README

Simple Laravel Nova module which allows you to manage a blog within your Laravel application.

Installation

Installation for this package is simple, just require the package via composer:

composer require creode/laravel-nova-blog

Usage

Migrations

Once installed, you will need to run the migrations to create the required database tables:

php artisan migrate

Configuration

You will also need to publish the config file to set up the required settings:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="nova-blog-config"

This will create a config/nova-blog.php file which you can use to configure the package.

Publishing Views

You can also publish the views to customise the look and feel of the blog:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="nova-blog-views"

This will create a resources/views/vendor/nova-blog directory which you can use to customise the views.

Customising the Blog Model

The default Blog model can be replaced to allow you to add new features to it within your main application. This can easily be done by changing the model in the config/nova-blog.php file:

// config/nova-blog.php
return [
    ...
    'post_model' => App\NovaBlog::class,
    ...
];

Registering Routes

This application exposes a route which will show a simple published blog on the frontend of the website. In order to use this, you will need to register the RouteServiceProvider within your config/app.php file:

// config/app.php
'providers' => [
    ...
    Creode\LaravelNovaBlog\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
    ...
],

Querying Blogs

You can make queries on blogs by using the Repository class:

use Creode\LaravelNovaBlog\Repositories\BlogRepository;

$blogRepository = new BlogRepository();
$blogs = $blogRepository->all();

Seeding Blog Posts

You can seed the blog posts using the BlogDatabaseSeeder class:

php artisan db:seed --class="Creode\LaravelNovaBlog\Database\Seeders\BlogDatabaseSeeder"