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Free, open-source Simple Bootstrap Laravel CMS, support Laravel 8.x or 7.x or old Laravel 6.x & 5.x, support MySql & MariaDB & PostgreSQL
Can integrate with any existing Laravel project, install as an individual Laravel package
Only add a few database tables with a prefix, not effect your existing database tables.
You can easily custom the database table names, the page URL path(route) and the template(theme)
Build-in Website is ready after install. Easy to use, simple enough but flexible.
Basic Laravel 8.x/ Laravel 7.x /Laravel 6.x / Laravel 5.x syntax and blade template, no need to learn a "new language"

How to install for an existing Laravel project

Support Laravel 8.x & Laravel 7.x & Laravel 6.x & Laravel 5.x

// Make sure you already have laravel installed and configured the database in the .env
// Go to your laravel project folder and install it via composer
// Initialize the CMS (You can set up database table prefix and locale here)

composer require alexstack/laravel-cms && php artisan laravelcms


// Now you can access the cms frontend site: http://yourdomain/cms-home

// Access the backend with the FIRST USER of your site: http://yourdomain/cmsadmin

// Note: The default admin is the first user in your laravel database(user id = 1 )

How to set up a brand new CMS website with the latest Laravel

It's good for a local testing, it's support the latest Laravel version

// Step 1: Install Laravel to folder cms
composer create-project laravel/laravel cms && cd cms && composer require alexstack/laravel-cms

// Step 2: install CMS in silent mode
php artisan laravelcms --locale=en --table_prefix=cms_ --silent=yes

// Note: it will ask for database settings if you did not change the default .env file
// Note: it will automatically run a web server on port 9321 for your project

// Step 3: Now, you can access your cms backend via http://127.0.0.1:9321/cmsadmin/
// Default admin username: admin@admin.com  password: admin321

How to uninstall

// Uninstall the CMS
php artisan laravelcms --action=uninstall

Demo & Documents

Laravel CMS frontend demo & documents 📙

Screenshot of the output of install command

Screenshot of the output of uninstalling command

Screenshot of the admin panel

Set locale language to cn instead of en

Error "Route [login] not defined" while access the backend /cmsadmin/

This means you did not install Laravel Auth(User system)
Can be fixed by the below commands:

// Laravel 6.x & Laravel >= 7 & Laravel >= 8
composer require laravel/ui && php artisan ui vue --auth
// Laravel 5.x, run blow command instead
php artisan make:auth && php artisan migrate

After install the Auth package, please register the first user as the admin

How to log into the backend /cmsadmin/?

Amila CMS use your existing Laravel user system
You need to log in with the FIRST USER of your site (user_id = 1)
You can add more admin users by change the admin_ary in config/laravel-cms.php
If you don't have any existing user, then register a new one via http://your-domain/register

Why the uploaded image can not display (404 error)

You can fix it by creating a storage public link
php artisan storage:link
eg. The public/storage should link to ../storage/app/public, if the public/storage is a real folder, you should remove/rename it and run "php artisan storage:link" to set up the link.

Custom the cms route in config/laravel-cms.php

homepage_route: This is the frontend homepage. By default it is /cms-home, you can change it to / then remove the existing / route in the routes/web.php

# Change homepage_route to /  in config/laravel-cms.php
'homepage_route'    => env('LARAVEL_CMS_HOMEPAGE_ROUTE', '/'),

# Remove the existing / route in the routes/web.php

// Route::get('/', function () {
//     return view('welcome');
// });

page_route_prefix: This is the frontend page prefix. By default it is /cms-, it will match path like /cms-*. You can change it to a folder like /xxx/ or anything like xxx-, eg. Page- Article-

'page_route_prefix' => env('LARAVEL_CMS_PAGE_PREFIX', '/Article-'),

admin_route: This is the backend admin page route, By default, it is /cmsadmin

'admin_route'       => env('LARAVEL_CMS_BACKEND_ROUTE', '/admin2019'),

After changing the route, you will need to run below commands:

php artisan laravelcms --action=clear

Display an image with different size in the frontend Laravel .blade.php template file

.blade.php Code examples:

@if ( isset($file_data->main_image) )
    <img src="{{$helper->imageUrl($file_data->main_image, '1000') }}" class="img-fluid" />

    <img src="{{$helper->imageUrl($file_data->main_image, '500') }}" class="img-fluid" />

    <img src="{{$helper->imageUrl($file_data->main_image, 'w', '150') }}" class="img-fluid" />

    <img src="{{$helper->imageUrl($file_data->main_image, '100', '100') }}" class="img-fluid" />

    <img src="{{$helper->imageUrl($file_data->main_image, 'original', 'original') }}" class="img-fluid" />

@endif

You can get an image with any width and height. or use the original image.
Available image variables: $file_data->main_image, $file_data->main_banner, $file_data->extra_image, $file_data->extra_image_2
The CMS will resize the image at the first time, then will directly use it afterwards.

How to change the CSS & JS assets of the frontend?

The asset files located at public/laravel-cms/<theme_name>, eg. public/laravel-cms/frontend/css
Example code to load css or js:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ $helper->assetUrl('css/main.css') }}">
...
<script src="{{ $helper->assetUrl('js/bottom.js') }}"></script>

The default template file will load CSS and js asset with last_modify_time parameter to avoid cache from the browser

How to set up a different template theme from the default?

Copy the default theme folder /resources/views/laravel-cms/frontend to /resources/views/laravel-cms/new_theme
Change the frontend_dir in the settings page to new_theme
Default value in config/laravel-cms.php

    'template' => [
        'frontend_dir'      => 'frontend',
        'backend_dir'       => 'backend',
        'backend_language'  => 'en',
        'frontend_language' => 'en',
    ]

run php artisan config:cache to load new config file
Change template settings for the pages in the backend
The css/js asset files will locate at public/laravel-cms/new_theme

Set default slug format and suffix for page SEO URL in config/laravel-cms.php

You can change it in the settings page
'slug_format' can be from_title, id, pinyin
'slug_suffix' can be anything you want, empty means no suffix

    'slug_format'   => 'from_title',
    'slug_suffix'   => '.html',
    'slug_separate' => '-',

Use your own PHP class / How to integrate your PHP code into the CMS

One simple option is to implement a method from your own PHP controller/class by adding it into a cms page. Tutorial for it.
Another option is to create a CMS plugin for your own project and use it for all pages. A tutorial is here. You can also publish the plugin if the feature can be used by other websites.

How to upgrade the CMS?

Run below command in your Laravel project folder
It will ask whether you want to copy the new view, asset and language files to your project

composer require alexstack/laravel-cms && php artisan laravelcms --action=upgrade

Upgrade screenshot

ReactJS for backend All Pages list

Laravel CMS use ReactJS for backend All Pages list, the ReactJS source code can be found here
The compiled js file is here: /public/laravel-cms/backend/js/reactLaravelCmsBackend.js
It can be switch to normal Laravel blade page by change the "react_js": true to false in the setting system.all_pages

What PHP versions do you support?

Amila Laravel CMS passed the basic test on PHP 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

Laravel versions support

cms version >= 1.4.4, support all laravel version >= 6.0
cms version <= 1.4.3: support Laravel 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
Please install version 1.4.3 if the laravel version is 5.x of an existing project

How to use PostgreSQL instead of MySql or MariaDB?

Make sure the .env changed before run the install command line. An example:

DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
DB_HOST=topsy.db.elephantsql.com
DB_PORT=5432
DB_DATABASE=oktetra
DB_USERNAME=oktetra
DB_PASSWORD=the-postgresql-password

How to store & access files on AWS s3?

On AWS: Create a s3 bucket and enable it as a Static website hosting, allow all public access and set s3:GetObject Bucket policy, Create an IAM user for api use.

Laravel .env file, set below variables:

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=
AWS_BUCKET=
FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=s3
AWS_URL=

composer require league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3 ^1.0
done

How to install laravel/jetstream or other ui instead of laravel/ui?

// Step 1: Install Laravel to folder cms
composer create-project laravel/laravel cmsjet && cd cmsjet && composer require laravel/jetstream

// Step 2: install jetstream
php artisan jetstream:install inertia && npm install && npm run dev

// Step 3: install CMS in silent mode
composer require alexstack/laravel-cms && php artisan laravelcms --locale=en --table_prefix=jet_ --silent=yes

// Step 4: Edit routes/web.php
- Remove or comment Auth::routes();
- Change Route::get('/' to Route::get('/welcome'
- Run command: php artisan laravelcms --action=clear

// Step 5: Now, you can access your cms backend via http://127.0.0.1:9321/cmsadmin/
// Default admin username: admin@admin.com  password: admin321

How to install it on HeroKu?

Local: First, install at your localhost and make sure everything works fine
Local: Create a github repository for the laravelcms folder. eg. cd cms && git init && git remote add origin https://github.com/xxx.git
Local: Enable gd exif for heroku php: composer require ext-exif ext-gd
On HeroKu: create a new app from this github repository, enable automatically deploy
Local: to use Nginx/apache together with PHP, add a file named Procfile on folder cms with content below:
```
web: vendor/bin/heroku-php-apache2 public/
```
HeroKu: add Dyno formation: web vendor/bin/heroku-php-apache2 public/
HeroKu: add .env variables to settings -> Config Vars
Done

License

The Amila Laravel CMS is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.

alexstack / laravel-cms

Maintainers

Details

README

How to install for an existing Laravel project

How to set up a brand new CMS website with the latest Laravel

How to uninstall

Demo & Documents

Screenshot of the output of install command

Screenshot of the output of uninstalling command

Screenshot of the admin panel

Set locale language to cn instead of en

Error "Route [login] not defined" while access the backend /cmsadmin/

How to log into the backend /cmsadmin/?

Why the uploaded image can not display (404 error)

Custom the cms route in config/laravel-cms.php

Display an image with different size in the frontend Laravel .blade.php template file

How to change the CSS & JS assets of the frontend?

How to set up a different template theme from the default?

Set default slug format and suffix for page SEO URL in config/laravel-cms.php

Use your own PHP class / How to integrate your PHP code into the CMS

How to upgrade the CMS?

ReactJS for backend All Pages list

What PHP versions do you support?

Laravel versions support

How to use PostgreSQL instead of MySql or MariaDB?

How to store & access files on AWS s3?

How to install laravel/jetstream or other ui instead of laravel/ui?

How to install it on HeroKu?

License