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carstenwindler/context\_banner
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Adds a small Banner in both FE and BE and changes title tag to easier distinct development, testing and production context

2.0.3(7y ago)0902GPL-2.0+PHP

Since Feb 14Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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context\_banner for Typo3
=========================

[](#context_banner-for-typo3)

Ever been in the wrong browser tab and accidentally made changes on Production, and not your local dev? Then this extension could be useful for you.

It displays a small banner in Frontend and Backend to better show the current application context (Development - Green, Testing - Yellow, Production - Read), so you can easily see if you are in the right Typo3 backend.

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

[](#installation)

Just activate the extension in the Extension Manager.

Options
-------

[](#options)

The following options can be configured:

- pageTitleTemplate - Simple templating for the page title
- bannerTemplate - Simple templating for the banner text
- bannerStyle - Whether to use automatically styling by Application context or custom
- bannerCssCustom - CSS to be used for custom banner style
- bannerCssDevelopment - CSS to be used for Development banner style
- bannerCssTesting - CSS to be used for Testing banner style
- bannerCssProduction - CSS to be used for Production banner style
- showBannerOnProduction - whether the banner should be shown in the frontend for

TODO
----

[](#todo)

- Use middleware for Typo3 v9

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

To run the test:

`.Build/vendor/bin/phpunit -c Tests/Build/UnitTests.xml`

Code Sniffer

`.Build/vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=PSR2 Classes`

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Every ~5 days

Total

7

Last Release

2611d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → 2.0.02019-03-11

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

1.0.1PHP >=7.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4761678d271eef1bc9fc3478994848dd54b6d77551e3c065b1b730b5badffb90?d=identicon)[carstenwindler](/maintainers/carstenwindler)

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Top Contributors

[![carstenwindler](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5927645?v=4)](https://github.com/carstenwindler "carstenwindler (15 commits)")

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Tags

Contextextensiontypo3banner

###  Code Quality

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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