Textpattern Tips

From-to copyright dates

Julian — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:43:56 +0000

An update to Yiannis’ article on ways of outputting from-to years in an article’s copyright notice.

Show a placeholder image when an image is missing

Hilary Quinn — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:53:02 +0000

What happens when you delete an image via Textpattern’s Content › Images pane but the image is still used elsewhere as an article image? This tip shows you how to show a placeholder image when no image is available.

Embed audio files using native tags

Yiannis Colakides — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 19:09:27 +0000

The code creates a container for audio-files which can then be embedded in the articles using short-tags.

Outputting an .ics calendar file from a Textpattern article

Julian — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:16:36 +0000

Have you ever wanted your site’s visitors to be able to download the date of an event(s) to their computer’s calendar? This tip shows you how to provide a downloadable .ics files for calendar apps from details stored in your Textpattern article.

Pick the right video embedding plugin

Nicolas Morand — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:16:54 +0000

A helpful comparison of the current video and media playing plugins for Textpattern from Nicolas Morand.