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AdminLTE Extension for Yii 2

AdminLTE Asset Bundle for Yii2 Framework

This is the AdminLTE extension for Yii framework 2.0. It encapsulates AdminLTE distribution assets and thus makes using AdminLTE in Yii applications extremely easy.

DEMONSTRATION

INSTALLATION

The preferred install way is through Composer:

composer require yidas/yii2-adminlte

Or you could also edit composer.json with adding package in require section then run composer update.

"yidas/yii2-adminlte": "~2.1.0"

CONFIGURATION

Register or depend Asset into your application:

yidas\adminlte\AdminlteAsset

For eaxmple, to register AdminLTE assets in view :

\yidas\adminlte\AdminlteAsset::register($this);

Or as dependency in your app asset bundle :

namespace app\assets;
use yii\web\AssetBundle;
class AppAsset extends AssetBundle
{
    public $basePath = '@webroot';
    public $baseUrl = '@web';
    public $css = [
        'css/site.css',
    ];
    public $js = [
    ];
    public $depends = [
        'yidas\adminlte\AdminlteAsset'
    ];
}

CUSTOMIZATION

Skin

Configurate asset in config file:

'components' => [
    'assetManager' => [
        'bundles' => [
            'yidas\adminlte\AdminlteAsset' => [
                'skin' => 'skin-black',
            ],
        ],
    ],
],

USAGE

Version Control

Update dependent packages

composer update yidas/yii2-adminlte

Update newest AdminLTE version

composer update almasaeed2010/AdminLTE

Specify a AdminLTE version

composer require almasaeed2010/AdminLTE 2.4.0

PLUGINS

This package provides asset bundles of AdminLTE plugins:

iCheck

Register or depend Asset into your application:

yidas\yii2\adminlte\plugins\iCheckAsset

You could additionally register AdminLTE iCheck assets in view:

\yidas\yii2\adminlte\plugins\iCheckAsset::register($this);

Skin

'components' => [
    'assetManager' => [
        'bundles' => [
            'yidas\yii2\adminlte\plugins\iCheckAsset' => [
                'skin' => 'flat/aero',
            ],
        ],
    ],
],

TEMPLATES

Once the extension is installed, you can have a preview by reconfiguring the path mappings of the view component in config:

    'components' => [
        'view' => [
            'theme' => [
                'pathMap' => [
                   '@app/views' => '@vendor/yidas/yii2-adminlte/templates/example'
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],

Support both Yii 2 Advanced Application Template or Basic Application Template.

Example Templates

There are several implemented examples of AdminLTE layout for startup.

'@app/views' => '@vendor/yidas/yii2-adminlte/templates/simple'

'@app/views' => '@vendor/yidas/yii2-adminlte/templates/simple_zh-TW'