Getting Started

This set of video tutorials aims to take you through the process of building the kind of website typically developed using Perch.

• 1:28

  Getting Started

  You will be building the site that we use in our Perch Demo. It's a brochure style site that includes a Blog and Forms functionality.

• 2:56

  Installing Perch

  The steps you need to follow to successfully install Perch on your website.

• 4:02

  Editing Content

  With Perch installed, we can start to edit our first content.

• 8:41

  Creating a Template

  Create the slide area at the top of the homepage.

• 2:41

  Required Fields and Conditionals

  We use the required attribute on any Perch template tags that we want to ensure are completed by the content editor.

• 8:34

  Creating Pages

  Create a master page from which other pages can be created.

• 7:01

  A contact details template

  Create a more complex template for the contact details on the site

• 2:03

  Shared Regions

  If you have some content that is repeated across your site, then shared content means you do not need to enter the same content for every page.

• 3:58

  A Google Map

  Perch makes it really easy to add a Google map to your site.

• 9:20

  A Contact Form

  How you can use Perch to create this contact form.

• 6:17

  Contact Form Error Messaging

  We can use Perch forms to create clear error states for our forms.

• 5:32

  Repeating Regions

  Use a repeating region to display multiple items of content.

• 5:04

  Perch Repeaters

  Use Perch Repeater tags to repeat small amounts of content.

• 6:47

  The perch_content_custom function

  Display some random testimonials on the home page.