concrete5 5.5: Stacks vs. Scrapbooks

January 20, 2012
In concrete5 version 5.3.0, we introduced a centralized content repositories called scrapbooks. Here you could add Blocks in one spot, and then paste them throughout your site. Now, with version 5.5.0 we've improved on them in every way. Introducing – Stacks.

concrete5 5.5: User Interface and Twitter Bootstrap

January 16, 2012
Version 5.5 of concrete5 is a great leap forward for our interface. Twitter's new UI toolkit, Bootstrap, is a big part of it. Learn about Bootstrap, how concrete5 uses it, and how you can include it in your blocks, dashboard pages and add-ons.

concrete5 in Print: 2011 edition

January 07, 2012
A list of all the places I know of where concrete5 was lucky enough to be featured in print.

concrete5 Version 5 is ALIVE (Almost)

October 29, 2011
On this week's Totally Random web show, we showed off what's coming in version 5.5. The changes are pretty sweeping. Read on for more info, and a chance to get a sneak peak.

Custom concrete5 User Reports

July 31, 2011
Learn how to write custom concrete5 user reports by subclassing the UserList class.

A Chilling Effect: Lawsuits and Remix Culture

June 26, 2011
In which it turns out we're all kind of screwed.

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I‘m Andrew.  I’m CTO and core team leader of concrete5, an open source CMS, and I write articles about it. I also make music, which you should listen to. I participate in several forms of social media. You can also contact me directly.

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