OctoberCMS Boilerplate

by VhieArch

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October is a powerful CMS based on Laravel PHP Framework.

Prerequisites

1. PHP > 5.5.9
2. MySQL
3. Composer
4. Bower

Getting Started

1. Clone to your base project directory.

   git clone https://bitbuket.org/vhiearch/october-boilerplate.git <project-name>
   

2. Don't forget to remove .git folder, create your own repository.

3. Install composer dependencies.

   composer install
   

4. Create configuration file .env (copy from .env.example) and set the database configuration.

   DB_HOST=localhost
   DB_DATABASE=<database-name>
   DB_USERNAME=<database-user>
   DB_PASSWORD=<database-password>
   

5. Migrate October database.

   php artisan october:up
   

6. Install frontend library (it's optional, folder bower_components exists by default).

   bower install
   

7. For security reason, please generate new application key.

   php artisan key:generate
   

Plugins

In this boilerplate, we've installed:

1. RainLab.User
2. RainLab.Pages
3. RainLab.Sitemap
4. RainLab.GoogleAnalytics
5. October.Drivers
6. Bedard.Debugbar
7. Triasrahman.Premailer
8. Mja.Mail

More plugins that we recommend (not installed yet):

1. RainLab.Blog
2. Responsiv.Uploader
3. eBussola.Feedback

To install plugin, run the command:

php artisan plugin:install <plugin-name>

Frontend Libraries

All frontend libraries are managed using bower. These packages are installed by default:

1. Bootstrap
2. jQuery
3. Font Awesome
4. Parsley JS
5. FastClick

To install additional library, run the command:

bower install --save <package-name>

Coding Standards

Please follow the following guides and code standards:

• PSR 4 Coding Standards
• PSR 2 Coding Style Guide
• PSR 1 Coding Standards