Current features


  • Plugin architecture 𐍈

    • Load the core plugin, plus only the feature plugins that you want to use

      • Reduces in-memory size and attackable surface area



    • Add custom functionality easily by writing your own plugins

    • Items on this list marked with 𐍈 are provided by the core plugin

    • Items on this list marked with ± are provided by one of the feature plugins



  • Themes (on the hosted site) 𐍈

    • Light-lift theme system - you can override just a few of the default partials if you want

    • Two themes included; Halcyonic, for content-rich sites, and Coming Soon for pre-launch sites



  • Pages ±

    • Content-controlled 'brochure pages', with layout controlled by Page Templates

    • Can be organised into Page Sections (nested to any depth), with dynamically generated menus



  • Inserts ±

    • Re-usable content fragments that can be pulled into any template on any page



  • News section ±

  • Blog ±

  • Comments 𐍈

    • Ready to add to any content; enabled by default on blog posts and optionally on news posts

    • Fully nested comment threads, so you can easily see who is replying to who at any level

    • Email notifications of replies to comments and posts

    • Uses reCAPTCHA to block bots, and Akismet to flag potential spam for moderation

      • Spam moderation feature sends training data back to Akismet, to improve its accuracy in future





  • Mailing lists ±

    • Double opt-in, user subscription management, 'do not contact' feature



  • Newsletters ±

    • HTML mailshots, generated from MJML templates for cross-platform compatibility



  • Basic form handlers ±

    • e.g. 'email form data to site owner' - useful for contact and enquiry forms

    • Protected by reCAPTCHA and Akismet



  • Access control ±

    • Create access groups, and add/remove members from them,

    • Use the current_user_can_access?( :group_name ) helper to show/hide content



  • Site search ±

    • Ready to support multiple search backends (default is pg_search multisearch)



  • Tags 𐍈

  • Upvotes (AKA 'likes') on posts and comments

    • Supports downvotes too, if you want a full rating/ranking system



  • User profile pages ±

    • With links to user-generated content such as recent comments, recent blog posts, etc



  • User accounts 𐍈

    • User administration in website admin area

    • Authentication powered by Devise

      • Uses reCAPTCHA to block registration by bots



    • ACL-based authorisation system for admin area, powered by Pundit



  • Site settings and feature flags 𐍈

    • Website admin area for both, plus a rake task for command-line access to feature flags



  • Sitemap generation and search-engine notification, powered by SitemapGenerator ±

  • Emails can be generated from MJML or HTML templates 𐍈

    • Using MJML allows you to produce more reliably cross-platform HTML emails

    • Default MJML templates included for most features that send email



  • Built-in tracking of web stats and email stats


  • Build your own charts and dashboards for viewing and analyzing stats

    • Powered by Blazer

    • Default config includes a dozen useful charts and queries to get you started