I want to provide a quick roadmap for 2026.

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Cfblogs.org Updates

Cfblogs.org has had some major updates in the last couple of months.

I incorporated several suggestions made by the incomparable Chalie Arehart. I already have the ability to filter personal blogs, Adobe/Lucee and Ortus blogs, and software-related blogs, such as my own Galaxie Blog documentation site. However, Charlie pointed out that the Adobe, Lucee, and Ortus sites have two different types of sites: blogs and forums. The Adobe and Ortus blog posts occur occasionally; however, user-generated forum threads can be much more prolific and support-related. Charlie wanted the ability to filter community-related forum threads and company-related blog posts. 

I also added a site search feature that lets users filter by a search term. This should be useful, as there is a lot of data and posts dating back to 2006!

I have also added several new blogs. Please reach out if you have another blog you'd like added or any other suggestions!

Galaxie Blog 2025 Year In Review

2025 was a great year for Galaxie Blog. Other than adding CSS gradient support for the hero section, I met most of my 2025 goals. The performance goals were accomplished- Galaxie Blog is now one of the fastest open-source blogs anywhere! I also made significant progress in incorporating CMS features over the last year. 

2026 Galaxie Blog Roadmap

External Page CMS

While CMS features are abundant in Galaxie Blog and nearly everything can be customized, it still lacks the ability to create external pages. I can manually create external pages by hardcoding the page's content; however, they are not database-driven and can't be created in a visual interface. Over the last several months, I have been developing interfaces that allow blog owners to easily create sophisticated external pages using a WYSIWYG editor. I hope to have this new functionality done in the coming year.

New Widgets

Galaxie Blog already supports a wide variety of media, including images, videos, carousels, galleries, Azure Maps, and other rich media; however, I want to create additional widgets, such as event calendars, photography-oriented galleries, sign-up forms, forum functionality, and more. I may also look into creating e-commerce custom carts this year. 

New Layouts

Galaxie Blog has over 30 themes that use major layouts: the classical two-column layout used with many blogs, including BlogCfc, and a modern layout with a single column and a background. Every major element can be independently sized horizontally. After I finish creating a few new widgets, I hope to introduce several new layouts that divide the page vertically and horizontally. However, these new layouts will depend upon the new widgets that I hope to introduce, and I may not be able to get to them this year.

Future Plans

I want to eventually investigate using AI to convert the tag syntax to cfscript. Additionally, I still plan to enhance image capabilities, add forum support, and potentially create a BoxLang version, but these plans are not achievable in the upcoming year.

2026 Blogging Roadmap

My blogging focus over the next year is to do a better job documenting Galaxie Blog. I have been planning to diversify a bit and write more non-technical web-tech articles; however, I plan on creating a series of technical articles on how to incorporate TinyMCE into web pages.I also hope to share some of my photography once I finish a new gallery widget for photography.