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fontis/blog-mage1
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This extension provides a native blog for Magento.

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Fontis Blog Extension
=====================

[](#fontis-blog-extension)

**Note:** This extension is **abandoned** and no longer maintained. It only supports Magento 1 and we have no plans to undertake development of a Magento 2 version.

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

This extension provides a native blog for Magento. It has full multi-store support, and integrates seamlessly with the Fontis Algolia and reCAPTCHA extensions.

Further documentation is available from the [Fontis Blog Extension](https://www.fontis.com.au/blog-magento-extension)page on our website.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Multiple blogs per store
- Post creation
    - WYSIWYG editor support
    - Summary content on the website and RSS feed
    - Main and thumbnail image support
    - Configurable page title format
- User comments
    - Moderation
    - Notification of new comments by email
    - [Gravatar](https://gravatar.com) support
    - reCAPTCHA support through [Fontis reCAPTCHA](https://github.com/fontis/fontis_recaptcha) extension
- Tags
- Authors
- Archives (daily, monthly or yearly)
- Header images for blogs and categories
- Configurable routes for categories, tags and authors
- Improved canonical URL support
- RSS feeds (global and per-category)
- Search support through [Fontis Algolia](https://www.fontis.com.au/algolia-magento-extension)
- AddThis integration
- Built-in microdata support for posts
- Full multi-store support
- Full admin panel ACL support
- Adds blog posts, categories and tags to the Magento sitemap.xml generator
- Support for Magento CE 1.9+/EE 1.14+ Topmenu block (adding blog links to primary navigation)
- Integration with the Magento EE Full Page Cache (or other caches that implement a similar interface)
- Integration with the [Enhanced Admin Grids extension](https://github.com/mage-eag/mage-enhanced-admin-grids)
- Basic support for the Magento EE Admin Actions Log (blogs and posts only)

Install instructions
--------------------

[](#install-instructions)

The extension is available from the [Fontis Composer Repository](https://www.fontis.com.au/composer-faq). Once you're set up to use it, installing with composer is simple:

```
composer require fontis/blog 2.0.*

```

Or edit your composer.json file directly and add this line to the "require" section:

```
"fontis/blog": "2.0.*"

```

Contributions
-------------

[](#contributions)

This project is open source. You are encouraged to fork and submit pull requests.

Acknowledgements
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

The Fontis Blog extension is a fork of the *Lazzymonk Blog* extension (v0.5.8) developed by Robert Chambers and released in March 2009.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~314 days

Total

4

Last Release

3723d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.2 → v2.0.02016-04-22

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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