Lite Blog - A Laravel Blog Generator

Lite Blog a minimal full (frontend & backend) blog generator built with tailwindcss and wink a laravel publishing platform by Mohamed Said. The frontend is a replicate of jigsaw blog template.

I made a blog post on how to get started. Check it here.

Roadmap

• Add Laravel 8 compatibility
• Blog Theme Feature(just like WordPress)
• Free Sample Blog Themes
• Blog Theme Development Docs
• Optimized SEO
• Optimized sitemap

Requirement

Lite Blog make use of Laravel 7, so make sure you have meet Laravel 6 server requirements.

Requires >= PHP 7.3

Installation

You can install the Lite Blog via composer create-project

composer create-project --prefer-dist  stephenjude/lite-blog myblog

cd myblog

Create your database and update your .env file. Make sure you update you APP_URL. Here is an example:

APP_URL=http://myblog.test

Setup your blog.

php artisan setup:blog

Start the local development server

php artisan serve

Configs

Site Config

Update site details in the config/services.php file.

'meta' => [
    'site_name' => 'My Perosnal Blog',
    'mantra' => 'Web & Mobile Developer',      
],

Social Profile Links

Update site social profile link in the config/services.php file.

'social' => [
    'linkedin' => 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/',
    'email' => 'mailto:mail@gmail.com',
    'medium' => 'https://medium.com/@username',
    'github' => 'https://github.com/username',
    'twitter' => 'https://twitter.com/username',
    'atom' => '#',
],

Unsplash Integration

To use unsplash images add this to your .env file

UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Usage

Routes	Url
Homepage	myblog.test
List Articles	myblog.test/articles
View Published Article	myblog.test/articles/{slug}
View Draft Article	myblog.test/draft/{slug}/preview
Editor (Publishing Platform)	myblog.test/editor
Refresh Indexed Articles	myblog.test/fresh

Compiling assets (Optional)

npm install

npm run dev

Screenshots

About

Newsletter

Publishing Platform (Wink)

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email stephen@deacons.online instead of using the issue tracker.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.