How to add attributes to an external link in sitemap in Concrete CMS 5.7
Occasionally you may need to add some attributes to an External link in your sitemap.
How to use the date time widget in concrete5 5.7
Use the date time widget to create a date only picker or a date and time picker.
How to set a custom login page background image in 5.7.5+
Change the default photo of the day login page background image to a custom background image of your choice.
How to set the minimum and maximum ranges of style customizer sliders in 5.7
Change the default values for the block and block area custom style sliders.
How to add a third party library to a package using Composer in 5.7
Use Composer to declare your dependencies and download a third party library for use in your package. This example will use Stripe PHP.
Override (almost) any core file in Concrete CMS
In 5.6 we always had the possibility to override any class in the core. How can we do this in 5.7?
How to manually upgrade Concrete CMS (5.7)
Although Concrete CMS features an auto-updater, there is also the option to manually upgrade a site to a new version through some simple steps. The video in this how-to demonstrates how to perform a manual upgrade on a typical server.
Making Elemental themes image slider title and description responsive
The default theme delivered with Concrete CMS 5.7.x has a nice image slider, but on smaller screens it's title and description font sizes are not scaled down and thus cut off. Here you can see my approach to solve this.
Objective ways to print images in 5.7
How to use \Concrete\Core\Html\Image class / How to get thumbnail of the image
Adding a menu item 5.7
How to add a menu item (when viewing a page)
Styling the pagination - 5.7+
How to add options to the pagination / How to bind a new pagination view manager
How to recreate the blog and blog entry page types in 5.7
Recreate the blog and blog entry page types that come with the Elemental theme content.
How to use the form widget in Concrete CMS 5.7
How to use the form widget and new input types available in 5.7.
Setup a simple blog within Concrete CMS
Looking how to setup a simple blog for Concrete CMS
How to use the jQuery UI Spinner Widget in 5.7.4+
Examples of common use including basic client side validation.
Session Handling in Concrete5 5.7
In 5.6, we could use $_SESSION but in 5.7, there is a built-in session class from Symphony.
Add new entries to the "Social Links" Dashboard page
When clicking on "Add link" in the "Social Links" Dashboard page there is a dropdown with possible social link entries like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on. Here I'll show how to add other links with the example of StackExchange.
Add more fonts to the Redactor-Plugin "font family"
This How-To is for adding fonts to the Redactor plugin "fontfamily" in a package. The original fontfamily plugin just adds a dropdown with a few fonts.
Customize the default page title
Change the default " :: " and/or "site name :: page title" formatting separator to something else.