I wanted to provide a quick update and share a roadmap for Galaxie Blog. 

Table of Contents

Now

Migrate from Bing Maps to Azure Maps.

I introduced mapping functionality using Bing Maps several years ago with Galaxie Blog 3. However, the free Bing Maps services will be retired on June 30th and require migration to Azure Maps. Unfortunately, my codebase is large and may take several months to migrate. Also, Microsoft does not provide the same interfaces to create the data on the backend; you have to roll everything yourself. The interface to create routes using the post editor is quite large; however, I hope to have this migration done before Bing Maps officially retires.

Fix Subscriber Email Bugs

I need to fix a few issues in the emails sent to the subscribers. The hero images are not showing up, and there are a few other formatting issues that need to be addressed.

Performance Enhancements

Galaxie Blog is currently one of the fastest dynamic blogging platforms, and I want to continue improving blog performance. The following year, I hope to simplify some queries and improve caching techniques to get the fastest Google Lighthouse performance scores. 

Add Support for CSS Gradients

Galaxie Blog has extensive media support and looks best with hero images and media. However, these media files can be pretty large. I plan to introduce a palette of attractive CSS gradients that users can choose for their hero media at the top of the post and apply text to. This should make the page attractive when removing the hero media and reduce the download size.

Next

Page Support

Since version 4, CMS can now apply custom content to all of the page's parts using drag and drop editors; however, Galaxie Blog still does not support creating standalone pages.

New Custom Caching Functions 

I also plan on making a new custom rolled caching mechanism, as Lucee has limited built-in caching functionality. It is my hope that Galaxie Blog consistently achieves a mid-90 % percentage in Google Lighthouse scores for both CF and Lucee.

Later

CFBlog Aggregator Rewrite

Once I create the logic to create a new custom page, I will fold CFBlogs into the Galaxie Blog code base. Blog owners will be able to incorporate a blog aggregator into Galaxie Blog.

Forum Support

One of my long-term goals is to allow blog owners to incorporate a fully fledged forum that can be attached to a blog post.