README

A backend for dedicated products implementing an easy to use content management system and exposes data through an API specifically tailored for web and mobile.

Installation

Composer

• install composer
• create your agency based project with composer create-project vinelab/agency my-project

Setup

• let Laravel know what environment you're running under in bootstrap/start.php by checking this line:

$env = $app->detectEnvironment(array(

    'development' => array('agency-develop') // as set in http://githb.com//vinelab/agency-deployment-provisioning

));

• make sure the database is configured as expected in app/config/[environment]/database.php

Database Migration and Seeding

inside the project directory:

• migrate with php artisan migrate
• seed with php artisan db:seed

Launch

If you're following the steps in the deployment repo, visiting http://agency.dev:7878 should open it up.

• login to the CMS by visiting http://agency.dev:7878/cms
  • user: admin@vinelab.com
  • pass: meh

remember to change them after logging in

Features

• Multi admin access control with fine-grained role/permission assignment
• Token based authenticated API to expose content to all sorts of consumers (mobile, web, third-parties, etc.)
• Very cool looking and customizable interface 😎 thanks to Ace Admin
• Amazon AWS S3 CDN support for uploaded assets
• Image cropping with specified ratio and/or size
• Organize and retrieve content by sections and categories
• Youtube video integration
• Harmless text editor that cleans the 💩 out of any text inserted or pasted in