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Retro-inspired TextPattern theme
Tuesday · July 1, 2025 · 07:35:49 PM
phiw13 wrote #339952: Is there a site where I can see your theme in action ? Did I miss the link? No link yet. I posted a mockup in the first post to get feedback from the group. I welcome any thoughts, i...

Documentation not reachable
Tuesday · July 1, 2025 · 07:05:12 PM
bici wrote #339939: Receiving an error when linking to Documentation from the front page: https://docs.textpattern.com Invalid SSL certificate... Still the case, 48+hours later…...

Textism
Monday · June 30, 2025 · 11:32:20 AM
Ray wrote #339944: JH mentioned … Jason Hoffman?

Plugin to restore prev/next article in write pane?
Sunday · June 29, 2025 · 03:54:30 PM
Thank you; that did the trick. I find the plugin indispensable on my v4.9 sites, and I suspect my clients do too.

pie-charts
Sunday · June 29, 2025 · 09:31:29 AM
skewray wrote #339928: Since I started posting new page notices on Mastodon, my human traffic has gone up by 100x. SEO is now pointless. Funny, as SEO is precisely what killed search. I was thinking of add...

GitHub

Update README.md
Wednesday · June 25, 2025 · 06:45:32 AM
Update README.md bump nginx stable & mainline vers...

Update HISTORY.txt
Friday · June 13, 2025 · 06:39:16 AM
Update HISTORY.txt Ping https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/commit/ece66e7191b9bfa470f2d08ea0f50a40cfc686ff & https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/commit/25f895d05baeacdf0e37e8682a95336ce66e7d...

Introduce if_article_status tag
Thursday · June 12, 2025 · 08:01:16 PM
Introduce if_article_status tag Works as a companion to being able to pull out pending articles, so workflow decisions can be made. See 25f895d.

Update README.md
Wednesday · June 11, 2025 · 10:55:42 AM
Update README.md...

Let's try displaying Pending articles too
Sunday · June 8, 2025 · 06:57:13 PM
Let's try displaying Pending articles too Opens up publishing workflows (dashboards?), and also permits plugins to play. Please throoughly test, both from a tag perspective and that it doesn't cause issues wi...

Resources

wet_textfilter_markdown: Markdown Extra textfilter
Sunday · June 22, 2025 · 02:23:48 AM
Textfilters transform text entered into the article’s bodies and excerpts into the final HTML. Textpattern supports Textile and nl2br straight away. wet_textfilter_markdown enhances Textpattern’s f...

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 ...

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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Docs

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