cms
Minimalist CMS for Laravel, (*1)
Features
- Lightweight
- Minimal footprint (just one additional table in database)
- Manage users
- Profile page
- Manage pages ("sections") hierarchy (view as table or as nested list)
- Public and protected pages (and attached files)
- Publication can be planned for future
- Many articles per page
- Many uploads per article
- Localizable (english and russian translations icluded)
- Uses standard Laravel authentication
- Ready to use WYSIWYG CKEditor
- Cache pages
- Image thumbnails (also cached)
Developer info
- Uses two database tables:
users extended from standard Laravel authentication and sections for pages, articles, files.
- Database migrations included.
-
Cms facade and cms() helper function.
- Repository of sections
SectionRepository.
- Policies for managing users and sections (
UserPolicy, SectionPolicy).
- Middleware:
CheckUserRole and CachePages.
- Thumbnails generated and cached with
intervention/image.
- Views marked up with
bootstrap classes.
Install
In short: configure database then run:, (*2)
$ php artisan make:auth
$ composer require vvvkor/laravel-cms-base
$ php artisan migrate
$ php artisan make:cms
Set parameters in .env or config/database.php files of your project.
Depending on DBMS version (MySQL < 5.7.7.), you may need to fix string length ., (*3)
Enable authorization (if you have not alredy)
``` bash
$ php artisan make:auth, (*4)
### Require CMS package
``` bash
$ composer require vvvkor/laravel-cms-base
Add service provider (if auto-discovery is disabled)
In config/app.php add to providers section, (*5)
vvvkor\cms\cmsServiceProvider::class,
and to aliases section, (*6)
'Cms' => vvvkor\cms\Facades\Cms::class,
Migrate tables with default data
$ php artisan migrate
Add CMS routes
To add routes to routes/web.php run, (*7)
$ php artisan make:cms
or add manually to routes/web.php, (*8)
Cms::routes();
Publish views, translations, config (optional)
Copy stuff to your app if you want to modify it.
Views are marked with Bootstrap classes., (*9)
$ php artisan vendor:publish --provider=vvvkor\laravel-cms-base\CmsServiceProvider
Use WYSIWYG CKEditor (optional)
You can use CKEditor for visual formatting of texts., (*10)
$ composer require unisharp/laravel-ckeditor
In config/app.php add to providers section, (*11)
Unisharp\Ckeditor\ServiceProvider::class,
Publish assets, (*12)
$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag=ckeditor
Usage
- Using browser go to home page of your project.
- Log in as administrator with e-mail
admin@domain.com and password admin.
- Or as privileged reader with e-mail
reader@domain.com and password reader.
- Go to home page again.
- For administrator, on top of page there are links to manage
Sections and Users.
- For reader, there is a link to a protected page in top menu.
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