Deploying Craft CMS using git in a shared hosting environment

Andrew Coe in Development

Using git to develop and deploy projects has a lot of advantages: version control, easier collaboration, secure offsite-backups when combined with a service like Bitbucket - just to name a few. However, setting up a git repo on a shared hosting environment can be a bit confusing, here's how I deploy my Craft CMS projects to my hosting servers using git.

October CMS release candidate review

Andrew Coe in Development

October CMS is an exciting new Laravel based CMS currently at the release candidate stage of development. Is it a viable alternative to outstanding content management systems like Craft CMS? At this point I'm not so sure.

Some of my favourite PHP resources

Andrew Coe in Development

PHP has come along way in the last few years. Gone are the days when it was all about spaghetti code and sloppy amateurs. Here are some of my favourite resources for staying on top of all the new features in PHP.