README

A powerful, out-of-the-box Content Management System for Laravel 11+ applications. Manta is optimized for Livewire 3.0, resulting in a modern and fast CMS solution that's ready to use.

Version

Current version: 1.0.4

Requirements

PHP 8.0 or higher
Laravel 11 or 12
Livewire 3.0
Laravel Jetstream 5.0

Installation

You can install Manta CMS via Composer:

composer require darvis/manta

The service provider will be automatically registered via Laravel's package discovery.

Publishing Assets

You can publish the assets (CSS, JavaScript, images) with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=manta-assets

This will copy all assets to your application's public/vendor/manta directory.

Configuration and Views

Publish the configuration and views with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=manta-resources

This will publish the following files:

Config files
Views
Translations

Database Migrations and Seeders

Run the migrations to create the required database tables:

php artisan migrate

Publish and run the database seeders:

# Publish all seeders
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=manta-seeders

# Run all seeders at once
php artisan db:seed --class="Database\Seeders\MantaDatabaseSeeder"

# Or run individual seeders:
php artisan db:seed --class="Database\Seeders\MantaStaffSeeder"  # Only seed staff
php artisan db:seed --class="Database\Seeders\MantaUserSeeder"   # Only seed users

Features

Manta CMS offers the following functionality:

Content Management

Full page and content management
File management with advanced upload capabilities
Multilingual support (NL/EN)
User management with extensive permission structure
Staff authentication with dedicated guard

Blade Components

Manta includes several useful Blade components:

<x-manta::website.page />: For displaying pages
<x-manta::website.translator />: For translation functionality

Livewire Components

Manta includes various Livewire components, including:

Page components
Staff components
User components
Upload components
Translator components

Models

The CMS includes several base models:

Upload: For managing file uploads
User: An extensive user model with additional functionality
Staff: For administrators with dedicated authentication
Page: For managing pages

You can extend these models or use them as a base for your own models.

Traits

The CMS includes several useful traits that you can use to extend your models:

HasTranslations: For adding translations to your models
HasUploads: For managing file uploads
MantaMaps: For map functionality integration
MantaPagerow: For pagination functionality
Manta: Base Manta functionality
Sortable: For model sorting
Website: For website-specific functionality
WithSorting: For advanced sorting functionality
StaffTrait: For Staff functionality
TableRowTrait: For table display

Views

The CMS includes a complete set of predefined views and layouts that you can use or extend.

Helpers

Various helper functions are available for use in your application.

Extending

Extending Models

You can extend the base models:

use Darvis\Manta\Models\User as MantaUser;

class User extends MantaUser
{
    // Your custom functionality here
}

Using Traits

You can add the traits to your models:

use Darvis\Manta\Traits\HasTranslations;
use Darvis\Manta\Traits\Sortable;

class YourModel extends Model
{
    use HasTranslations;
    use Sortable;
}

Future Development

This is just the beginning for Manta. Future updates will include new features, improved performance, and more extensive documentation.

Feedback and Contributions

Feedback, bug reports, and pull requests are welcome. Together we can make Manta even better.

License

This CMS is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.

darvis / manta

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