Extending Contao Pages with Custom Fields – A Practical Guide
Learn how to add metadata to Contao pages without touching the core database, see a step‑by‑step example, and understand the trade‑offs of using Custom Fields.
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contaoWebflow's Native CMS Pagination: When Built-In Beats Custom JavaScript
Webflow's built-in Collection List pagination renders static, crawlable pages at publish time. Here's when it beats JavaScript load-more patterns, how to set it up, and where its limits are.
One Codebase, Many Sites: How Sulu's Webspace Config Handles Multi-Site, Multi-Language Content
Sulu's declarative webspace configuration lets one installation serve multiple brands and languages. Here's how portals, localizations, and fallback chains work — plus the honest trade-offs.
Webflow Hosting vs. Code Export: A Decision Guide for Marketing Sites
Deciding between Webflow managed hosting and exporting code to self-host comes down to one question: does your site use CMS collections or native forms? Compare the options, then validate with a test export before committing.
Using xPDO for Custom Queries in MODX Revolution: A Step‑by‑Step Guide
Learn how to build and run a custom database query with MODX Revolution’s xPDO ORM. This guide covers prerequisites, building the query, verification steps, and recovery options so you can safely fetch data without raw SQL.
Using ProcessWire’s Selector API for Flexible Content Queries
Learn how ProcessWire’s selector API lets you build readable, decoupled content queries, see a paginated blog‑archive example, and understand the trade‑offs to keep your code maintainable.
processwireChoosing Between Sulu Webspaces and a Single Multi‑Locale Webspace
A decision guide for Sulu CMS: compare native multi‑site Webspaces against a single Webspace with multiple locales. Covers routing, admin UX, permissions, deployment, and a concrete validation checklist.
Let Editors Own Listing Pages: Sulu XML Templates and Smart Content
Sulu's XML page templates plus the Smart Content type let editors control dynamic listing pages — filters, tags, limits — without a developer touching a query. Here's a working news index example and the trade-offs.
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phpStop Hardcoding Links in Contao: Insert Tags Are the Engineering Decision You Already Have
Hardcoded URLs in Contao content break silently when aliases change. Insert tags store references instead of literals — here's the engineering case, the caching catch, and a custom tag pattern.