Lavineway Portfolio

This project is an online portfolio that shows my work, thinking, and technical range. It runs on PHP and includes a small CMS so I can update content without touching code.

Domains

• Primary site: https://lavineway.com
• Playground site: https://theplayground.ws (for demos, utilities, and experiments)

What’s Inside

Your portfolio has three parts:

1. Main Site

• About page
• Case studies
• Technical library
• Contact form
• Search and tagging
• Markdown support for all content

2. Admin Panel

• Create and edit pages
• Manage case studies
• Upload images
• Draft mode
• Simple auth

3. Playground

• The playground hosts small tools and experiments. Examples:
• JSON formatter
• JWT helper
• Log parser
• Markdown-to-folder converter
• Any other demos you want to expose publicly

Tech Stack

• PHP 8.x
• Slim or Laravel (decide based on how heavy you want the stack)
• Tailwind CSS
• Alpine.js
• SQLite or MySQL
• Composer for dependencies

Local Setup

• Clone the repo.
• Copy .env.example to .env.
• Set DB path or credentials.
• Run composer install.
• Start the local server:

php -S localhost:8080 -t public

Deployment

The sites run on your shared hosting provider. Deployments are simple:

• Push to main.
• GitHub Actions builds and pushes files via SFTP to each domain.
• A small deploy script clears cache and updates the database if needed.

Content Structure

/content
  /about
  /case-studies
  /library
  /playground
/public
/resources
/routes
/views

• Markdown lives in /content.
• Templates live in /views.
• Playground tools live under /public/tools.

Roadmap

• Add dark/light mode
• Add version history for pages
• Add RSS feed
• Add API endpoint for pushing new articles from GitHub
• Add diagram support (Mermaid)