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heimrichhannot/contao-be\_explanation
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This module offers a simple backend explanation form field (inputType).

1.0.7(8y ago)04.5k4LGPL-3.0+CSSPHP ~5.4 || ~7.0

Since Apr 20Pushed 7y ago4 watchersCompare

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This module is abandoned. Please for Contao 4 projects use
==========================================================

[](#this-module-is-abandoned-please-for-contao-4-projects-use)

[https://github.com/heimrichhannot/contao-be\_explanation-bundle](https://github.com/heimrichhannot/contao-be_explanation-bundle)

Backend Explanation
===================

[](#backend-explanation)

This module offers a simple backend explanation form field (inputType).

Technical instructions
----------------------

[](#technical-instructions)

Just add the field to some of your data container arrays as follows:

```
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_*']['fields']['myExplanation'] = array
(
    'inputType' => 'explanation',
    'eval'      => array(
        'text'     => &$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_*']['myExplanation'], // this is a string, not an array
        'class'    => 'tl_info', // all contao message css classes are possible
        'tl_class' => 'long'
    )
);

```

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~68 days

Recently: every ~59 days

Total

8

Last Release

3187d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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