craftentries (EN): Recent Episodes
Thomas Sausen
We present Craft CMS and the whole ecosystem in detail in the podcast. Talks with developers, designers, and editors who use the user-friendly content management system. And, of course, news about releases and plugins.
In today's episode, Thomas Sausen joins Brandon Kelly to celebrate 10 years of Craft CMS. Brandon is the founder and CEO of Pixel & Tonic, the team behind the CMS.
In the 9th episode, Thomas Sausen has web developer Charlie Dowley as a guest. Charlie talks about her journey as a web developer in a male-dominated industry. From her beginnings as a graphic designer, her first coding steps with Dreamweaver, to years of working as a WordPress developer and finally to moving to Craft CMS.
This episode covers Plugin recommendations, career tips, and how women can break into the tech world.
In the 8th episode, Thomas Sausen looks forward to meeting John Henry Donovan, who tells how he literally survived his career as a web developer. From the beginnings with ExpressionEngine to Craft CMS. His experiences as a speaker at web conferences and unexpected drastic health problems are discussed.
You should listen to this episode if you've always wanted to know how a father of four manages his freelance business, hobbies like pottery, and family life.
In the 7th episode of Craftentries, Thomas Sausen welcomes Jack McDade as a guest. Jack created the file-based CMS Statamic in 2012. In the podcast, we talk about his beginnings in the ExpressionEngine community, how he almost developed a joint CMS with Brandon Kelly, and why he ended up releasing Statamic. Other topics include Statamic's unique features and what's planned for the near future.
In episode 6 of Craftentries, Thomas Sausen welcomes Ben Croker as a guest. Ben founded PutYourLightsOn in 2007 and has been building and supporting plugins since the initial release of Craft CMS in 2013. We talk in-depth about his beginnings as a programmer but also about his plugin business and the Craft CMS ecosystem.
In episode 5 of Craftentries, Thomas Sausen welcomes Justin Holt as a guest. Justin works as a freelance web developer in Charlotte (NC, USA) and specializes in Craft CMS. In the podcast, Justin talks about his career from college and his first HTML website - a BMX magazine - to CodeIgniter and ExpressionEngine to Craft CMS. We also learn how he switches off, his hobbies, and what talk he'll be giving at Dot All 2022 in New York (USA).
The Craft CMS 4.1 and 4.2 updates improve accessibility, user interface, and developer experience. In the field layout editor, "newline" elements can be added, and Collections get the .one() method.
I also look back at the closure of learning platform Mijingo and why its spiritual successor CraftQuest is worth supporting.
The long wait has ended, and the latest version of Craft CMS was released on Star Wars Day, May 4, 2022. What new features can users and developers look forward to, and what features are still missing? Subtopics include conditional fields, user and file management, and Laravel Collections.
Which CMS can be used to realize which projects well? When does WordPress have its advantages over Craft CMS, and when is it the other way around? These and more questions will be clarified in this episode.
The content management systems are compared in terms of templating, plugins, control panel, security, and e-commerce.
2021 in review. In the Craft cosmos, there were good releases with 3.6 and 3.7 and a thriving digital event with Dot All 2021. In addition, the PHP Foundation was founded, and John Morton left Craft Link List. What can we expect from 2022?