Recent articles

• OB-18Watch and Learn video series

  Published on Sep 21, 2018 in Tutorials

  An in depth look at building websites with October CMS created by the talented presenter Ivan Dorić.

• RN-10Build 437 - Important security fix affecting back-end area

  Published on Jun 22, 2018 in Release Notes

  A serious vulnerability has been identified in the back-end area that has been addressed in Build 437. We strongly recommend performing an update to this version.

• KE-2Security vulnerability in RainLab.User / Reset Password component

  Published on Oct 2, 2017 in Known Errors

  There is a serious vulnerability found in the Reset Password component of the User plugin by RainLab from version 1.4.1 and below.

• RN-9Build 420 - Foundation framework upgrade (Laravel 5.5 LTS)

  Published on May 12, 2017 in Release Notes

  Due to overwhelming support from the community, October CMS is updating its foundation framework to the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release. As a result, there are some new requirements to run October and some code changes required.

• RN-8Build 413 - Security fixes for Media Manager and Asset Manager

  Published on Apr 9, 2017 in Release Notes

  There are some important security fixes to the October platform that address vulnerabilities to the Media Manager and Asset Manager tools.

• RN-7Build 401 - System file model now returns a fully qualified path

  Published on Apr 2, 2017 in Release Notes

  An inconsistency in the File model has been corrected, as a result the getPublicPath method will no longer return a relative path.

• RN-6Build 398 - Modifying existing side menus throws exception in backend

  Published on Mar 31, 2017 in Release Notes

  There have been some improvements to the internals of the NavigationManager class which may cause an exception between Build 398 and Build 408.

• OB-22Collection of third party resources

  Published on Mar 6, 2017 in Tutorials

  The big collection of tutorial and resource links provided by other websites.

• OB-21Beyond Behaviors - Part 3: Implementing a nested relationship

  Published on Jan 21, 2017 in Tutorials

  In this example we'll take what we've learned and apply it to a realistic scenario; let's build a nested relationship manager.

• OB-20Beyond Behaviors - Part 2: Rendering Lists and Forms by hand

  Published on Jan 20, 2017 in Tutorials

  Now that we understand the MVC pattern used in October, let's work on rendering forms and lists.

• OB-19Beyond Behaviors - Part 1: How MVC works in October CMS

  Published on Jan 18, 2017 in Tutorials

  Behaviors are a fantastic tool for making things easy in the back-end. They introduce configurable and reusable patterns to base classes, such as models and controllers.

• OB-17Advanced content marketing and analytics

  Published on Sep 1, 2016 in Tutorials

  How to use October CMS as an affordable but powerful content marketing tool.

• OB-16Setting up a local environment with Vagrant

  Published on Aug 8, 2016 in Tutorials

  In this series of posts we'll be exploring some options of running October across various environments.

• OB-15Building a responsive multi-language website (Part 2)

  Published on Aug 2, 2016 in Tutorials

  This article finishes the tutorial by extending the website with a translatable blog.

• OB-14Building a responsive multi-language website (Part 1)

  Published on Jul 19, 2016 in Tutorials

  A detailed guide on choosing the right tools to build a multi-lingual website.

• RN-5Build 346 - No supported encrypter found

  Published on Jul 7, 2016 in Release Notes

  Some users are experiencing an error after upgrading. The error shown is: No supported encrypter found. The cipher and / or key length are invalid.

• OB-13Using October without a database

  Published on Jun 25, 2016 in Tutorials

  Here's how OctoberCMS can function as a flat-file CMS, meaning with no database. It's a pretty popular concept, there are a few CMS' that do this already, but none quite like October.

• RN-4Build 332 - Invalid timestamps with MySQL strict mode

  Published on Apr 30, 2016 in Release Notes

  There is an issue that exists between MySQL versions that use a "strict mode" and the version of Laravel used by OctoberCMS prior to the stable release.

• OB-12Rapid Application Development with Builder

  Published on Feb 6, 2016 in Tutorials

  An extraordinary RAD tool that combines user interface scaffolding and the power of Laravel.

• OB-6Building client-friendly websites

  Published on Aug 7, 2015 in Tutorials

  In response to all of your feedback about building "Client friendly" websites with OctoberCMS we have built the Static Pages plugin, which allows clients and developers to work together in harmony.

• RN-3Build 273 - Update to Model::save() method

  Published on Jul 12, 2015 in Release Notes

  The save() method of a model will change in the next build (273+). This is an undocumented feature and it should be rarely used, however, some areas of the core files used it and just in case this pattern was copied, we want to announce this change.

• OB-8Media Manager Introduction

  Published on Apr 23, 2015 in Tutorials

  An introduction the Media Management feature used in OctoberCMS.

• OB-11Back-end Relations

  Published on Mar 28, 2015 in Tutorials

  A detailed presentation on how to develop with model relations in the back-end.

• KE-1Hosting limitations - cannot edit pages in back-end

  Published on Feb 17, 2015 in Known Errors

  There is a known issue with certain hosting providers. It prevents the CMS from saving pages or layouts.

• OB-7Introduction to October

  Published on Nov 21, 2014 in Tutorials

  This is an introductory video covering the basics.

• OB-5Static Pages - Content Blocks and Placeholders

  Published on Oct 18, 2014 in Tutorials

  This tutorial will cover using Placeholders and Content Blocks in the Static Pages plugin.

• OB-10Extending the User plugin

  Published on Oct 5, 2014 in Tutorials

  A programmers guide on adding extra fields to the RainLab.User plugin.

• OB-4Getting started with Static Pages

  Published on Oct 1, 2014 in Tutorials

  In this tutorial we want to show you a real world use for the Static Pages plugin. We are going to build a simple website that includes several static pages, a top menu and a sidebar menu containing categories taken from a blog. We'll be going over some tricks and ideas that are not covered in the documentation.

• OB-3Mastering Components

  Published on Sep 2, 2014 in Tutorials

  There have been some requests to cover some more technical topics, so in this demonstration we will be covering the effective use of Components. Note this demonstration is aimed towards developers and will cover some more technical topics that are designed to help you go out and build better websites.

• RN-2The joinWith() query method has been removed

  Published on Aug 23, 2014 in Release Notes

  Recently it was discovered that the groupBy() method in Laravel is flawed, not at any fault of Laravel itself but because of the inability of all SQL drivers, except MySQL, from counting grouped records.

• OB-9Translating Content, Messages and Models

  Published on Aug 3, 2014 in Tutorials

  A walk through of the Translation plugin used for translating content.

• RN-1Build 115 - Clean up instructions

  Published on Jul 6, 2014 in Release Notes

  Build 115 has renamed all instances of "Email" to "Mail". This will leave some harmless artifacts behind.

• OB-2Building a blog and forum

  Published on Jun 5, 2014 in Tutorials

  This screencast demonstrates in detail how to build a simple Blog and Forum website using OctoberCMS. Using Components a powerful yet simple way to build your websites. We will also use plugins that we have built that are good starting points for you to do your own development.

• OB-1Building a simple weather plugin

  Published on May 16, 2014 in Tutorials

  In this tutorial we will describe the process of building a simple Weather plugin. It demonstrates the basic principles of October extensibility. The weather information is loaded from Open Weather Map.