“Livewire, Eloquent and extending Statamic 6” at PHPxMEL
Following the initial website build, this meetup talk adds visitor interactions and database-backed content, showing how Livewire, Eloquent and Runway can work alongside Statamic.
13 Sep 2025
2 min read
“Design to Statamic 6 in 40(ish) minutes” at PHPxMEL
Revisiting the Leaf website demo with Statamic 6 gave me a chance to build from a Figma design, exploring the alpha’s new features while setting up an editable homepage.
12 Sep 2025
2 min read
Updating a Bard addon for Tiptap 3 for Statamic 6
Updating my Bard addon for Statamic 6 brought together Vite, Vue 3 and Tiptap 3, with changes to its configuration, toolbar components and the way the editor extension is registered.
30 Aug 2025
21 min read
“Design to Statamic 5 in 40 minutes” at PHPxADL
Starting with a Figma design, my PHP Adelaide talk builds a Statamic 5 homepage from scratch, introducing the structure, configuration and content editing behind a working website.
8 Aug 2025
2 min read
Changing Statamic's layout for custom error pages
A custom error page can inherit expensive navigation and image processing from the main site layout, so I gave mine a lighter template that keeps error responses simple and efficient.
15 Jul 2025
4 min read
Laravel app monitoring with Laravel Nightwatch
Early access to Laravel Nightwatch gave me a chance to monitor several kinds of projects, exploring how its performance data and exception tracking could help us support clients more effectively.
12 Jun 2025
8 min read
Using transformers to create meaningful search indices in Statamic
Search needs more context when content lives inside page builders and related entries, so I used transformers to turn those structures into meaningful index data.
9 May 2025
8 min read
How to enable Live Preview for protected content in Statamic
A custom content protector blocked Statamic’s Live Preview along with public visitors, so I adjusted the checks to recognise authenticated authors previewing their work.
14 Apr 2025
4 min read
Dev Diary #2: going deeper with Livewire
Building more Livewire components helped the ideas start to click, with tests, modals and a small reactive experiment giving me a better feel for its possibilities.
8 Feb 2025
3 min read
Dynamic collection routing in Statamic
A collection shared by several brands needed more flexible URLs, and Statamic’s computed values offered a way to include a related brand’s slug while keeping the articles together.
6 Feb 2025
4 min read
