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Craft CMS through the eyes of a website designer

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There are a lot of things to love about Craft CMS. This article goes through things that I as a website designer love about using Craft CMS from a design and build perspective.

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Integrating External Database Connections

Exploring database connection methods in CraftCMS and Yii. We connect to a Microsoft Azure database and show examples of how we can handle the data in a number of different ways between our plugin code and templates

By Matt on Craft CMS , Code
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Refactoring a slow search page with ajax to load faster

When connecting to enterprise systems we need to return the most recent data, this means we can't use caching but we end up with a slow loading page as a result. In this article we explain how to improve the speed whilst keeping the data fresh.

By Matt on Craft CMS , Code
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The Importance of Website Security

The negative impacts of breached website security can be immense no matter the size of a business. By some estimates, it is believed that about 30,000 to 50,000 websites get hacked every day.

By Nina on Craft CMS
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How higher traffic and sales exposed hidden performance issues and bugs

An honest look into some weaknesses in a site we've built, exposed by the perfect storm of situations. We set the scene and describe how we fixed it.

By Matt on Craft CMS , eCommerce , Code
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Handling large image and file sizes

What do you do when your clients keep uploading massive files to their website, killing the server? When working with Craft CMS, there is an easy solution.

By Laura on Craft CMS
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Free Webinar: Craft CMS for Content Editors

Join our free webinar on using Craft CMS for Content Managers on 24 March

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Integrating Business Critical Systems with your Website

Integrating your website with your business critical systems can be complex, but the rewards are greater efficiency and improved customer interactions.

By Matt on Strategy , Craft CMS , eCommerce , Projects
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A Digital Win at Manchester's Inaugural Northern Dev Awards

A Digital were finalists in 3 categories for the Northern Dev Awards which took place at Manchester Hall on 25 February 2020

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Setting up a service to clear Craft's job queue

Using Redis for higher availability is great, but there is a potential pitfall.

By Mark on Craft CMS , Code
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Smooth Website Migrations

Andrew Armitage shares the key things to consider when migrating a website to a new platform.

By Andrew on Craft CMS