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Silverstripe sections

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Silverstripe sections
=====================

[](#silverstripe-sections)

This module splits pages into reusable sections that can used across multiple pages.

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

[](#installation)

Composer is the recommended way of installing SilverStripe modules.

```
composer require plato-creative/silverstripe-sections 1.*

```

### Customisation

[](#customisation)

#### Styles

[](#styles)

For each section type, you can define additional styles in your config.yml.

```
LinkSection:
  styles:
    - Layout1
    - Layout2
```

This will provide optional classes for each section type to choose from in the CMS.

#### Templating

[](#templating)

Below is the template hierarchy.

1. SectionType\_PageType\_Style.ss e.g. LinkSection\_HomePage\_Tiles.ss
2. SectionType\_Style.ss e.g. LinkSection\_Tiles.ss
3. SectionType\_PageType.ss e.g. BannerSection\_HomePage.ss
4. SectionType.ss e.g. GallerySection.ss

#### Section Configuration

[](#section-configuration)

##### Limit or exclude

[](#limit-or-exclude)

You can limit or completely exclude sections from a page type by defining it in your config.yml You can also setup Pages to have preset sections and decide if you want the sections to be shared across pages.

```
HomePage:
  section_options:
    BreadcrumbSection:
      limit: 0 # excluded from HomePage
    ContentSection:
      limit: 1 # Only 1 can ever be added
```

##### Add preset sections to page type

[](#add-preset-sections-to-page-type)

You can also setup Pages to have preset sections and decide if you want the sections to be shared across pages.

```
FormPage:
  section_options:
    FormSection:
      presets:
        'Home Page Form': 'shared' # section is shared across home pages
        'Another Form': 'not-shared' # section is not shared across home pages
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.4% 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 ~24 days

Recently: every ~45 days

Total

18

Last Release

3329d ago

Major Versions

0.1 → 1.0.02016-03-01

1.4.1 → 2.x-dev2017-03-28

### Community

Maintainers

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