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This is what I currently have:
Root:
Seems like I have to many nova files? If the proper file structure documented somewhere?
Can I remove the last vendor > laravel > nova & vendor > laravel > nova-app?
This is the 3rd time I've installed Nova so I'm not sure if some of this is left over junk. I installed on a branch, then made mistake, then deleted branch and restarted again.
Thanks, Chris
Okay so I tested on a clean Laravel install. (Previous was installing into an existing project)
Looks like the file structure is like this on the clean install:
Root:
nova-app (This is removed)So... Based on this, how can I recreate that symbolic link in the root vendor folder?
Okay I ended up deleting the root > vendor > laravel > nova and nova-app files and ran composer-update.
This recreated the symlink for nova in root > vendor > laravel > nova.
Still would like to confirm that this is the correct file structure.
I'm going to go ahead and close this. But if I'm missing something, please let me know. Thanks!
Hi,
firstly you have to extract the downloaded folder into your root directory and run these commands
php artisan nova:install
php artisan migrate
and the only editable code will be found in app\Nova directory you can follow the docs here https://nova.laravel.com/docs/2.0/installation.html#installing-nova
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