This extension was made by Ukrainian developer.

OpenCart Blog Module is a full-fledged module for publishing informational content, for example, news sections, a blog with publications, photo / video galleries and so on. The module allows you to create an unlimited number of categories (headings) of different levels of nesting, publications (news), authors of these publications (news), and also has a set of useful widgets (modules).

❖ ADVANTAGE OVER THEMATIC MODULES
    ➥ module control is performed on one page.
    ➥ convenient push notification system for the control panel of the module.
    ➥ the ability to edit the module styles file through the module control panel.
    ➥ the ability to compress the main JS module script file.
    ➥ the ability to display video materials from the YouTube, Vimeo website or from a file in mp4 format, as the main or additional photo on the category (heading), publications (news) or authors page.
    ➥ the ability to display social network buttons on the publication (news) page without connecting third-party services.
➥ optimized connection of necessary js plugins + css files.
    ➥ the module does not contain files in which the code is encrypted or obfuscated.

❖ A LITTLE ABOUT DIGITS
    ➥ the module includes over 160 files.
    ➥ the total file size is less than 3.5Mb (without compression).
    ➥ the module is translated into 3 languages (English, Ukrainian, Russian).

❖ LIST OF OPPORTUNITIES
❏ Category page (headings)
    ➥ the ability to create an unlimited number of categories (headings).
    ➥ the ability to display the main photo.
    ➥ the ability to display additional photos.
    ➥ the ability to view the gallery from the main and additional photos and/or videos in the form of a pop-up window.
    ➥ the ability to use "Schema" markup.
    ➥ the ability to set the display limit, the default sort order, photo size for publications (news).
❏ Publication page (news)
    ➥ the ability to create an unlimited number of publications (news).
    ➥ the ability to evaluate publications (news).
    ➥ the ability to display the main photo.
    ➥ the ability to display additional photos.
    ➥ the ability to view the gallery from the main and additional photos and/or videos in the form of a pop-up window.
    ➥ the ability to display recommended publications (news) and products.
    ➥ the ability to create tags for the publication page (news) and then search by tags.
    ➥ the ability to display social network buttons (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, VK, AddThis).
    ➥ the ability to use "Open Graph, Twitter Card, Schema" markup.
❏ Author page for publication (news)
    ➥ the ability to create an unlimited number of authors for publications (news).
    ➥ the ability to display the main photo.
    ➥ the ability to display additional photos.
    ➥ the ability to view the gallery from the main and additional photos and/or videos in the form of a pop-up window.
    ➥ the ability to use "Schema" markup.
    ➥ the ability to set the display limit, the default sort order, photo size for publications (news).
❏ Search page for publications (news)
    ➥ the ability to search for publications (news) by: name, description, tags, category (heading).
    ➥ the ability to use "Schema" markup.
❏ Widget block
    ➥ the ability to create an unlimited number of module widgets.
    ➥ the ability to create a widget with the output of tags from publications (news).
    ➥ the ability to create a widget with a search field for publications (news).
    ➥ the ability to create a widget with the output of publications (news) in the form of a vertical list, carousel or grid.
    ➥ the ability to create a widget with the output of comments in the form of a vertical list, carousel or grid.
    ➥ the ability to create a widget with the conclusion of categories (headings).
    ➥ the ability to create a widget with the output of the archive of publications (news) with the division into months and years.
❏ Comment block
    ➥ the ability to comment on publications and respond to other user comments.
    ➥ the ability to protect comment form via Google reCAPTCHA.
    ➥ the ability to specify a document (for example: "Policy for the processing of personal data" and so on) with which the user must agree before sending a comment.
    ➥ the ability to block access to commenting on publications (news) for selected users by IP.
    ➥ the ability to subscribe to notifications when someone replied to a comment.
    ➥ the ability to create an email template for notifications when someone replied to a comment.
    ➥ the ability to rate comments.
    ➥ the ability to post a comment after moderation.
❏ Other
    ➥ the ability to customize and stylize the pop-up window for the gallery from the main and additional photos and/or videos for the category (heading), publication (news) page or author.
    ➥ the ability to generate dynamic xml and rss feed.
    ➥ multi-language and multi-store support.
    ➥ support RTL or LTR text direction.
    ➥ module requires license activation.

❖ DEMO SITE
    ➥ Admin page: demo / demo | View
    ➥ Catalog page: View

❖ COMPATIBILITY WITH OPENCART
    ➥ 1.5.5.1,1.5.6,1.5.6.1,1.5.6.2,1.5.6.3,1.5.6.4,2.0.0.0,2.0.1.0,2.0.1.1,2.0.2.0,2.0.3.1,2.1.0.1,2.1.0.2,2.2.0.0,2.3.0.2,3.0.0.0,3.0.1.1, 3.0.1.2,3.0.2.0,3.0.3.0,3.0.3.1,3.0.3.2,3.0.3.3,3.0.3.5,3.0.3.6,3.0.3.7,3.0.3.8

❖ COMPATIBILITY WITH OCSTORE
    ➥ 2.1.0.1,2.1.0.1.1,2.1.0.2,2.1.0.2.1,2.3.0.2,2.3.0.2.1,2.3.0.2.2,2.3.0.2.3,2.3.0.2.4

❖ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
    ➥ Minimum PHP version: 5.4.
    ➥ The module does not work on localhost.

❖ LICENSE AGREEMENT
By purchasing software developed by OCdevWizard, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the terms of this agreement. The Agreement shall enter into force upon the purchase of software sold through this website, or by receiving it by e-mail or by any other means. If you do not agree to these licensing terms, do not use and/or buy this software.
By purchasing software from the author of OCdevWizard, the user agrees to:
➥ Module is 100% open-source and you own it forever without any subscriptions or annual payments.
➥ You have right to use software updates and premium technical support (consultation on software settings and correcting design errors) for a period of 1 year after purchase.
➥ The buyer has the right to use product by principle "one purchased license per one OpenCart installation".
➥ You can use one license in multi store OpenCart with multiple domains in case if you have only one OpenCart installation.
➥ You cannot sell or resell this software without the written permission of the author.
➥ You cannot give or distribute this software without the written permission of the author.
➥ You cannot change the name of this software without the written permission of the author.
➥ You cannot represent this software as your own.
➥ You cannot use or remove software components to use them outside of software files.
➥ You cannot delete the author’s copyright from software files.
➥ Software is provided on the basis of the “AS IS” principle.
➥ Product are tested on default OpenCart installation, in some cases may not guarantee to work out of the box.
The author of the software reserves the right to amend the terms of this license agreement and change its clauses at any time without additional notifications, and also reserves the right to terminate support, refuse access to updates if the user violates this license agreement.

❖ SUPPORT
➥ Please use my customer support site to request help or report a bug.
➥ Please do not use comments for error messages.
➥ Paid technical support is provided in cases where there is a conflict with external modules/products/templates. Please accept this with the understanding that the developer cannot make his own module 100% compatible with all external extensions. That is why in some cases it is necessary to adapt the module to a non-standard configuration and system settings of the store. Therefore, the solution to such problems will be paid separately from the cost of the module.