Most Craft image templates fall back to asset.title when the alt field is empty. So you ship "Img 20240312 Final V2" as alt text. And it passes every automated audit going. The fallback chain I use instead, plus the Twig: johnhenry.ie/blog/2026/07... #CraftCMS #A11y #WebDev

The Alt Attribute Is Never Optional | Blog | John Henry Donovan

An image with no alt attribute isn't silent. A screen reader falls back to the filename, so somebody gets IMG_20240312_final_v2.jpg read out to them,…

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WCAG 2.2 auditing inside the #CraftCMS control panel. Continuous scanning, AI alt text, an #accessibility statement and a #VPAT, built for teams facing the EAA in Europe and ADA Title II and Section 508 in the US. johnhenry.ie/blog/2026/07...

Your Accessibility Audit Was Out of Date the Day… | John Henry Donovan

Accessibility used to be a best practice you could put off. In the EU, the UK and the US, it is now a legal requirement with dates attached. Where your…

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#Accessibility Audit - New plugin coming soon for #CraftCMS. A full WCAG 2.2 accessibility audit, built right into the Craft control panel. It scans every page on your site for accessibility failures, keeps track of issues over time, and flags up the ones that need a human eye.

I Reverse-engineered the #CraftCMS Control Panel so Your Plugins Can Stop Looking like Plugins johnhenry.ie/blog/2026/07...

I Reverse-engineered the Craft CMS Control Panel… | John Henry Donovan

Every time I sit down to build a settings screen for a Craft plugin, the same little argument starts up in my head.

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I opened up #WSL2 this morning and ran a #ddev command the way I always do, and there was a tip of the day sitting there that changed how I set my projects up johnhenry.ie/blog/2026/07...

Switching from Nvm to Nodejs_version in DDEV |… | John Henry Donovan

I opened up WSL2 this morning and ran a ddev command the way I always do, and there was a tip of the day sitting there that changed how I set my projects…

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New plugin - #Clicky web analytics for #CraftCMS: native dashboard widgets and a per-entry page-stats field, with a live visitor feed, country drilldown and themeable colour schemes, powered by the #Clicky API plugins.craftcms.com/clicky-analy...

Clicky Analytics

Your Clicky web analytics, native to the Craft control panel: dashboard widgets, a live visitor feed, and per-entry page stats.

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Bundle Builder - Product bundles for #CraftCommerce - flexible pricing, cart-time variant selection, and child inventory tracking. #craftCMS johnhenry.ie/plugins/bund...

Bundle Builder | Craft CMS Plugins

Sell a handful of products as a single bundle: one line item, one price, with stock and tax properly sorted out.

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Order Lifecycle for Craft Commerce is out of beta. johnhenry.ie/plugins/orde... #craftcms #craftcommerce

Order Lifecycle | Craft CMS Plugins

A full event timeline, store analytics and AI insights for every Craft Commerce order.

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New plugin added to Craft Plugin Store plugins.craftcms.com/container-de... #craftcms #re-turn #depositscheme

Container Deposits

Add container deposits Re-turn(🇮🇪) DRS, or any equivalent scheme to Craft Commerce products.

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Upcoming Plugin for Craft Commerce: Order Lifecycle Track and visualise every event in an order’s journey — from creation to fulfilment — with timeline views and rich analytics. Perfect for debugging, auditing, and understanding buyer behaviour. #CraftCMS #CraftCommerce #Ecommerce

🚀 Boost performance in Freeform for #CraftCMS by caching forms! Reduce load times and improve efficiency while keeping your forms dynamic. Learn how to implement form caching: docs.solspace.com/craft/freefo...

Caching Forms - Guides | Freeform 5.x for Craft | Solspace

Freeform is a super flexible form-building tool that’s perfect for whatever project you’re working on! Its easy-to-use builder makes creating forms a piece of cake. Plus, it works great with your go-t...

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Getting up and running with Craft CMS + @nextjs.org just got a lot easier, with our new Next-powered starter: github.com/craftcms/sta... #CraftCMS

A conversation with Brandon Kelly and Brad Bell from Pixel & Tonic, along with Mitchell Kimbrough and me from the Solspace team, as we explore the world of Craft Cloud. #craftCMS solspace.com/podcast/unpa...

Unpacking Craft Cloud: Insights from the Experts at Pixel… | Solspace

A deep dive into Craft Cloud with Pixel & Tonic’s Brandon Kelly and Brad Bell, covering how Craft Cloud simplifies hosting, enhances performance, and…

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GitHub is showing the Trump administration scrubbing government web pages in real time 🔗 www.404media.co/github-is-sh...

Freeform 5.9 for #craftcms is now available! 🎉 This release adds many improvements behind the scenes, including refactoring of exporting, queue jobs, optional debugging logs for integrations, and more! docs.solspace.com/craft/freefo...

Changelog - Installing & Updating | Freeform 5.x for Craft | Solspace

Freeform is a super flexible form-building tool that’s perfect for whatever project you’re working on! Its easy-to-use builder makes creating forms a piece of cake. Plus, it works great with your go-to CRMs and email marketing tools.

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For my pixel art lover friends: 1 bit a day, a daily challenge that prompts you to create a monochrome drawing. And you can check what other people drew with that prompt. 1-bit.day/prompt/2025-... Created by David García

I'm doing #100Miles in February to help raise vital funds for Cardiac Care 🧡 at the Mater Hospital. Any support would be awesome www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/J...

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Did you know Angela Lansbury moved to Cork in the 70s? I wonder where the house was? www.snopes.com/articles/468...

Unpacking Claim Angela Lansbury Moved to Ireland to Protect Daughter from Charles Manson

Murder she don't — the actress reportedly had a bad feeling about fellow Malibu resident Charles Manson's interactions with her adolescent children.

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Love DevOps and working with Craft? We're looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our team! https://www.workwithcraft.com/jobs/cloud-infrastructure-engineer #CraftCMS

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Pixel & Tonic, the team behind Craft CMS, is looking for an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help build new cloud-based services and maintain…

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I captured this serene moment looking out at Ballycotton Lighthouse a few years ago. Recently, I gave it a fresh perspective in timeless #blackandwhite. There’s an undeniable magic in places like this. #landscapephotography #fujixseries #fuji #ballycotton #cork #ireland #seascape #bskyireland

This is a throwback to the breathtaking Kenmare Bay in County Kerry, Ireland 🇮🇪! I just gave it a fresh edit with ON1 Photo RAW 2025. What do you think? #landscapephotography #fujixseries #fuji #kenmare #kenmarebay #kerry #ireland #irelandtravel #seascape #visitireland #bskyireland

We just launched the latest thing or three I’ve been working on. Starter projects for @craftcms.com! Great for getting up and running fast with native Twig templating, Nuxt, or migrating your Wordpress site. Deets here: www.craftcms.com/blog/introdu...

Introducing Craft Starters | Craft CMS

Get up and running quickly with our new starter project.

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The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing

🦊 As of last night, my first two books — RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN, and RESPONSIVE DESIGN: PATTERNS AND PRINCIPLES — are available to read online, for free. I had some emotions about it: ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/books-...

Two books, no longer apart. — ethanmarcotte.com

I’ve put my first two books online for free.

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Just taught my boy to shave. Achievement unlocked. He now has access to a clown's pocket of shaving gear from my pre beard days #ronnie #bumfluff

Migrating from #WordPress to #CraftCMS just got a whole lot easier. Announcing *wp-import*, a CLI command that imports WP users, posts, taxonomies, and media into Craft, complete with Gutenberg and ACF support! https://craftcms.com/blog/migrating-from-wordpress

Craft 5.5 has been released, bringing a new batch of authoring, accessibility, and development improvements! #CraftCMS https://craftcms.com/blog/craft-5-5-released

So a threesome in Irish/Gaeilge is ‘Féile na Sé gCos’ which translates as ‘Festival of the six legs!’

Heads up, #JavaScript allows underscores in numbers to make them easier to read. Has no effect on the actual value.