README

Minimalist CMS for Laravel

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:

$ php artisan make:auth
$ composer require vvvkor/laravel-cms-base
$ php artisan migrate
$ php artisan make:cms

Configure database (if you have not alredy)

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 .

Enable authorization (if you have not alredy)

$ php artisan make:auth

Require CMS package

$ composer require vvvkor/laravel-cms-base

Add service provider (if auto-discovery is disabled)

In config/app.php add to providers section

vvvkor\cms\cmsServiceProvider::class,

and to aliases section

'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

$ php artisan make:cms

or add manually to routes/web.php

Cms::routes();

Publish views, translations, config (optional)

Copy stuff to your app if you want to modify it.
Views are marked with Bootstrap classes.

$ php artisan vendor:publish --provider=vvvkor\laravel-cms-base\CmsServiceProvider

Use WYSIWYG CKEditor (optional)

You can use CKEditor for visual formatting of texts.

$ composer require unisharp/laravel-ckeditor