ProcessWire Weekly #161

New module: Publish as Hidden

Publish as Hidden is a new module by Ben Byford, and quite likely one of the smallest modules we've featured so far in our weekly issues.

In a nutshell Publish as Hidden is a helper module that adds a new button to the Page Editor, right next to the existing Publish button. This new button is labeled Publish hidden, and when you use it, the page is published, but also automatically hidden:

While this is definitely a small detail, some of you may find it useful for your workflows – I definitely have had projects where it would've been a nice addition. You never know what you'll end up needing in your next project, right?

Thanks to Ben for sharing this module with us!

New module: Image Field Markdown Code Additional Fields

Image Field Markdown Code Additional Fields is a new module by Camilo Castro, a.k.a. clsource. Don't let the rather long and detailed name of the module scare you, by the way: the gist it is actually quite easy to grasp.

In a nutshell Image Field Markdown Code Additional Fields is an admin helper module that adds a bunch of extra details to image fields:

Using these newly added extra fields it is really easy to copy the path, URL, Markdown path, Markdown URL, HTML path, or HTML URL of an image in order to insert it into a field on a page, a link in an RTE – or whatever else you might need it for. Note that you can configure this module to only show some of those fields, in case you find paths or HTML tags distracting, don't use Markdown, etc.

Overall this is a very nice little module, and though the full list of extra fields may be a bit "over the top" for most users, it's nice to be able to limit visible details via module settings. We would also like to add that is a feature specifically requested via our support forum, so there's no doubt that some users will find it rather useful.

Big thanks to Camilo Castro for sharing this module with us – keep up the good work!

Site of the week: Weissenrieder Architekten BDA

Our latest site of the week belongs to Weissenrieder Architekten BDA, an architect office based in Freiburg im Breisgau, south-western Germany. Founded in 2010, they have experience in almost all areas of architecture and interior architecture, and have worked on numerous public and private projects.

The site of Weissenrieder Architekten BDA, designed and developed by designconcepts GmbH, boasts a minimalistic design, is largely dominated by sizeable high quality photographs, and works well on both small and large screens. Apart from the content blocks that fade in and a top bar that changes as you scroll down you won't find too many visual distractions here, which is clearly intentional: on this site it's particularly easy to focus on what really matters, i.e. the content.

The responsive front-end of this site is powered by the UIkit front-end framework, and behind the scenes the ProCache module is doing its magic. Another load time related optimization are the lazy loaded images, handled by the lazysizes library – and since browser support for features like srcset is still a bit shaky, the site also makes use of the popular responsive image polyfill Picturefill.

That's pretty much all we have to say about this site right now. Overall it is a wonderful site, and particularly enjoyable for anyone who enjoys a minimalistic approach to web design. Big thanks to designconcepts GmbH for sharing yet another lovely site with us, and congratulations to the owner of said site – Weissenrieder Architekten BDA!

Stay tuned for our next issue

That's it for the 161st issue of ProcessWire Weekly. We'll be back with more news, updates, and content Saturday, 17th of June. As always, ProcessWire newsletter subscribers will get our updates a few days later.

Thanks for staying with us, once again. Hope you've had a great and productive week, and don't forget to check out the ProcessWire forums for more interesting topics. Until next week, happy hacking with ProcessWire!