Yii2 Metronic theme integration. Currently is supported the version 4.6
To use this extension it is required to buy own license for Metronic theme from https://themeforest.net/item/metronic-responsive-admin-dashboard-template/4021469?ref=keenthemes
The extension is in development and the only way to use this fork is through through composer.
So add it to your composer.json with this composer command:
php composer.phar require dlds/yii2-metronic dev-master
Then You've to unzip the contents of your metronic Zip theme inside the @webroot/metronic folder. Check Aliases.
You should have a folder structure like this:
- app/
- web/
- metronic/
- _documentation
- _resources
- _start
- theme
- theme_rtl
- metronic/
- web/
Edit your config/web.php configuration file and add the metronic component:
'components' => [
'metronic'=>[
'class'=>'dlds\metronic\Metronic',
'resources'=>'[path to my web]/web/metronic/assets/theme/assets',
'style'=>\dlds\metronic\Metronic::STYLE_MATERIAL,
'theme'=>\dlds\metronic\Metronic::THEME_LIGHT,
'layoutOption'=>\dlds\metronic\Metronic::LAYOUT_FLUID,
'headerOption'=>\dlds\metronic\Metronic::HEADER_FIXED,
'sidebarPosition'=>\dlds\metronic\Metronic::SIDEBAR_POSITION_LEFT,
'sidebarOption'=>\dlds\metronic\Metronic::SIDEBAR_MENU_ACCORDION,
'footerOption'=>\dlds\metronic\Metronic::FOOTER_FIXED,
],
]
WARNING Check the "resources" key. This component field is used to locate the content of the zip theme. The component try to create a symlink to this directory inside it's folder. Eventually this may not work! In the case the link is invalid, you've to build it by yourself :)
My vendor folder looks like this:
- app/
- [...]
- vendor/
- dlds/
- yii2-metronic/
- assets -> symlink to /var/www/project/web/metronic/assets/theme/assets
- builders/
- bundles/
- helpers/
- layouts/
- widgets/
- yii2-metronic/
- dlds/
I suggest also to configure the assetManager. My actual configuration is this:
'assetManager' => [
'linkAssets' => true,
'bundles' => [
'yii\web\JqueryAsset' => [
'sourcePath' => null, // do not publish the bundle
'js' => [
'//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.2.min.js', // use custom jquery
]
],
'dlds\metronic\bundles\ThemeAsset' => [
'addons'=>[
'default/login'=>[
'css'=>[
'pages/css/login-4.min.css',
],
'js'=>[
'global/plugins/backstretch/jquery.backstretch.min.js',
]
],
]
],
],
],
In the ThemeAsset class i've added the support for addons. You can specify additional css/js for specific controller/action.
In the example is visible the way to add login-4.min.css and jquery.backstretch.min.js to the login page (in my case, the actionLogin is managed by a controller named DefaultController).
Configuring the layout for your views is the last step.
The metronic component contains a sample layout view. I've not checked it. I'm working on my layout :)
Here is my sample views/layout/main.php:
<?php
/* @var $this \yii\web\View */
/* @var $content string */
use yii\helpers\Html;
use dlds\metronic\helpers\Layout;
use dlds\metronic\Metronic;
$asset = Metronic::registerThemeAsset($this);
$directoryAsset = Yii::$app->assetManager->getPublishedUrl($asset->sourcePath);
?>
<?php $this->beginPage() ?>
<!--[if IE 8]> <html lang="<?= Yii::$app->language ?>" class="ie8 no-js"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 9]> <html lang="<?= Yii::$app->language ?>" class="ie9 no-js"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]><!-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="<?= Yii::$app->language ?>">
<!--<![endif]-->
<head>
<meta charset="<?= Yii::$app->charset ?>">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<?= Html::csrfMetaTags() ?>
<title><?= Html::encode($this->title) ?></title>
<?php $this->head() ?>
</head>
<body <?= Layout::getHtmlOptions('body',['class'=>'page-container-bg-solid'],true) ?>>
<?php $this->beginBody() ?>
<?= $this->render('parts/header.php', ['directoryAsset' => $directoryAsset]) ?>
<!-- BEGIN CONTAINER -->
<div class="page-container">
<?= $this->render('parts/sidebar.php', ['directoryAsset' => $directoryAsset]) ?>
<?= $this->render('parts/content.php', ['content' => $content, 'directoryAsset' => $directoryAsset]) ?>
</div>
<?= $this->render('parts/footer.php', ['directoryAsset' => $directoryAsset]) ?>
<?php $this->endBody() ?>
</body>
</html>
<?php $this->endPage() ?>
Metronic theme require that you replace yii\helpers\Html with it's helper. So, you have to add a config/bootstrap.php with the following content:
<?php
Yii::$classMap['yii\helpers\Html'] = '@vendor/dlds/yii2-metronic/helpers/Html.php';
?>
The file bootstrap.php should be loaded before the web application is created. So you need to edit your web/index.php file
and adjust it, and add a require directive. The file content should look like this:
<?php
// comment out the following two lines when deployed to production
defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG', true);
defined('YII_ENV') or define('YII_ENV', 'dev');
require(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php');
require(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/yiisoft/yii2/Yii.php');
$config = require(__DIR__ . '/../config/web.php');
require(__DIR__ . '/../config/bootstrap.php');
(new yii\web\Application($config))->run();
Things to notice:
- I've moved the rendering of the main parts to separate files (parts/*). You can build this files and add them to your project.
- I pass everywhere the $directoryAsset variable: this contain the path to the assets. Useful to load images bundled with the metronic theme.
- the BODY tag is managed with a Layout::getHtmlOptions(). This method is able to build all the Metronic required classes.
- Always check to use $this->beginPage(), $this->beginBody() and relatives $this->endBody() and $this->endPage() in the proper places :)