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Install All Backpack 1st-party Addons In One Line

New project that uses Backpack. What do you do? Do you install all 1st party addons PermissionManager, Settings, NewsCRUD, LogManager, BackupManager - everything? If that's the case... boy, do we have news for you ? Long-time Bac...

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Cristian Tabacitu

New and Improved Way to Create Backpack Add-Ons

Have you ever copy-pasted custom code, from one admin panel to another? It didn't feel right, did it? You knew there's a better way to do that. And you knew exactly what you should have done - create a Composer package that encaps...

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Cristian Tabacitu

Security Issue If You Use SQL Server (May Affect <0.02% Backpack Projects)

This is the first security post we have to write, in the 5 years since we've been running Backpack. We're trying to be as direct and tr...

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Cristian Tabacitu

New Addon - JSON Field Type

If your admins have been looking for a quick way to edit JSONs in their admin panel, we have excellent news. Regular contributor Ziming...

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Cristian Tabacitu

How to Fix Error 525 - SSL Handshake failed with LetsEncrypt and Laravel Forge

If you're anything like us, you use Laravel Forge to provision your servers and LetsEncrypt SSL certificates. After all, it's the defau...

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Cristian Tabacitu

November 2020 Newsletter - Progress Report

Hey there, It’s been more than 6 months since our last newsletter. As promised, we try not to bother you unless we have a lot to say. A...

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Cristian Tabacitu