Bending The Craft CMS Control Panel

Below you can find the video, my slides and resources. Learn more about my trip here.

The Pitch

Often we have an opportunity to spend more time customizing the client’s control panel experience. In this presentation, I’ll walk you through examples of making the Craft CMS dashboard a valuable stop for your clients, using available plugins and creating custom widgets for others. In addition, I’ll share tips and tricks for Craft’s control panel, exposing all the delightful hidden possibilities.

My Dot All 2022 Resources

• https://​speckyboy​.com/​n​e​v​e​r​-​s​a​y​-​w​o​r​d​p​ress/
• https://www.htmlsymbols.xyz/number-symbols/circled-numbers

Static Message Translations

• https://​craftcms​.com/​d​o​c​s​/​4​.​x​/​s​i​t​e​s​.​h​t​m​l​#​s​t​a​t​i​c​-​m​e​s​s​a​g​e​-​t​r​a​n​s​l​a​tions

Plugins

• https://​github​.com/​v​e​r​b​b​/​c​p-nav
• https://​github​.com/​v​e​r​b​b​/​d​e​f​a​u​l​t​-​d​a​s​h​board
• https://​github​.com/​T​o​p​S​h​e​l​f​C​r​a​f​t​/​E​n​v​i​r​o​n​m​e​n​t​-​Label
• https://​github​.com/​d​o​u​b​l​e​s​e​c​r​e​t​a​g​e​n​c​y​/​c​r​a​f​t​-​cpcss
• https://​github​.com/​d​o​u​b​l​e​s​e​c​r​e​t​a​g​e​n​c​y​/​c​r​a​f​t​-cpjs

Modules

• https://​craftquest​.io/​c​o​u​r​s​e​s​/​m​y​-​f​i​r​s​t​-​c​r​a​f​t​-​c​m​s​-​m​odule
• https://​doublesecretagency​.github​.io/​c​r​a​f​t​-​b​u​s​i​n​e​s​s​l​ogic/
• https://​nystudio107​.com/​b​l​o​g​/​e​n​h​a​n​c​i​n​g​-​a​-​c​r​a​f​t​-​c​m​s​-​3​-​w​e​b​s​i​t​e​-​w​i​t​h​-​a​-​c​u​s​t​o​m​-​m​odule
• https://​verbb​.io/​b​l​o​g​/​e​v​e​r​y​t​h​i​n​g​-​y​o​u​-​n​e​e​d​-​t​o​-​k​n​o​w​-​a​b​o​u​t​-​m​o​dules

Widgets

• https://​github​.com/​c​a​r​l​c​s​/​c​r​a​f​t​-​d​i​y​w​idget

Matrix Façades

• https://​github​.com/​n​y​s​t​u​d​i​o​1​0​7​/​m​a​t​r​i​x​f​a​cades
• https://​www​.youtube​.com/​w​a​t​c​h​?​v​=​W​E​k​Z​N​8​AC5v0

Tutorials

• Soft Limit Function on a Craft CMS Text Field Using a Module

Thanks to Leah Stephenson of Pixel & Tonic for all her hard work to make the conference a success!