Techniques
Perch and Runway 3 Users
These videos are for version 2, an outdated version of Perch. You can view the new Perch 3 version of the Swift Migrations tutorial.
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02:27
Add Perch to a Page
To start editing content with Perch you need to add Perch to the page. This video shows how.
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03:44
Creating a Perch Template
A guide to creating your first Perch template.
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The Diagnostics Report
An explanation of what the Diagnostics Report is.
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Shared Regions
Sharing a Region so the content can be edited once but display on multiple pages.
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02:32
Adding Help
Add help text to the top of edit forms and inline with fields to guide your clients and content editors.
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02:44
Order Fields and Using Template Dividers
Making the admin experience better by creating a logical field order and dividing up the form.
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02:28
Installing the Redactor Editor
How to install an Editor Plugin for use with Perch.
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02:10
Reuse an ID in a Template
Using an ID twice means that the content editor can enter content once and it be used in more than one place in the template.
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03:40
Template Tag Type Select
A guide to using the select template tag type.
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The Default Templates
A guide to the templates included with a standard Perch install.
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Drafts and Preview
Creating a draft and previewing changes before making content live.
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01:35
Perch Editing Shortcuts
How to use the editing shortcuts to save and Ctrl-E to edit.
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01:40
Multiple Item Regions
Creating a Region that repeats.
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01:57
Region Options
An overview of Region Options in the Perch Control Panel.
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01:30
Template Tag Type SmartText
An explanation of the smarttext template tag type.
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Template Tag Type Text
An explanation of the single line text field type.
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02:48
Template Tag Type Textarea
How to use the textarea template tag type.
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Perch Template Tags
An explanation of how the Perch Template Tags are formed.
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Template Tag Type Date
How to use the template tag type of date, including formatting the output.
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Filtering a Region
Filtering a Region using perch_content_custom.
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01:40
Pagination
Pagination of Perch content.
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04:11
Layout Variables
An explanation of how to use Layout Variables in Perch Layouts
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02:54
Layouts
Watch this video to see a demonstration of Perch Layouts.
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02:27
Template Tag Type Image
The image tag type explained.
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03:22
Perch Conditionals - Every
Using perch:before and after, and the Perch Conditional tag every to add some markup for every third iteration of a region.
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04:18
Page Attributes
Using Page Attributes and creating page attribute templates.
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Sorting a Region
How to sort a region using perch_content_custom.
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Repeaters
A demonstration of repeaters functionality.
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07:22
Portfolio with Categories
Creating a portfolio using the Categories App.
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04:41
Gallery A Simple Portfolio
Creating a simple portfolio site using the Perch Gallery App.
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07:47
Running the compatibility test
A video demonstrating the Perch Server test and possible error messages.
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06:30
Using Blocks to create a photo essay blog post
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04:50
Introduction to Blocks
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Template includes and Blocks