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John Henry Donovan
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John Henry is a Web Designer & Developer from Cork, Ireland specialising in Craft CMS, high jinx, crankiness and procrastination.
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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
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
October 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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🚀 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...
docs.solspace.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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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
GitHub - craftcms/starter-next: A headless starter for Craft CMS and Next.js
A headless starter for Craft CMS and Next.js. Contribute to craftcms/starter-next development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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…
solspace.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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GitHub is showing the Trump administration scrubbing government web pages in real time

🔗 www.404media.co/github-is-sh...
January 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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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.
docs.solspace.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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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
January 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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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John Henry Donovan's Fundraising Page for The Mater Hospital Foundation, created by John Henry Donovan | iDonate.ie
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January 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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.
www.snopes.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
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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…
www.workwithcraft.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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
December 11, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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
December 9, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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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.
www.craftcms.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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November 23, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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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
November 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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🦊

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.
ethanmarcotte.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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
November 17, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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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
November 13, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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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
November 12, 2024 at 5:17 PM
So a threesome in Irish/Gaeilge is ‘Féile na Sé gCos’ which translates as ‘Festival of the six legs!’
November 15, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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Heads up, #JavaScript allows underscores in numbers to make them easier to read. Has no effect on the actual value.
November 15, 2024 at 2:01 PM