ApostropheCMS 4.29.0 is out! Highlights: recently edited documents manager, Styles editor for layout widgets + new background preset, Apostrophe-Astro static build improvements, and security updates. Full details: apostrophecms.com/blog/apostro...
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ApostropheCMS 4.28.0 brings support for static site builds to our @astro.build integration, pretty URLs for shared files and PDFs, and a round of stability improvements. Read the full breakdown of the release apostrophecms.com/blog/apostro...
ApostropheCMS 4.27.0 is out now. The latest release introduces a redesigned widget editing experience with a flexible interface, graduates the Styles Editor from beta to stable, and adds support for right-to-left languages. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax7g...
You can also add Style fields directly to widgets. These give editors scoped CSS controls for widget styles so that they can customize individual uses throughout the site. Check out a preview here www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRaO...
We've open sourced Apostrophe Palette and added it to core as Styles. This gives editors direct CSS control of global elements throughout their site using an in-context UI. Included is a migration script for those coming from Palette, docs cover the rest apostrophecms.com/docs/guide/g...
A summary of what is included in ApostropheCMS's 4.26.0 release
☃️ ApostropheCMS 4.26.0 lands today! This release we've moved Palette into the open source core and renamed it Styles, added similar styling control for widgets, added structured data to support the SEO module, and provided a new OpenAPI spec generator for custom API docs.
ApostropheCMS friends 🙌
CMS Critic Awards nominations are open — if ApostropheCMS has helped you ship a great site, we’d love your nomination: cmscritic.com/nominate
I read a quote today - buried in another piece, so I can't give credit. "Companies rarely fail because no one cares.
They fail because the people who care most aren’t empowered or protected." It really hit home.
🦃 ApostropheCMS 4.24.0 rolls out the tablescape a bit early this month. This year we're bringing native Windows development support (bye, WSL), default settings for areas, and our favorite workhorse widget, Layout, gets marked stable! Let's eat www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Wh...
Also-also UI/UX improvements like an improved color field, sticky widget controls (for those loooong widgets), quickly switch between different locale documents, case-insensitive login support, more widget operation options, and more. Full write here apostrophecms.com/blog/apostro...
We've also updated our @astro.build integration to fully support Section Template Library, a Pro feature that allows you group widgets into reusable components. Check out the extension page for the scoop apostrophecms.com/extensions/s...
Release day! ApostropheCMS 4.23.0 is out (and it's a good one). LAYOUT is now in core, a new widget that offers an in-context layout building experience. Drag'em, drop'em, stretch'em, hide'em on mobile. Check out the preview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppFd...
I love Robin Hobbs and the assasin series. But it is awfully hard to forgive them for the dog.
Heading out for a 1 week vacay in the great outdoors for some glamping. Going to be working on giving some ApostropheCMS + Astro extensions some update love, hicking, reading, maybe even some writing! Oh yeah, hopefully making an ApostropheCMS MCP with API and docs.
Check out a preview on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdyB...
🖼️ ApostropheCMS 4.21.0 has landed. Now you can drop images from your device directly onto your image widgets! This release also sets the stage for our upcoming AI generated layouts feature 📰
I've been writing tutorials on e-commerce for the open-source ApostropheCMS. I focused on the e-commerce starter kit, but also wrote an extension for easily adding Stripe buy now buttons. It still needs some testing, so it is in beta. www.npmjs.com/package/@bod...
Feedback would be great!
Get a flyover of 4.19.0 on YouTube 📼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb9W...
Summary of improvements to ApostropheCMS in the 4.19.0 release
⌨️ ApostropheCMS 4.19.0 is published! Batch tagging for images, keyboard shortcuts for widgets, a new user information endpoint, dynamic choices in filter configurations, rich text import enhancements, probably a few more 👇
👀 New layout. New tutorials.
Better docs = better dev experience.
Check out what's new in the ApostropheCMS tutorials section.
🔗 docs.apostrophecms.org/tutorials/
I have the utmost respect for the tech chops of the people who have created homebrew. I also have seething hatred for how when I try to do a quick install homebrew decides that it should also do some updating and neatening with about 50gb of tarballs regurgitated into my terminal.
Swapping CKEditor for @tiptap.dev
was a huge leap for ApostropheCMS
✅ Better UX
✅ Developer-first flexibility
🤯 Tiptap is open sourcing tons of premium features!
We revamped the defaults, added inline tables & images, and more. Check it out 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmVO...
Check out an overview of 4.18.0's features www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsB9...
🔗 ApostropheCMS 4.18.0 drops in today to offer a more nuanced conditional field syntax, out-of-box link schemas for rich text images and image widgets, and better defaults for rich text toolbars