README

Making it simple to theme a Laravel application (front-end).

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Installation

composer require simplepleb/themes

Publish config and working themes using artisan CLI.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="SimplePleb\Theme\ThemeServiceProvider"

Before Updating Package

Before you run composer update and if you have edited any of the included themes,

• Duplicate the folder for the edited theme
• Update the theme.json file (theme name and slug) in the new folder.

This is done to avoid the update overwriting your changes with any updates made to the module package.

After Package Update: Publish themes library for updates

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=themes 

Usage from controller method

	// themes included with package hustbee, oreo, more coming
    Theme::uses('hustbee');  // change to the name of your theme
            
    $data['info'] = 'Hello World'; 
    
    return Theme::view('index', $data);

Settings

Each theme can add custom settings to Laravel by adding a file custom_fields.json to the theme's folder. These fields generate a complete setting's form within Laravel.

{
    "fields": [
        { "field_name": "home_title", "field_type": "textbox", "field_options": "", "field_help": "", "field_value": "Welcome Home"},
        { "field_name": "footer_text", "field_type": "textarea", "field_options": "", "field_help": "Placed on the bottom of every page", "field_value": "Thanks for visiting"},
        { "field_name": "home_intro", "field_type": "wysiwyg", "field_options": "", "field_help": "", "field_value": "<h1>Thanks for visiting</h1>"},
        { "field_name": "enable_customizer", "field_type": "checkbox", "field_options": "", "field_help": "Show style customizer", "field_value": "Thanks for visiting"},
        { "field_name": "test_select", "field_type": "select2", "field_options": "White,Yellow,Black", "field_help": "Tests the select", "field_value": "White"}
    ]

}

Custom Menus

Themes can make footer or other <ul> lists easy to modify by adding menus to the file custom_fields.json

"menus": [
        { "menu_name":  "hustbee_footer_1", "menu_class":  "", "links": [
            { "title": "About Us", "url": "/about_us", "li_class": "", "link_class": "", "parent": 0, "order": 0 },
            { "title": "Press & Media", "url": "/press-media", "li_class": "", "link_class": "", "parent": 0, "order": 0 },
            { "title": "News & Blog", "url": "/blog", "li_class": "", "link_class": "", "parent": 0, "order": 0 } ,
            { "title": "Contact Us", "url": "/contact-us", "li_class": "", "link_class": "", "parent": 0, "order": 0 },
            { "title": "Careers", "url": "/careers", "li_class": "", "link_class": "", "parent": 0, "order": 0 }
        ] },
        { "menu_name":  "hustbee_footer_2", "menu_class":  "nav navbar-nav navbar-nav-centered", "links": [
            { "title": "About Us", "url": "/about_us", "li_class": "nav-item", "link_class": "nav-link", "parent": 0, "order": 0  },
            { "title": "Press & Media", "url": "/press-media", "li_class": "nav-item", "link_class": "nav-link", "parent": 0, "order": 0  }
        ] }
    ]

For a complete example take a look at the theme 'hustbee' which has these features enabled. For an easier way to manage menus and make them easily edited and managed. Take a look at the Menu Maker Module.

Screenshots Of Sample Themes

Oreo

Digincy

Hustbee

References

• Based On Teeplus/Laravel-Theme