Notes on working with October CMS

README.md

Working with October CMS

• Website: https://octobercms.com/
• Docs: https://github.com/octobercms/october
• Developer guide: https://octobercms.com/docs/help/console

Working with Laravel

• https://gist.github.com/hofmannsven/0e6c4bd1b7ce5913c576

Setup PhpStorm

• Set file types (Render .htm with Twig)

CLI

Run: php artisan october:up

Use DotEnv setup: php artisan october:env

Clear cache: php artisan cache:clear

Themes

• Repository: https://octobercms.com/themes

Install: php artisan theme:install theme-author.theme-name theme-dir

Activate: php artisan theme:use theme-dir

Plugins

• Repository: https://octobercms.com/plugins
• Plugin icons: http://daftspunk.github.io/Font-Autumn/

Install & activate: php artisan plugin:install plugin-author.plugin-name

Plugin scaffolding

• Reference: https://octobercms.com/docs/console/scaffolding

Create new plugin: php artisan create:plugin Foo.Bar

Create new component: php artisan create:component Foo.Bar Post

Debugging

• No backend no styling in the frontend after installation

Logging

• Reference: https://octobercms.com/docs/services/error-log#logging

Templating

• Reference: https://octobercms.com/docs/markup/templating

Loops

• Reference: https://octobercms.com/docs/plugin/components

{% for post in blogPosts.posts %}
    {{ post }}
{% endfor %}

Form validation

• Custom error messages