BlogCafé is a simple Single Page Blog Application built with Laravel 5.8 and Vue2.

BlogCafé allows users create accounts, create blog posts with multiple images upload feature, view all blog posts and view a single blog post content.

BlogCafé is a end product of a blog tutorial I wrote detailing how to build and implement a blog system with multiple image upload using Vuejs(a frontend SPA) and Laravel.

• Login
• Register
• Multiple Image upload
• Create Blog Post
• View Blog Post

Clone repository

clone repository to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/MartinsOnuoha/BlogCafe.git

Change Directory

Navigate into the project directory

cd BlogCafe

Copy .env file

copy content of the environment file

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env file

Update .env file with DB information

  DB_CONNECTION=mysql
  DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
  DB_PORT=3306
  DB_DATABASE=blogcafe
  DB_USERNAME=root
  DB_PASSWORD=grimesBottom

Install laravel packages

Remove composer.lock file and install packages

rm composer.lock

composer install

Generate Key

Generate application key from your terminal

php artisan key:generate

Install npm packages

Remove package-lock.json file and install npm packages

rm package-lock.json

npm i

Run Migrations

Run database migrations and seed the post tables

php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

Start Application

php artisan serve

Go to localhost:8000 and register, start blogging 🎉