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sheadawson/silverstripe-newsly
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A simple and configurable news module for SilverStripe CMS

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SilverStripe Newsly
===================

[](#silverstripe-newsly)

Newsly is a simple news/blog module for SilverStripe. It aims to offer configurable and optional features that cater to a range of common news-section requirements.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- SilverStripe ~3.1
- [Lumberjack](https://github.com/micmania1/silverstripe-lumberjack)
- [Quickaddnew](https://github.com/sheadawson/silverstripe-quickaddnew)

Maintainers
-----------

[](#maintainers)

-

Features
--------

[](#features)

- NewsHolder and NewsArticle page types
- Articles managed in gridfield with lumberjack
- Articles can have images and attachments (optional)
- Articles can have tags (optional)
- Related articles (related via shared tags)
- Article Authors (optional, can be configured as a simple string or a NewsAuthor object/profile)
- Archive list, Tag list functions

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require sheadawson/silverstripe-newsly

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

The following configurations can be set in your yml config:

```
NewsArticle:
  setting: value
```

SettingDescriptionOptionsDefaultenable\_attachmentsEnables a file attachment field in the NewsArticle CMSFieldsbooleantrueenable\_imagesEnable documents to be attached to articlesbooleantrueenable\_summaryEnables a Summary HTMLText field on NewsArticle, to be used for the article introduction/summary.booleantrueenable\_tagsEnables Article Tagging. Disable this to remove the Tag field from the News Article CMS Fieldsbooleantrueenable\_featured\_articlesEnables a "Feature this Article" check box to the News Article CMS Fields. You can use this to feature worthy articles on a home page, for examplebooleantrueimage\_folderFolder where article images should be storedstringnews/imagesattachment\_folderFolder where article attachments should be storedstringnews/attachmentsauthor\_modeAuthor mode can be:
- string "string" to enable an Author text field (default)
- string "object" to enable Author DataObject
- boolean false to disable Article Authorsstringboolean

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 86.2% 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 ~17 days

Total

5

Last Release

3803d ago

Major Versions

0.1.x-dev → 1.0.02015-11-04

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6ca23b453a4fc5ac237ad4fcc512f68fab5c7b124f403cad1a5848b3fffb6aa2?d=identicon)[sheadawson](/maintainers/sheadawson)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

silverstripecms news

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