iz5clj / icv

Install

• git clone this repo in the directory of your choice. Or make a repo from this template.

• composer install will install all necessary packages in vendor directory.

• Because I am using clockwork, inside the storage directory, create a clockwork directory and chmod 775 storage/clockwork. this directory shoud be already created.

• chmod -R 775 databse/ storage/ will give apache the write permissions to thos 2 directories.

• If you use SqLite, touch database/database.sqlite will create an empty file.

• chmod 775 database/database.sqlite will give write permissions to apache to use this file.

• In my case I also give 775 to public/assets/images directory because my app store the avatar images in that directory. This is maybe something to change in the future, and use the storage directory with a symlink.

• php artisan storage:link will create 2 symlinks in the public directory:

  • avatar -> storage/app/public/assets/images/avatar/
  • storage -> storage/app/public/

• Check that the file storage/app/public//assets/images/avatar/default.png exists.

• In the file webpack.mix.js change the proxy variable with your desired url.

• run npm install to install all the necessary js and css libraries.

• Create a new .env file, or create it from copying the existing .env.example.

• run php artisan ide-helper:generate. Necessary for your editor to recognize all the classes and functions.
  Reload your editor if it is opened.

• Run this command to generate a key for Laravel's encrypter: php artisan key:generate.

• php artisan migrate:refresh --seed to create the tables in the database and seed some users.

• If you are working in a Windows environement update your hosts file with correct settings: domain name and ip.

• If you are working in a mixed environement (linux+windows) update the hosts file in linux also.

• Choose wich icons to use: Fontawesome or Google icons.

• The bootstrap version of the auth package from laravel has already been downloaded and installed. Laravel docs

TODO

• Where to store avatar images?
  All the logic behind the storage and check,
  Check if it is a goof idea to make it nullable in database tables
  Where to store the files? in the storage directory.