It is a frontend for Admins. If you make it a frontend for normal users, aren't you defeating the purpose.
But I guess you can use it any way you want.
I have not seen where Nova is an ide. I am probably wrong.
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Is it possible to use Laraval Nova as the IDE frontend for an application and not just as Admin Panel?
It is a frontend for Admins. If you make it a frontend for normal users, aren't you defeating the purpose.
But I guess you can use it any way you want.
I have not seen where Nova is an ide. I am probably wrong.
@awrmjr If you mean access it from / rather than /nova it certainly looks like it might be possible based on this
https://novathemes.beyondco.de/
Also this was in the release notes for version 1.0.9
Support for running Nova at the root of the application
I should add, that I haven't tested this though
Same question here,
Basically for a saas application, I would use nova for the admin part to manage users and all other aspects.
What if I also want to use nova as a frontend dashboard for my users. Basically it will be the same functionalities however scoped to that user. Is that possible ?
Nobody any Idea?
How did you get on @prismosoft ?
Hey there! I would like to achieve exactly the same - use Nova as admin panel AND also for users to view data that applies to them.
Is that possible with Nova?
Depending on complexity, this should just be a matter of setting your resource policies correctly. Make sure users and admins can view resources but only admins can modify resources.
Man this would be awesome...
I'd like to know as well
Everything is possible, it is a matter how you use it. I am prototyping a system right now and instead of having a separate dashboard for the system and a separate dashboard for the admin you can have it both and then play with admin rights and visibility of resources based on your user role.
On the frontend I only add what is missing, in my case a registration form to register new user, general pages, terms & conditions, etc.
On the backend I have Users admin and subscription management available only for super admins, Nova menu is generated based on the user type and availability to resources is also defined by your user type as well as subscription level/ACL rights.
Nova supports different Dashboards so you can also have a frontend dashboard and backend dashboard.
I know this post is old, Nova has evolved a lot since it's beginnings.
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