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nglasl/silverstripe-descriptive
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A module for SilverStripe which will allow model admin descriptions to appear on mouse over.

2.1.6(8y ago)7972BSD-3-ClausePHP

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[descriptive](https://packagist.org/packages/nglasl/silverstripe-descriptive)
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[](#descriptive)

*The current release is **2.1.6***

> A module for SilverStripe which will allow model admin descriptions to appear on mouse over.

Requirement
-----------

[](#requirement)

- SilverStripe 3.1 → **3.5**

This module is **no longer supported**.

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

- [Place the module under your root project directory.](https://packagist.org/packages/nglasl/silverstripe-descriptive)
- Define your model admin descriptions.
- `/dev/build`

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

### Model Admin Description

[](#model-admin-description)

Creating a description, either directly or by extension:

```
private static $menu_description = 'Description';
```

[![default](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nglasl/silverstripe-descriptive/master/images/descriptive-default.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nglasl/silverstripe-descriptive/master/images/descriptive-default.png)

### CSS Customisation

[](#css-customisation)

Apply custom styles to the absolute description element:

```
DescriptiveService::customise_css(array(
	'background' => '#D4D6D8',
	'color' => '#304E80'
));
```

[![customised](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nglasl/silverstripe-descriptive/master/images/descriptive-customised.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nglasl/silverstripe-descriptive/master/images/descriptive-customised.png)

More advanced configuration will need to be implemented outside of this service, such as border manipulation.

Maintainer Contact
------------------

[](#maintainer-contact)

```
Nathan Glasl, nathan@symbiote.com.au

```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

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 ~75 days

Recently: every ~111 days

Total

14

Last Release

3213d ago

Major Versions

1.0.x-dev → 2.0.02015-07-13

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/43c7ada3a1cee7f9d6074198a3b28cda0cebe515c6178716d11adc8ddb580b16?d=identicon)[nglasl](/maintainers/nglasl)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

descriptionmodel-adminsilverstripesilverstripedescriptionmodel admin

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