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Removing blank lines for txp tags that don't output anything
Thursday · April 3, 2025 · 05:14:16 AM
jakob wrote #339430: Because only the tags are processed but nothing is output, you can also afford to write your comments as plain text in amongst your variables That’s another boon! I’ll take...

Guarding against encoding/collation mismatches
Thursday · April 3, 2025 · 04:43:32 AM
Had a weird one today. A client site suddenly started throwing this: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Invalid character set was provided in /path/to/textpattern/lib/txplib_db.php:259 Stack trace: #0 /path/to/tex...

Multi site install on subfolders instead subdomains
Tuesday · April 1, 2025 · 05:13:34 AM
That should be possible. It mostly entails setting appropriate webroot folders for your projects and adjusting the symlinks accordingly. Take a look at this test repo – it’s been a while, so I&rsquo...

multilingual sites
Sunday · March 30, 2025 · 11:01:30 PM
Bloke wrote #339418: There is a slight other wrinkle. Does posted/modified/lastmodID hang off the translation table or is the same date stamp and last modded by author the same for all translations? The in...

add lang attribute globally
Saturday · March 29, 2025 · 08:04:43 AM
etc wrote #339405: OT, but you can spare a tag here: Yeah, old code that surely could be improved and modernised. Thanks for that tip.

GitHub

Update HISTORY.txt
Monday · March 31, 2025 · 09:16:31 AM
Update HISTORY.txt we actually used Textile 4.1.3 for this release...

Add concurrent login support for dev usage
Friday · March 28, 2025 · 08:27:31 AM
Add concurrent login support for dev usage *Do Not Use For Live Sites* (unless you accept the risks).

Latest textpacks and pophelp
Friday · March 28, 2025 · 08:24:50 AM
Latest textpacks and pophelp...

Count diagnostic warnings properly
Thursday · March 20, 2025 · 09:49:32 PM
Count diagnostic warnings properly...

Separator fix for regular mail() too
Wednesday · March 19, 2025 · 09:00:39 PM
Separator fix for regular mail() too Thanks, hidalgo.

Resources

kuo_star_rating
Tuesday · August 24, 2021 · 03:11:48 PM
A star rating that has 5 clickable areas shown horizontally.

yab_api_cache
Saturday · March 21, 2020 · 01:11:36 PM
Caches the outout of an url (simple GET APIs, URIs, websites etc.). It can also be used to cache dynamic pages of the own website.

etc_search
Monday · March 6, 2017 · 12:34:14 AM
In its simplest form, <txp:etc_search /> acts like the built-in Textpattern search, digging articles’ title and body. But it adds a bit of logic without recurring to match="all" or match="any" attri...

wet_plugout
Sunday · March 5, 2017 · 05:15:37 AM
wet_plugout is a plugin for Textpattern which allows the site administrator to disable all active plugins with one click of a button and re-enable the previously active set later on. This procedure is probably ...

wet_link
Friday · March 3, 2017 · 01:58:45 AM
Textpattern plugin builds links to articles, images, sections and categories. wet_link is largely based on Alex Shiels’ zem_link and can be used as a drop-in replacement for that.

Blog

Textpattern 4.9.0 beta.2 released
Friday · March 14, 2025 · 07:33:34 AM
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Textpattern CMS 4.9.0 beta.2 for testing.

Textpattern 4.9.0 beta.1 released: PHP 8.4 & MySQL 8.4, features, fixes, and more
Monday · August 19, 2024 · 11:55:25 AM
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Textpattern CMS 4.9.0 beta.1 for testing.

Textpattern CMS 4.9.0 will support PHP 8.4 and MySQL 8.4
Sunday · August 11, 2024 · 01:59:29 PM
Team Textpattern announces our intention to support PHP 8.4.0 and MySQL 8.4 with the release of Textpattern 4.9.0. We will release one or more beta candidates of Textpattern 4.9.0 before the general availabilit...

Textpattern turns twenty
Saturday · February 24, 2024 · 05:06:53 PM
Twenty years ago today, on the 24th February 2004, the first public gamma of Textpattern was released. And everything was going to be alright.

Textpattern 4.8.8 released: PHP 8.1 support, security fix, and more
Monday · January 24, 2022 · 11:00:00 AM
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Textpattern CMS 4.8.8.

Tips

From-to copyright dates
Thursday · December 19, 2019 · 10:43:56 AM
An update to Yiannis’ article on ways of outputting from-to years in an article’s copyright notice.

Show a placeholder image when an image is missing
Saturday · June 29, 2019 · 05:53:02 PM
What happens when you delete an image via Textpattern’s Content › Images pane but the image is still used elsewhere as an article image? This tip shows you how to show a placeholder image when no i...

Embed audio files using native tags
Friday · December 28, 2018 · 03:09:27 PM
The code creates a container for audio-files which can then be embedded in the articles using short-tags.

Outputting an .ics calendar file from a Textpattern article
Tuesday · November 14, 2017 · 11:16:36 PM
Have you ever wanted your site’s visitors to be able to download the date of an event(s) to their computer’s calendar? This tip shows you how to provide a downloadable .ics files for calendar apps f...

Pick the right video embedding plugin
Tuesday · January 17, 2017 · 09:16:54 PM
A helpful comparison of the current video and media playing plugins for Textpattern from Nicolas Morand.

We Love TXP

Wisconsin Music
Friday · October 14, 2016 · 05:44:37 PM
100% hand coded by me from the ground up using bare bones HTML 5 and CSS. Responsive SVG logo Custom compact web font for the icons Background video Subtle parallax effects sprinkled throughout...

EuroPlastPlus
Friday · October 14, 2016 · 05:30:13 PM
The Largest uPVC windows manufacturer in Belarus.

Sogrape Evaton Inc.
Wednesday · December 23, 2015 · 11:58:48 AM
Producer of strong brands, such as Mateus Rosé, Gazela, Sandeman and Casa Ferreirinha, Sogrape Vinhos is present in the main winegrowing regions of Portugal and takes its wines to more than 120 markets.

Physionissen
Saturday · November 21, 2015 · 02:10:07 PM
Healer, Acupuncture, American Chiropractic, Physiotherapy, Sports Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Wellness...

Guest house Na Kopečku
Friday · November 20, 2015 · 06:36:32 AM
Pages of a small family guest house situated in the north-eastern of Czech republic. Multilingual website, responsive design.

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Themes

TXP Themes - Mobile-friendly responsive themes.
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Docs

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TextBook - The official docs, since 2004.
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