Coupon codes for Marketplace products

Posted in Announcements on Aug 14, 2016

October has a thriving marketplace of themes and plugins. Of course, this is all thanks to amazing work or our talented authors. Today we're announcing coupon codes - a new marketing tool for our authors. This is a great tool for authors looking for ways to stir up new interest or to increase your appeal to web studios in a competitive market.

Setting up a local October CMS environment with Vagrant [configuration tutorial]

Posted in Tutorials on Aug 08, 2016

Any time we start a new project, we must make sure that our workstation meets the project's system requirements. Does it require a newer PHP version? Should we install Redis, memcached or other services? Today there are many ways of configuring your local environment. In this article we'll be installing and configuring October with Vagrant.

Building responsive multi-language website with blog and static pages using October CMS - part 2

Posted in Tutorials on Aug 01, 2016

In the first part of this tutorial we created a website with translatable navigation and content blocks. This article finishes the tutorial by extending the website with a translatable blog.

Building a responsive multi-language website with blog and static pages

Posted in Tutorials on Jul 19, 2016

The "multi-language support" item in a website specification could be a deal breaker for many small and medium sized projects. How long would it take to develop an international website with fully translatable navigation, static contents and blog posts? If you do it properly with the right tools, developing a translatable website won't take much longer than a regular website. This two part post explains how it could be done with October.

Marketplace update - automatic invoices and express payments for all users

Posted in Announcements on Jul 12, 2016

We have seen multiple issues with the Marketplace payments where users from specific countries aren't able to buy a plugin or theme. PayPal has limited support in some countries, which affects both authors and customers. Today we released an important update which goal is to improve the situation.

October Stable release

Posted in Announcements on Jul 02, 2016

Today is a long-awaited date for all of us, October has finally reached a stable release! Over the past two and a half years October has become a go-to platform for many developers and clients. It has been installed more than 100 thousand times, there are thousands of active users and these numbers grow steadily every day.

Marketplace license and payment updates

Posted in Announcements on Apr 04, 2016

We have recently made some updates to the license agreements for paid plugins and also introduced a new payment processing approach. We hope this helps the group of customers who were not able to make payments for plugins or themes.

Say hello to the Builder!

Posted in Announcements, Philosophy, Tutorials on Feb 10, 2016

It's hard to find the words to express our excitement and pride for this announcement! The Builder was a highly anticipated plugin since it was first mentioned in our blog in 2014.

Inspector 2.0

Posted in Announcements on Oct 18, 2015

After we finished the Inspector upgrade for the Builder plugin, we found that we got a amazingly flexible and powerful tool that we can apply to the CMS.

Second OctoberCMS anniversary!

Posted in Announcements on Oct 01, 2015

A full year has passed since October's first anniversary! It's time to stop and take a look back at the events that occurred over the course of the past year.