Ave Site CMS

Site CMS extension for Ave Admin Panel

Installation

This package is designed to work with Ave Admin Panel as a separate extension.

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11.0 or 12.0+
• Ave Admin Panel 2.0+ (required dependency)

Quick Installation

The easiest way to install Ave Site CMS is using the installation command:

# 1. Install Ave Admin Panel first (if not installed)
composer require monstrex/ave

# 2. Install Ave Site CMS
composer require monstrex/ave-site

# 3. Run the installation command
php artisan ave-site:install

The installation command will:

• Check if Ave Admin Panel is installed
• Run database migrations
• Publish configuration file
• Create admin menu items
• Seed default pages (Home, Error 404)
• Optionally publish views

Manual Installation

If you prefer manual installation:

# 1. Install the package
composer require monstrex/ave-site

# 2. Run migrations
php artisan migrate

# 3. Publish configuration
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=ave-site-config

# 4. (Optional) Publish views
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=ave-site-views

Development Installation

For local development with path repository:

"repositories": [
    {
        "type": "path",
        "url": "../ave-site.package",
        "options": {
            "symlink": false
        }
    }
]

Then run: composer require monstrex/ave-site:@dev

Features

• Pages: Hierarchical page management with SEO
• Blocks: Content blocks with Liquid templates
• Forms: Form handling with email notifications and reCAPTCHA
• Settings: JSON-schema based settings management
• Localizations: Database-driven translations with caching
• Redirects: URL redirect management (301, 302, 307, 308) with hit tracking
• Scripts: JavaScript/CSS injection management (head, body_start, body_end)
• DataSources: Dynamic data loading from models
• Liquid Engine: Template engine with custom filters and shortcodes
• Image Processing: On-the-fly image manipulation, WebP conversion
• Sitemap: Automatic sitemap.xml generation

Database Tables

The package creates the following tables:

• ave_site_pages - Hierarchical pages with SEO
• ave_site_blocks - Content blocks with Liquid templates
• ave_site_block_regions - Block groups/positions
• ave_site_forms - Form definitions with validation
• ave_site_settings - JSON-schema based site settings
• ave_site_localizations - Database translations
• ave_site_redirects - URL redirects with hit tracking
• ave_site_scripts - JavaScript/CSS code snippets

Architecture

See SITE-CMS-ARCHITECTURE.md for detailed architecture documentation.

License

MIT