Laravel 5 system requirementes:

• PHP >= 5.4
• Mcrypt PHP Extension
• OpenSSL PHP Extension
• Mbstring PHP Extension

As of PHP 5.5, some OS distributions may require you to manually install the PHP JSON extension.. When using Ubuntu, this can be done via apt-get install php5-json.

Laravel utilizes Composer to manage its dependencies.

You will also need to install NodeJS and then run:

sudo npm install -g bower

to install Bower.

• Clone the project.
• cd private
• npm install
• bower install
• composer install

Read the installation instructions at Laravel's website on the Configuration chapter for more information about the next steps.

Duplicate the file .env.example at /private and name it .env. Set the correct values for your environment.

These values can also be set via system environment variables (ex: via SetEnv on Apache configuration files).

Finally load the application on your web browser by specifying the base URL for it.

ex: http://localhost/~your_username/laravel5-aminLTE, if you're developing on a Mac.

You should see a very simple page with a big Laravel title. That is a placeholder page that you can later replace by your website's home page.

To access the administration backend, click the "Administration" link, or open the /admin URL.

This slightly modified folder structure is more suitable for deployment on a standard linux box, as it doesn't pollute the application user's home folder with lots of files and folders, and the public folder also matches the typical public_html folder found on a user's home directory when publishing sites using Apache.

License: MIT

Created by Impactwave, Lda