Introduction

A Laravel publishing platform. Canvas is a fully open source package to extend your application and get you up-and-running with a blog in just a few minutes. In addition to a distraction-free writing experience, you can view monthly trends on your content, get insights into reader traffic and more!

Installation

Note: Canvas requires you to have user authentication in place prior to installation. You may run the make:auth Artisan command to satisfy this requirement.

You may use composer to install Canvas into your Laravel project:

composer require cnvs/canvas

Publish the assets and primary configuration file using the canvas:install Artisan command:

php artisan canvas:install

Create a symbolic link to ensure file uploads are publicly accessible from the web using the storage:link Artisan command:

php artisan storage:link

Configuration

Note: The following steps are optional configurations, you are not required to complete them.

Want to get started fast? Just run php artisan canvas:setup after installing Canvas. A --data option may also be included in the command to generate demo data. Then, navigate your browser to http://your-app.test/blog or any other URL that is assigned to your application. This command scaffolds a default frontend for your entire blog!

If you want to include Unsplash images in your post content, set up a new application at https://unsplash.com/oauth/applications. Grab your access key and update config/canvas.php:

'unsplash' => [
    'access_key' => env('CANVAS_UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY'),
],

Want a weekly summary? Canvas provides support for a weekly e-mail that gives you quick stats of the content you've authored, delivered straight to your inbox. Once your application is configured for sending mail, update config/canvas.php:

'mail' => [
    'enabled' => env('CANVAS_MAIL_ENABLED', false),
],

Since the weekly digest runs on Laravel's Scheduler, you'll need to add the following cron entry to your server:

* * * * * cd /path-to-your-project && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

Updates

You may update your Canvas installation using composer:

composer update

Run any new migrations using the migrate Artisan command:

php artisan migrate

Re-publish the assets using the canvas:publish Artisan command:

php artisan canvas:publish

Testing

Run the tests with:

composer test

License

Canvas is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Credits

• The team that continues to support and develop this project
• Thanks to Mohamed Said and his project Wink for inspring much of the design
• Anyone who has contributed a patch or made a helpful suggestion