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I faced the problem that there are no convenient admin packages for Laravel (except few) or e-commerce solutions. Also I used FrozenNode Laravel-administrator package for some Laravel projects. Now I want to built small e-commerce site and also site with catalogue and forum. I can implement both easily using Wordpress. But I want to practice in Laravel. (So may be I don't understand when it is proper to use framework?)
FrozenNode Laravel-administrator seems to have all major features but I can't figure how to implement some basic things conviniently . (How to add multiple images to product in convinient way). May be the problem is that I used to Wordpress admin and style of develepment.
I know that there are a lot of solutions for YII and Symfony (CMSs, admin builders, e-commerce etc). Laravel is extremely popular and I wonder why there are no decent solutions for content management.
How do you solve these problems?
Maybe Octobercms would work. There's a forum plugin and a bunch for e-commerce.
Why not have a go at developing some of it yourself though? That's the whole idea of using a framework.
I always build custom CMS's as part of the deal with the client, this way they get exactly what they want and less of what they don't, plus it's scalable for the future.
OctoberCMS isn't distributed as Laravel package. AFAIK it is standalone solution that uses Laravel in its own custom way. I don't think much of Laravel development can be done on top of it.
I don't mind building CMS myself but I don't know whether this is a good idea. This seemes like the most routine part of the work for which community usually offers robust turnkey solutions. And there is also a bunch of strange, buggy CMSs for Laravel and I don't want add one more. May be customizing FrozenNode admin would be a better idea for me.
Again, I don't mind building my own CMS but I am not sure that efforts are worth it. But maybe I'm overcomplicating things.
I think you are over complicating things, just dig right in and build your own, that way your client gets what they want.
Laravel is extremely popular and I wonder why there are no decent solutions for content management.
Content management is a complicated issue.
I recently went through the process of deciding what CMS to use for my (Laravel-based) website. In the end I built my own, and I'm happy with that decision -- but that's because it suits me, and my requirements were a little unusual.
The best one I came across was Craft. Take a look.
Also seems like PyroCMS 3.0 is doing great job. It is build with Laravel. It's currently beta. Right now they are redisinging admin section and making other changes.
Have you had a look at https://aimeos.org/project/laravel-ecommerce-package/? Also, https://cartalyst.com/manual/cart/2.0 have packages that look good although you have to pay a subscription so it might be out of the question.
Yes, I've seen Aimeos. Seems like it is very 'raw' product. By now I decided to go with Opencart for e-commerce and with Wordpress for catalog with forum (especially with low budget projects). And to use Laravel for more framework oriented projects . I will wait some time until I become more mature in this sphere or until some decent solutions will appear.
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