Winter CMS with Laravel

Learn how to move a static website to Winter, the free, open-source content management system that’s based on the Laravel PHP framework.

Introduction

• How to turn a static website into a content-managed one
• What you should know
• Course project: The sample website
• Access the course files
• Local development configurations

1. Introduction to Winter CMS

• Winter CMS overview and installation
• Admin section overview: Dashboard, media, and settings pages
• The CMS page

2. Moving to Winter

• Exploring the default theme and creating your own
• Moving your website to Winter
• Extracting the layout
• Home and error pages
• Turning the main sections modular with partials
• Extracting text into content

3. Using Winter Features

• Using a plug-in to set the navbar
• Winter asset compilation
• Winter theme variables and asset customization
• Challenge: Customizing the 404 page
• Solution: Customizing the 404 page

4. Winter Plug-Ins and Prepping for Production

• Magic Forms plug-in
• Clear cache widget
• Google Analytics plug-in
• Prepping your website for production

Conclusion

• Further your knowledge and connect to the community