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[Directory](/) 2. / 3. janvince/smallmessages-plugin ActiveOctober-plugin janvince/smallmessages-plugin ============================= None v1.2.7(2y ago)1493[2 issues](https://github.com/jan-vince/smallmessages/issues)PHP Since Dec 19Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/jan-vince/smallmessages)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/janvince/smallmessages-plugin)[ RSS](/packages/janvince-smallmessages-plugin/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (1)Versions (2)Used By (0) Small Messages ============== [](#small-messages) > Simple plugin to manage frontend and backend messages Installation ------------ [](#installation) **GitHub** clone into `/plugins` dir: ``` git clone https://github.com/jan-vince/smallmessages ``` **OctoberCMS backend** Just look for 'Small Messages' in search field in: > Settings > Updates & Plugins > Install plugins ### Permissions [](#permissions) > Settings > Administrators You can set permissions to restrict access to *Settings > Small plugins > Small Messages* and to messages list. Quick start guide ----------------- [](#quick-start-guide) - Install plugin. - Go October's backend Settings and choose Small Messages. - Select your prefered UI style and optionally add Close button's text. - Go October's backend and choose Messages from main menu. - Create new Message and set it as Active (you can also set dates from/to and choose to control messages window by cookie). - Go to CMS part of October. - Add new o use existing Layout, Page or Partial. - Add component Small Messages > messages (inside of your `body` tag). > Do not forget to add `{% scripts %}` tag to your layout page just before closing `body` tag! More info [in October docs](https://octobercms.com/docs/markup/tag-scripts). - Open your website - message should be visible. Components ---------- [](#components) ### Messages [](#messages) Should be used in your Layout, Page or Partial. ### Visibility [](#visibility) You can set date from and/or date to if you want to control when a message box should appear on your web site. ### Restrictions [](#restrictions) You can add list or (relative) URLs where message box should appear. ### Cookies [](#cookies) You can add a cookie control (with custom expiration) so when a user click Hide button, message box will not appear again (until a cookie expires). You can add URLs where message box will appear even with cookie (eg. useful for /contact page). #### Manually disable messages box [](#manually-disable-messages-box) If you need to hide Messages box on specific Partial, Page or Layout, you can use [View Bag](https://octobercms.com/docs/cms/components#viewbag-component) on your Page this way: ``` [viewBag] hideMessagesBox = 1 ``` HOWTO ----- [](#howto) ### Get list of messages [](#get-list-of-messages) With component attached you can get messages list by `{{ messages.items }}`. ### Your custom messages box design [](#your-custom-messages-box-design) If you want your custom messages box design just create folder and file `messages` in `/themes/[your-theme-name]/partials/messages/default.htm` and put your code. > If you changed default alias of Messages component (which is `messages`) you have to change also folder name! For default code you can look in `/plugins/janvince/smallmessages/components/messages`. --- > My thanks goes to: > [OctoberCMS](http://www.octobercms.com) team members and supporters for this great system. > [Possessed Photography](https://unsplash.com/@possessedphotography) for banner photo. > [Font Awesome](http://fontawesome.io/icons/) for nice icons. Created by [Jan Vince](http://www.vince.cz), freelance web designer from Czech Republic. ### Health Score 18 — LowBetter than 8% of packages Maintenance0 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity12 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity42 Maturing project, gaining track record 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 Unknown Total 1 Last Release 874d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7d0762b85a7c8514e93d4114ae9bbd9dbacfe9efc2b6bd76ef151ebdcec39bf9?d=identicon)[jan-vince](/maintainers/jan-vince) --- Top Contributors [![jan-vince](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1104383?v=4)](https://github.com/jan-vince "jan-vince (17 commits)") ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/janvince-smallmessages-plugin/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/janvince-smallmessages-plugin/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/janvince-smallmessages-plugin) ``` ### Alternatives [elgg/elgg Elgg is an award-winning social networking engine, delivering the building blocks that enable businesses, schools, universities and associations to create their own fully-featured social networks and applications. 1.7k15.7k5](/packages/elgg-elgg)[pressbooks/pressbooks Pressbooks is an open source book publishing tool built on a WordPress multisite platform. 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