Andrew Fairlie

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Andrew Fairlie

Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS

Andrew is Technical Director at Mutual, a Craft CMS Partner agency. He has been building with Craft CMS since its public beta in 2012 — working through every major version from Craft 1 to Craft 5 — and has delivered over 100 sites for clients including Apple, Transparency International, and Arts University Bournemouth.

He writes about Craft CMS on the Mutual blog and has contributed to net Magazine. At Mutual, he leads development of Mutual One, a marketing platform built on Craft CMS as its foundation.

He has spoken about Craft CMS to undergraduate students at the University of Brighton and Canterbury Christ Church University, and appeared on the Devmode.fm podcast. He has also trained development teams at other agencies in working with the platform.

28 posts

Craft CMS

Craft CMS 5.1: Team Edition Improvements and Better User Management

Craft CMS 5.1 makes the Team edition more flexible by allowing non-admin users and adds granular permission management for better team collaboration.

Andrew Fairlie
Andrew Fairlie Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
May 1, 2024 2 min read
Craft CMS

Do I Need to Upgrade Craft 3?

Craft 3 reached end of life in April 2024. Learn why upgrading to Craft 4 or 5 is essential and what benefits you'll gain from modern versions.

Andrew Fairlie
Andrew Fairlie Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
Apr 30, 2024 2 min read
Craft CMS

Craft CMS 5.0: Redesigned Interface, Two-Factor Authentication, and Enhanced Content Management

Craft CMS 5.0 brings a completely redesigned control panel, built-in two-factor authentication, multi-author support, and improved asset management for easier content management.

Andrew Fairlie
Andrew Fairlie Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
Mar 27, 2024 3 min read
Craft CMS

Why use Craft CMS?

Discover why Craft CMS offers modern architecture while maintaining comprehensive functionality, powering websites for Netflix, Ray-Ban, and the Associated Press.

Andrew Fairlie
Andrew Fairlie Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
Oct 2, 2019 2 min read
Gatsby

What is Gatsby JS?

Learn about Gatsby, a platform to build websites that decouples visual presentation from content management systems using React and the content mesh.

React GraphQL
Andrew Fairlie
Andrew Fairlie Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
Oct 1, 2019 2 min read
Site Launch

Relaunching The Face

Website and microsites for the revived British fashion magazine, enabling weekly feature releases and rich multimedia content.

Craft CMS Publishing
Andrew Fairlie
Andrew Fairlie Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
Jun 15, 2019 1 min read
Agency

2 years in...

Mutual reflects on two years since opening the agency, team growth from two to five members, and key achievements and challenges.

Craft CMS
Andrew Fairlie
Andrew Fairlie Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
Aug 7, 2018 2 min read
Craft CMS

Do I Need to Upgrade Craft 2?

Craft 2 reached end of life in January 2018 and no longer receives security updates. Here's why upgrading is essential for your site's security.

Andrew Fairlie
Andrew Fairlie Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
Jan 31, 2018 1 min read

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