Writing content pages that pull their weight
A short guide to writing the pages every site needs and nobody wants to draft twice.
By Demo Editor
Blog
News, notes and the occasional thing we learned the hard way.
Payments without the paperwork
Payment links, subscriptions, receipts and refunds -- an overview of what the payments module does.
By Demo Manager
How we approach database seeding
Why the demo data is replayed through real actions rather than inserted as rows, and what that buys.
By Admin User
Getting started with roles and permissions
The five roles, what each can do, and how to hand someone exactly as much access as they need.
By Demo Editor
A tour of the admin panel
Where everything lives in the admin panel, from content to settings to the diagnostics that tell you the state of things.
By Demo Manager
Why every demo starts with real data
An empty demo answers no questions. Here is why the boilerplate seeds a year of activity before anybody logs in.
By Admin User
What we ship on Fridays: the changelog habit
A small ritual that keeps releases honest: every Friday, a changelog entry, however small.
By Demo Editor
Introducing the boilerplate
Why we built a starting point with the boring parts already done: accounts, content, payments and the operational spine between them.
By Admin User