The MonthlyFirehose

May, 2023

Flat Camp 🏕️

Last week we hosted Flat Camp, our first ever Statamic non-conference, up in the mountains of North Carolina. It was magical, exceeding our wildest dreams. It was an incredible experience spending a few days eating, drinking, relaxing and hiking with the community.

We'd like to thank everyone who traveled from all around the world (from 10 countries!) for putting your trust in us and the idea to replace the formal lecture setting with more opportunities for conversation and relationship building. It worked, and it was life-changing in delightful and unexpected ways. 💜

We're working on compiling photos, videos, and stories from the event and we'll be sharing them soon. Oh, and next year we're doing it in Europe.

Statamic 4

Earlier this month we unleashed Statamic 4, a new major version of Statamic.

Statamic v4 graphic with Buckshot Thunderstride, Statamic's new mascot

This release features lots of UI and UX improvements throughout the Control Panel, the modernization of our entire code base, and lots more.

Read all about it in our announcement blog post or watch the video highlighting new features and improvements.

Spin Up Statamic

Andrew Welch, well-known developer and content creator in the Craft CMS world unveiled a new tool at Flat Camp, Spin Up Statamic. It leverages Github Codespaces to spin up a Statamic site in the cloud, in your browser, in seconds.

There are some compelling use-cases for it:

Personalized and completely editable Statamic demo sites
Shipping a self-contained Statamic site to others
Providing working example code & projects to others
Spinning up a local Statamic project using someone else's composer.json for support

This is an awesome new tool for the Statamic community, and we're working to integrate it more closely with our documentation, starter kits, and marketplace.

The Antlers book is out! 🦌

The book about Antlers, Statamic's templating language, is now available from John Koster 🎉

Here's John's summary:

"Antlers: Building Beautiful Websites with Statamic" approaches Statamic website development through the lens of the Antlers templating language. Written by the creator of Antlers Runtime and Antlers Toolbox, this book covers common tasks, strings, loops, nuanced language features, and more to make you more productive building Statamic websites.

Get the eBook on Leanpub (free sample available) or even a printed copy on lulu for your bookshelf. 📚

Newest Addons

Alt Inbound

IP allow and deny list management via the control panel

Alt Cookies

Cookie and Google Analytics management via the control panel

All in One Accessibility™

Quick Web Accessibility Implementation with All In One Accessibility!

Cache Tracker

Cache Tracker keeps a record of what items (entries, assets, terms etc) are used in the output of each page, and clears the cache (full or half) for those pages when an item is saved.

Statamic Builder

The Statamic Builder speeds up building Statamic sites. It offers a clear method to define blueprints, fieldsets, collections, naviations and taxonomies using PHP classes.

PicPerf for Statamic

Modern image optimization for the modern web.

New Partners

Cyber-Duck Certified Agency ✅

Cyber-Duck has transformed websites, apps and strategies by building meaningful relationships with government, FTSE and startup clients. With a 93% customer satisfaction rate, we implement strategies, service design, technology and optimisation that deliver global results.

3DStudio Agency

3DStudio is a software and design agency based in Bogota, Colombia, offering comprehensive services, including web development, app development, UX/UI design, and more.

labor b Agency

Labor b creates clear-cut solutions to complex challenges. As a full service digital brand agency, they believe in fair team play, user-centric design and the transformative power of state-of-the-art technology.