Level 50
It sounds like you might be better looking at something like Wordpress.
Jul 7, 2016
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Level 1
Can Laravel be used to generate a site template ?
I'm not familiar with Laravel. I know a little about HTML, CSS, MySQL and PHP. For a project I need 2 small websites. I need internationalization and session/login/registration for these sites. So using a server side framework for PHP that supports this functionality would be handy. I believe Laravel could be a nice tool for this. The Laravel websites give me the impression that setting up a basic PHP/MySQL website with thoses functions is easy.
But.... I lack the knowledge, I'm not familiar with Laravel and it requires a new learning curve. And actually it is not my intention to become a PHP developer ;-)
and Laravel has system requirements (composor, extensions like OpenSSL) that are not available in the system configuration of my provider. And also I believe my shared hosting will be cumbersome.
So, I'm wondering... can a Laravel enthusiast generates such a website as a template for me ? Or is that not possible ? Any suggestions for alternatives ?
Level 26
And actually it is not my intention to become a PHP developer ;-)
Then maybe hire one ;) J/K
Level 1
@ohffs Yes, if my goal was a blog or a landingpage or some sales publication I would agree with you and prefer to use WP. But my application is more telemetry/data acquisition. I created an app (with appinventor), collecting/acquiring NFC-data and I want to log that data in a MySQL database on my server. I created the database with PHPMyAdmin. Now I need some extra code to maintain/manage/view that data. When I was searching for some universal PHP-code for login/registration and for multi-language, somebody suggested my to look at Laravel as an alternative.
Level 9
here is best cms created with laravel http://oozled.com/resources/cms
nice cms base on laravel https://octobercms.com
Level 50
Well, laravel definitely makes the user/authentication part easy (literally as easy as typing 'php artisan make:auth') and it can handle multi-language too. For the rest you'll have to program it yourself (or hire someone).
Level 1
@prullenbak Yes, for some vehicles it is better to hire an expert/driver, still... for small distances I prefer to drive my car myself... Based on your nickname, It seems that you are dutch based also. Pls drop your contactinfo and I can contact you to discuss hiring.
Level 26
@littlebit I understand, and was only kidding (the J/K was a hint :P ). I certainly wasn't talking about myself. Not looking for a new job at the moment, but thanks! :)
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