rnkpatel/laravel-blog

laravel blog app

laravel-blog

A simple Blog Module for Laravel 5, _(*1)

Features

• Create/update/delete posts.
• Add different category of blog. Create blog in different category.
• Bundled migration for building the database schema
• Facebook API integration. Share/Like on Facebook.
• Twitter API integration. Share on Twitter.
• Google+ API integration. Share on Google+.
• Infinite ajax scroller. No need to click on next page.
• You can customise it as per your requirements.

Installation

1. Create a file called module.php inside the config directory. Add following code in module.php., _(*2)

   ```` return [ 'modules' => [ 'Blog', ] ]; ```, _(*3)

   You can add more then one modules inside modules array., _(*4)

2. Open up the file config/app.php and add 'App\Modules\ModulesServiceProvider', to the end of the providers array., _(*5)

   'providers' => [
       App\Modules\ModulesServiceProvider::class,
   ]
   

3. Create new folder called Modules inside app directory., _(*6)

4. Add Blog folder inside Modules directory. App directory structure look like this:, _(*7)

     app/
     |---Modules
         |---Blog
             |---Assets
             |---Components
             |---Controllers
             |---Middleware
             |---Migrations
             |---Models
             |---Views
             |---BlogServiceProvider.php
             |---routes.php
         |---ModulesServiceProvider.php
   

5. Head to the Modules directory and add a file called ModulesServiceProvider.php, _(*8)

6. Run Migrations. For that use following command., _(*9)

   $ php artisan migrate --path app/Modules/Blog/Migrations
   

   (Role column will be added into your users table. That will be define which user has author/admin role. You can change table name as per your requirement.), _(*10)

7. Add following methods into app/User.php, _(*11)

   /**
    * user has many posts
    * @return type
    */
   public function posts()
   {
       return $this->hasMany('App\Modules\Blog\Models\Posts', 'author_id');
   }
   
   /**
    * user has many comments
    * @return type
    */
   public function comments()
   {
       return $this->hasMany('App\Modules\Blog\Models\Comments', 'from_user');
   }
   
   /**
    * Check if user can post blog
    * @return boolean
    */
   public function can_post()
   {
       $role = $this->role;
       if ($role == 'author' || $role == 'admin') {
           return true;
       }
       return false;
   }
   
   /**
    * Check if user is admin
    * @return boolean
    */
   public function is_admin()
   {
       $role = $this->role;
       if ($role == 'admin') {
           return true;
       }
       return false;
   }
   

8. To set facebook API key open up Blog/Views/layouts/app.blade.php and set, _(*12)

   appId      : 'your app id',
   

   in line number 8., _(*13)

9. To get twitter count register your domain on any APIs which providers twitter count. Open up Blog/Views/posts/show.blade.php and set Provided path to, _(*14)

   data-via : 'Your domain path'
   

   in line number 187., _(*15)

10. For Routes you can add/update in Blog/routes.php (Blog module has its own routes.php so you can add/update routes here.), _(*16)

11. Please run composer dump-autoload, if you come across any Class not found exceptions and you haven’t done anything wrong, _(*17)

Note:

This module is tested in fresh copy of laravel 5. If you have customised your application then please change as per your application., _(*18)

Demo

http://plugins.auratechmind.net/laravel-blog/public/, _(*19)

Discussion

http://auratechmind.net/question/category/laravel-blog/, _(*20)

Credit

https://opensharecount.com/, _(*21)

https://developers.facebook.com/, _(*22)

http://www.findalltogether.com/tutorial/simple-blog-application-in-laravel-5/, _(*23)