Implement contact form functionality

.env.example

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SITE_DESC=A website template
 APP_ENV=local
 APP_DEBUG=true
 APP_KEY=random_string
-APP_URL=http://localhost
+APP_URL=http://template.hypothetic.al
 
 DB_HOST=localhost
 DB_DATABASE=hypothetical
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ CACHE_DRIVER=file
 SESSION_DRIVER=file
 QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
 
+MAIL_SENDTO=null
+
 MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
 MAIL_HOST=null
 MAIL_PORT=587
+MAIL_ADDRESS=null
 MAIL_USERNAME=null
 MAIL_PASSWORD=null
-MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
+MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 /bower_components
 /public/build
 /public/css
-/public/fonts
 /public/js
 .env

app/Http/Controllers/ContactController.php

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Mail;
+use App\Models\Contact;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+class ContactController extends Controller
+{
+    public function postContactSubmit(Request $request)
+    {
+        $this->validate($request, [
+            'name'    => 'required',
+            'email'   => 'required|email',
+            'message' => 'required'
+        ]);
+
+        $contact = new Contact;
+
+        $name    = $request['name'];
+        $email   = $request['email'];
+        $message = $request['message'];
+
+        $contact->name = $name;
+        $contact->email = $email;
+        $contact->message = $message;
+        $contact->save();
+
+        // Send the email if this is the production environment
+        if (env('MAIL_SENDTO') != null) {
+            Mail::send('email.contact', [ 'contact' => $contact ], function ($mail) use ($contact) {
+                $mail->from(env('MAIL_ADDRESS'), env('SITE_NAME'))
+                    ->to(env('MAIL_SENDTO'))
+                    ->subject('Contact form submission');
+            });
+        }
+
+        return 'success';
+    }
+}

app/Http/routes.php

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ Route::get('/', function () {
     return view('website.home');
 });
 
+Route::get('/contact', function() {
+    return view('website.contact');
+});
+
+Route::post('/contact-submit', 'ContactController@postContactSubmit');
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Content Management Routes

app/Models/Contact.php

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class Contact extends Model
+{
+    // the contact table
+    protected $table = 'contact';
+}

database/migrations/2015_12_14_200624_add_contact_table.php

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class AddContactTable extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::create('contact', function(Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->increments('id');
+            $table->string('name');
+            $table->string('email');
+            $table->text('message');
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::drop('contact');
+    }
+}

gulpfile.js

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ elixir.config.autoprefix = {
 // javascript files in resources/assets/js/
 var jsLocal = [
     'site-vars.js',
+    'contact.js',
     'app.js'
 ];
 

resources/assets/js/app.js

@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-console.log('app.js has been run');
+// run once the document is ready
+$(document).ready(function() {
+    // initialize the contact form
+    if ($('#contact-form').length)
+        contactFormInit();
+});

resources/assets/js/contact.js

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// contact page functionality
+function contactFormInit() {
+    var $form = $('#contact-form'),
+        $notify = $('#notification'),
+        contact = {},
+        submitting = false;
+
+    var getContactData = function() {
+        contact = {
+            name:    $('#name').val(),
+            email:   $('#email').val(),
+            message: $('#message').val(),
+            _token:  $('#token').val()
+        };
+    };
+
+    $('#submit').on('click', function(e) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+
+        if (!submitting) {
+            submitting = true;
+            getContactData();
+
+            $.ajax({
+                type: 'POST',
+                url:  '/contact-submit',
+                data: contact
+            }).always(function(response) {
+                $form.find('.error').removeClass('error');
+                $notify.removeClass('visible');
+
+                if (response === 'success') {
+                    $notify.text('Thanks for your message!').addClass('success').addClass('visible');
+                } else {
+                    var responseJSON = response.responseJSON,
+                        errors = 0;
+
+                    // add the error class to fields that haven't been filled out
+                    for (var prop in responseJSON) {
+                        if (responseJSON.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
+                            $('#' + prop).addClass('error');
+                            errors++;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (errors > 0) {
+                        $notify.find('span').text(errors);
+                        $notify.addClass('visible');
+                    }
+
+                    // re-enable submitting
+                    submitting = false;
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    });
+}

resources/assets/less/app.less

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 // Supplementary
 @import "elements/**";
+@import "pages/**";
 
 /*
  |

resources/assets/less/var.less

@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 @c_text_light: #fff;    // light text
 @c_base:       #0088cc; // base
 @c_accent:     #f5f5f5; // accent
+@c_error:      #ff0000; // error

resources/assets/less/website/contact.less

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#contact-form {
+    margin-top: 35px;
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
+
+    input, textarea {
+        width: 100%;
+        margin-bottom: 20px;
+        padding: 5px 10px;
+        font-size: 14px;
+        background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
+        border: 2px solid fade(@c_text, 25%);
+        transition: border 100ms;
+        &:focus { border: 2px solid fade(@c_base, 60%); }
+        &.error { border: 2px solid @c_error; }
+    }
+
+    textarea {
+        resize: none;
+        height: 150px;
+    }
+
+    #submit {
+        text-align: center;
+        font-weight: bold;
+        color: @c_text_light;
+        background-color: lighten(@c_base, 5%);
+        transition: background-color 100ms;
+        &:hover { background-color: @c_base; }
+    }
+
+    #notification {
+        margin: 0px auto 15px auto;
+        padding: 5px 10px;
+        color: @c_text_light;
+        text-align: center;
+        font-size: 14px;
+        opacity: 0;
+        background-color: lighten(@c_error, 15%);
+        transition: opacity 100ms;
+        &.visible { opacity: 1; }
+        span { font-weight: bold; }
+
+        &.success {
+            background-color: transparent;
+            color: @c_text;
+            font-weight: bold;
+        }
+    }
+}

resources/views/auth.blade.php

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @section('page-content')
     <div class="container auth-container">
         <div class="row">
-        <div class="col-xs-6 col-xs-push-3">
+            <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
                 @yield('auth-form')
             </div>
         </div>

resources/views/contact.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8">
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <p>Name: {{ $contact['name'] }}</p>
+        <p>Email: {{ $contact['email'] }}</p>
+        <p>{{ $contact['message'] }}</p>
+    </body>
+</html>

resources/views/email/contact.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8">
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <p><strong>Name:</strong> {{ $contact['name'] }}</p>
+        <p><strong>Email:</strong> {{ $contact['email'] }}</p>
+        <p>{{ $contact['message'] }}</p>
+    </body>
+</html>

resources/views/website/contact.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+@extends('public')
+
+@section('page-content')
+
+    <div class="container">
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-xs-12">
+                <h1>Contact</h1>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-md-push-2">
+                <div id="contact-form">
+                    <form action="#" method="POST" accept-charset="UTF-8">
+                        <input type="hidden" name="_token" id="token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}" />
+                        <input type="text" name="name" id="name" placeholder="Name" /><br />
+                        <input type="text" name="email" id="email" placeholder="Email" /><br />
+                        <textarea name="message" id="message" placeholder="Message"></textarea>
+
+                        <input id="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
+                    </form>
+
+                    <div id="notification"><strong>Error:</strong> There were problems with the <span>0</span> fields highlighted above</div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+@endsection