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sunnysideup/elemental-basics
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Provides a Base Element Extension to Elemental that allows the content editor to make basic design / styling choices such as top and bottom margin and background colour

5.0.0(yesterday)0120BSD-3-ClausePHP

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Elemental Basics for Silverstripe
=================================

[](#elemental-basics-for-silverstripe)

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Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Developer Docs](docs/en/INDEX.md)
- [User Guide](docs/en/userguide.md)
- [API Docs](http://docs.ssmods.com/sunnysideup/elemental-basics/classes.xhtml)

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

[](#requirements)

See [composer.json](composer.json) for details.

### Suggested modules

[](#suggested-modules)

See [composer.json](composer.json) for details.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require sunnysideup/elemental-basics
```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

In the `_config` folder you will find the `elemental-basics.yml.example`file that shows options for the configuration of this module.

We recommend that you:

1. copy these `elemental-basics.yml.example` files into your `app/_config` folder (where available - otherwise search for `private static $` in the module to see what can be configured)
2. remove the .example extension,
3. delete the lines you do not care about, and
4. adjust the configurations that you would like to use.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

We welcome any contributions. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details.

Paid assistance
---------------

[](#paid-assistance)

You can pay us to create an improved / adapted version of this module for your own projects. Please contact us if you like to find out more: [www.sunnysideup.co.nz](https://www.sunnysideup.co.nz). For example, we can write tests for this module.

Author
------

[](#author)

Sunny Side Up Ltd.

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###  Health Score

41

↑

FairBetter than 87% of packages

Maintenance91

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 82.1% 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 ~20 days

Recently: every ~65 days

Total

15

Last Release

1d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02025-09-22

2.0.1 → 3.0.02025-10-01

3.0.0 → 4.0.02025-10-01

4.3.1 → 5.x-dev2026-06-26

5.x-dev → 6.x-dev2026-06-26

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

paddingextensiondesignblocksstylingelementalmarginbackground-colour

###  Code Quality

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