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Show filenames in templates for debugging

SilverStripe's template engine hides by default names of templates. While developing and debugging template stuff you'd like to see them in your rendered page.
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Tagged template, debug; Posted 12.10.2016 by Jonathon Menz and Werner Krauss

ListboxField example that uses an arbitrary array of values

I've often used ListBox when dealing with DataObjects as the values being selected, it's a little undocumented how to deal with just an arbitrary array...
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Posted in code; Tagged ListBoxField, array, CSV; Posted 17.09.2016 by Barry Swaisland

Block javascript in template

Everyone knows that Requirements::block('/path/to/javascript.js'); in php blocks this file from being loaded. This is important to e.g. require a newer version of jQuery.
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Tagged template, requirements, javascript; Comments 1 ; Posted 12.09.2016 by Werner Krauss

Easier coding with PHPStorm templates

If you're using PHPStorm or Intellij IDEA you might know, that you can use some templates to ease your work.
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Posted in phpstorm, code, template; Tagged IDE, phpstorm; Comments 2 ; Posted 13.05.2016 by Martijn van Nieuwenhoven and Werner Krauss

$_FILE_TO_URL_MAPPING and symlinks

Howto solve "[Warning] Director::protocolAndHost() lacks sufficient information - HTTP_HOST not set" when your webroot is symlinked to the latest release?

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Tagged _ss_environent.php; Comments 1 ; Posted 29.04.2016 by Werner Krauss

Listening to changes in many_many relationships, but not hack the framework...

I wanted to add logging but changes to the relationships wasn't obvious at first and then I remembered I could overide the class managing the relationships...
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Tagged DataObject, ORM, many_many; Posted 28.04.2016 by Barry Swaisland

Add fields to the beginning / end of an Edit Form when you cannot predict the field name

When you need to add a field to the start or end of a set of fields on an edit form but you don't know the name of the field...
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Tagged getCMSFields, DataObject; Posted 27.04.2016 by Barry Swaisland

Default Domain Route and ModelAdmin Panels on Framework Only Sites

Recently I was tasked with developing a small database driven solution and it sat perfectly in the SS framework being driven by controllers only.
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Tagged admin, config.yml, database, customisation; Comments 1 ; Posted 20.04.2016 by Mark Müller