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aoepeople/aoe\_layoutmanager
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Update Layout XML from backend

0.2.0(11y ago)39272OSL-3.0PHP

Since Sep 26Pushed 10y ago38 watchersCompare

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AOE Layout Manager
==================

[](#aoe-layout-manager)

Description
-----------

[](#description)

This module allows advanced users (with some Magento knowledge) to add layout xml via records in the Magento backend.

Author: Manish Jain

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Please remember using the `--recursive` parameter while cloning:

```
git clone --recursive https://github.com/AOEpeople/Aoe_LayoutManager.git Aoe_LayoutManager

```

The module comes with a modman configuration file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Modify layout without deploying code (e.g. for temporary hotfixes, or when developer with no Magento access need to add something like Javascript for a new service) Modify layout for a given time span

How it works
------------

[](#how-it-works)

Install the module, and clear the cache. Once AOE Layout Manager module will be installed, menu will be appear in Admin -> System -> AOE Layout Manager. Click on AOE Layout Menu to add layout xml

Example
-------

[](#example)

```

        alert('Hello World')]]>

```

Debug helper
------------

[](#debug-helper)

These blocks help you to find out about the layout handles used on a given page (use handle "default" to enable the helper on every page while debugging):

Add this snippet (using Aoe\_LayoutManager) to show all handles in use on a given page added to as HTML comment to the head block:

```

```

Or as a visible list to the content area:

```

        1

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4242d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![manish172](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8055164?v=4)](https://github.com/manish172 "manish172 (12 commits)")[![LeeSaferite](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47386?v=4)](https://github.com/LeeSaferite "LeeSaferite (2 commits)")

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