perch team please?

Hey. Good to hear from you.

I'd like to know what plan are for Perch's addons, Shop and Blog in particular.

Phew! Thanks George G.

Gonna mark this thread as resolved as it's a duplicate of Old Forum MIA...

Good stuff. Let us know how you get on.

Has the old Perch forum been taken down? There was a lot of useful information there.

http://forum.grabaperch.com/forum

If it's useful here's my config file. It has the alignment and font colour plugins, plus some custom classes.

Quote from TheOldDesigner

If it wasn't for the hard work and dedication for a small number of forum contributors here I don't think Perch would even be in the (admittedly perilous) state it is now. I think you owe it to at least these people to give them more than vague platitudes and pronouncements of things which may or may not come.

Really what does it take for one of your “support team” to dip into the forum once or twice a week with concrete help/support or even to just approve posts held for moderation?

I couldn't agree more!

Is it a paid app or is it on GitHub?

Quote from Tobe

I don't think it's as farfetched as you might think – if they managed to get it for a low-price (which lets face it, Perch wouldn't be worth much in its current state) then they may of been hoping to make their money back plus a bit on top through residual sales. Pretty easy money if you don't invest any time back into it, which quite clearly they haven't.

Anything's possible, but it doesn't really make sense for a company to invest money into something that would make a few hundred pounds a week for a few months. They do seem to have long term goals, but their lack of communication is very problematic.