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# Hypothetical Template
The Hypothetical website template based on Laravel 5.6
The Hypothetical website bootstrap template.
* Written and maintained by Kevin MacMartin
* Based on Laravel 5.6
## Setup
The following steps can be followed to get things running for the first time:
1. Copy the `.env.example` file to `.env` and configure its values as required.
2. Create a new database named whatever you've set `DB_DATABASE` to in the `.env` file.
3. Run the `init.sh` script and wait for it to complete.
### Environment File
The `.env` file includes deployment-specific configuration options, and Laravel has documentation explaining it in further detail [HERE](https://laravel.com/docs/configuration).
The `APP_ENV` and `APP_DEBUG` variables should be configured in one of the following combinations depending on the scenario:
* Local development should be configured with `APP_ENV=local` and `APP_DEBUG=true`.
* A remote staging server should be configured with `APP_ENV=staging` and `APP_DEBUG=true`.
* A remote production server should be configured with `APP_ENV=production` and `APP_DEBUG=false`.
### Init Script
The `init.sh` script is located in the root of the project and is used to keep the database and compiled assets in sync with the codebase.
It's the recommended way to handle the initial project setup, and can also be run manually or by deployment scripts to keep things up to date after pulling in changes.
The following steps are performed in this order when run:
1. Checks the local system for dependencies required by the script and exits with an error if any are missing.
2. Checks to see if the `.env` file exists and exits with an error if it doesn't.
3. (artisan) Puts the website in maintenance mode.
4. Downloads and updates non-development composer dependencies.
5. Checks to see if the `APP_KEY` variable in the `.env` file is empty, and if it is, generates a value for it.
6. Clears the route and blade cache to ensure everything will be build fresh against the current codebase and dependencies.
7. Updates the `CACHE_BUST` variable in the `.env` file, which changes the value of a `version` query string appended to compiled assets and prevents clients from using a previous version in their cache.
8. (artisan) Run new database migrations.
9. Cleans, downloads and updates npm dependencies.
10. Cleans, downloads and updates bower dependencies.
11. Builds `public/fonts` with `gulp --production` (using the local version of gulp installed in `node_modules`).
12. (artisan) Takes the website out of maintenance mode.
**NOTE**: Items with `(artisan)` prepended to them won't be run if `init.sh` is run with the `--no-artisan` flag.
## Utilities
### Language
### Gulp
The default language is set by the `DEFAULT_LANGUAGE` variable in the `.env` file. This will be the language used until it is changed, which can be done using the `/language/{lang}` route or directly using `Language::setSessionLanguage($lang)` where in both cases `lang` is the language code for a given language.
In the root of the project is a file named `gulpfile.js` that can be used by `gulp` to copy fonts, compile javascript and sass, and watch files for changes during development.
In the view, a block of text can be configured with multiple languages using the following syntax:
Reading through its contents is encouraged for a complete understanding of what it does, but the following commands should handle most of what it's needed for out of the box:
```php
@lang([
'en' => "This is a sentence",
'fr' => "C'est une phrase"
])
```
* `gulp`: Update the compiled javascript and css in `public/js` and `public/css`, and copy fonts to `public/fonts`.
* `gulp --production`: Does the same as `gulp` except the compiled javascript and css is minified, and console logging is removed from the javascript (good for production deployments).
* `gulp default watch`: Does the same as `gulp` but continues running to watch for changes to files so it can recompile updated assets and reload them in the browser using BrowserSync (good for development environments).
or
### BrowserSync
```php
{{ Language::select([ 'en' => "This is a sentence", 'fr' => "C'est une phrase" ]) }}
```
BrowserSync is used to keep the browser in sync with your code when running the `watch` task with gulp.
For this to work on browsers that aren't on the computer running gulp, the `BS_HOST` variable in the `.env` file should be set to the IP address of that computer.
## Public
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Other information about database interaction, routing, controllers, etc can be viewed in the [Laravel Documentation](https://laravel.com/docs).
### Language
The default language is set by the `DEFAULT_LANGUAGE` variable in the `.env` file. This will be the language used until it is changed, which can be done using the `/language/{lang}` route or directly using `Language::setSessionLanguage($lang)` where in both cases `lang` is the language code for a given language.
In the view, a block of text can be configured with multiple languages using the following syntax:
```php
@lang([
'en' => "This is a sentence",
'fr' => "C'est une phrase"
])
```
or
```php
{{ Language::select([ 'en' => "This is a sentence", 'fr' => "C'est une phrase" ]) }}
```
## Dashboard
### Registration
The `REGISTRATION` variable in the `.env` file controls whether a new dashboard user can be registered.
The system admin can control registration by configuring the `REGISTRATION` variable in the following ways:
* `REGISTRATION=false`: Registration is disabled
* `REGISTRATION=true`: Registration is enabled for everyone
* `REGISTRATION=192.168.1.123`: Registration is selectively enabled for the IP address `192.168.1.123`
### Updating the dashboard menu
The dashboard menu can be edited by changing the `$menu` array in `app/Dashboard.php`.