ProcessWire Weekly #569

Weekly update from Ryan

This week we don't have new core updates to share, but there is a brief weekly update from Ryan at the support forum. To sum it up, the admin theme design as well as new ProcessWire website are both progressing, and Ryan is also planning to release a new stable/master version of ProcessWire shortly.

There are both bug fixes and some handy new features in the dev branch, so this would definitely make a nice little mini release. If you'd like to get an idea of what's changed since our previous release, the compare view at GitHub provides a commit level view.

Another thing that Ryan mentioned in his update is that our forum has recently been flooded with apparent spam accounts. That's why we are currently approving accounts by hand, so there may be a slight delay. If you have tried to register but can't seem to get in, please use the contact form to get in touch.

That's all for our core updates section this week. For more details, be sure to check out the weekly update from Ryan. Thanks!

New module: Cookie Table

Cookie Table is a new module by Teppo Koivula. This module is still very much work in progress, but it is essentially a tool for managing a list of cookies used on your site, with a bunch of additional automated features on the works (but not available just yet as of this writing).

Once installed, Cookie Table provides an admin page that you can use to view, add, update, and delete the list of cookies used on your site. Once you've set up the list, you can render it on the front-end as a table:

echo $modules->get('CookieTable')->render();

... or using your own custom markup:

$cookies = $modules->get('CookieTable')->getCookies();
foreach ($cookies as $cookie) {
    echo "Cookie name: " . $cookie['name'] . "<br>";
}

At the moment that is pretty much what you get once you install Cookie Table, but there are plans to extend its scope with more features in the (near) future: ability to automatically crawl pages and identify used cookies, tighter integration with the PrivacyWire cookie consent module, and hopefully integrations with existing cookie databases.

If you'd like to give Cookie Table a try, you can clone or download it from the CookieTable GitHub repository, or install it via Composer: composer require teppokoivula/cookie-table. If you have any questions or require additional assistance, visit the Cookie Table support forum thread.

Site of the week: Dementia Concern

Our latest site of the week belongs to Dementia Concern. They are an Ealing, London based charity providing support services for people with dementia and their carers. Their services include monitoring and support, dementia advisors, dementia link workers, and social clubs that provide a chance for people with dementia to socialize in safe environment and allow their carers to take a respite.

The Dementia Concern website is a beautifully designed modern site with plenty of quality content. Among other things this site includes a resources section that covers many common questions and topics about dementia, and also has guides for specific topics, such as getting a diagnosis and handling various legal processes. The site also provides basic information about the Dementia Concern and their services, has a news setion, and contains instructions for those interested in contributing in some way.

This site was created by Suspire Media. Based on a quick peek behind the scenes, the front-end of this site makes use of the Uikit front-end framework, while some add-on features are provided by third party services — including a tightly integrated donation form from Donorbox, and a cookie consent feature by TermsFeed. As for ProcessWire modules, a couple that we could spot in action are FormBuilder and SearchEngine.

For more details check out the Dementia Concern project page at the Suspire Media website. Our congratulations to the team behind this site for a job well done, and of course the client, Dementia Concern, for their ProcessWire powered website!

Stay tuned for our next issue

That's it for the 569th issue of ProcessWire Weekly. We'll be back with more news, updates, and content Saturday, 12th of April. 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!