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Yii2 Blog

Publications manager for Yii2.

The module have multilanguage support and integration with Sitemaps, RSS-feeds, Google AMP and Yandex.Turbo modules.

This module is an integral part of the Butterfly.СMS content management system, but can also be used as an standalone extension.

Requirements

PHP 5.6 or higher
Yii2 v.2.0.40 and newest
Yii2 Base module (required)
Yii2 Translations module (optionaly)
Yii2 Editor widget
Yii2 SelectInput
Yii2 TagsInput widget

Installation

To install the module, run the following command in the console:

$ composer require "wdmg/yii2-blog"

After configure db connection, run the following command in the console:

$ php yii blog/init

And select the operation you want to perform:

Apply all module migrations
Revert all module migrations

Migrations

In any case, you can execute the migration and create the initial data, run the following command in the console:

$ php yii migrate --migrationPath=@vendor/wdmg/yii2-blog/migrations

Configure

To add a module to the project, add the following data in your configuration file:

'modules' => [
    ...
    'blog' => [
        'class' => 'wdmg\blog\Module',
        'routePrefix' => 'admin',
        'baseRoute'  => '/blog', // route for frontend (string or array), use "/" - for root
        'baseLayout' => '@app/views/layouts/main', // the default layout to render blog
        'imagePath' => '/uploads/blog' // the default path to save blog thumbnails in @webroot
    ],
    ...
],

Routing

Use the Module::dashboardNavItems() method of the module to generate a navigation items list for NavBar, like this:

<?php
    echo Nav::widget([
    'options' => ['class' => 'navbar-nav navbar-right'],
        'label' => 'Modules',
        'items' => [
            Yii::$app->getModule('blog')->dashboardNavItems(),
            ...
        ]
    ]);
?>

Status and version [ready to use]

v.1.3.0 - Fixes, update dependencies, copyrights
v.1.2.4 - RBAC implementation
v.1.2.3 - URL redirect notify, defaultController property, update dependencies and README.md
v.1.2.2 - Fixed JsonValidator in dependencies
v.1.2.1 - Added AliasInput::widget()
v.1.2.0 - Multi-language support
v.1.1.4 - Log activity
v.1.1.3 - Added pagination
v.1.1.2 - Added default sort and fix breadcrumbs
v.1.1.1 - Filter posts by categories and tags (view dashboard)
v.1.1.0 - Added CRUD for taxonomy (Categories, Tags)
v.1.0.1 - Added migrations, CRUD and models for Categories, Tags

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