# Just one thing I’m missing in Elements at the moment **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [March 31, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/just-one-thing-i-m-missing-in-elements-at-the-moment/47006 "2025-03-31T08:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/just-one-thing-i-m-missing-in-elements-at-the-moment/47006/1 "2025-03-31T08:20:31Z")
I’ve created a new website and I’m really happy with how far you’ve come in the development, but there’s one feature I need before I can publish my new site — a blog. This is something important for me to have in place. Do you have a timeline for when blog functionality will be available in Elements? Do you have any suggestions for blog solutions that can be integrated with Elements in the meantime? ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/just-one-thing-i-m-missing-in-elements-at-the-moment/47006/2 "2025-03-31T19:45:36Z")
Maybe… @ben was looking into a third-party stop-gap solution. However, keep in mind that this won’t be an official solution and, as such, won’t ship as part of Elements. Hopefully, he’ll have more news to share on this in the coming weeks. ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/just-one-thing-i-m-missing-in-elements-at-the-moment/47006/3 "2025-04-01T07:35:28Z")
I’ve got a proof-of-concept set of components that integrate with a third-party blogging service. I’m planning to share more details once I’ve had a chance to flesh them out a bit further 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![logrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/just-one-thing-i-m-missing-in-elements-at-the-moment/47006/4 "2025-04-01T10:13:02Z")
I am currently completing development of and testing my [Blog replacement for Foundry Alloy 3](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/work-in-progress-cms-replacement-for-foundry-3-alloy/46684). I first of all got it working in standalone mode as I was using ChatGPT (OpenAI) and Le Chat (Mistral) to develop the code and I didn’t want to confuse them (and me!) with using Elements. The primary aim I started with was to be able to easily migrate my current Alloy posts to Elements along with the ability to Add and Edit new posts etc. Now that I have got this working well, I am well into the migration of this into Elements Component DevPacks. Whilst at first sight this should be comparatively easy, I am having to spend time generalising it and setting up Component Properties so that users other than myself can configure the Blog to their liking. I found too many places in the code where I had made default assumptions that worked well in my usage case but probably (make that definitely!) wouldn’t for others. It will be at least another few weeks (probably) before it is ready for alpha testing (wouldn’t dare call it a beta 😉 ). However, as you might see from other of my posts, it is also dependant on some outstanding Elements feature/bug fixes. At the moment, there are five components in the Dynamic component group: - Configure Blog - List Blog Posts - View Blog Post - Edit Blog Post - Blog Carousel Just thought I would give a quick update to say that work is still actively progressing on this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/just-one-thing-i-m-missing-in-elements-at-the-moment/47006/5 "2025-04-01T10:18:04Z")
Nice work, @logrunner! This is fantastic news. It’ll be great to have a few solutions available for users to set up a blog in Elements! Your Alloy replacement is crucial. Many users have been left standed, so this will be wonderful to provide them with a path to move forward. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@pumpkin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/just-one-thing-i-m-missing-in-elements-at-the-moment/47006/6 "2025-04-01T17:38:27Z")
> [@dan](#): > > looking into a third-party stop-gap solution. Can you tell us which paid service you are thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/just-one-thing-i-m-missing-in-elements-at-the-moment/47006/7 "2025-04-02T06:50:22Z")
we’ll be sharing more details in the near future, stay tuned! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RapidBase](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rapidbase/32/24626_2.png) [@RapidBase](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RapidBase)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/just-one-thing-i-m-missing-in-elements-at-the-moment/47006/8 "2025-04-02T09:48:39Z")
What about this script by PHPjabbers? > **[User-Friendly PHP Blog Script | PHPJabbers](https://www.phpjabbers.com/stiva-blog-script/)** > > STIVA Blog Script is a simple and customizable PHP blog software for creating and managing a blog. Our blog script can be easily integrated into any website. Ok, it needs a MySQL database, but that’s all. Simply copy a php code snippet into your Elements page and you should be good to go…