##Laravel 4 - Starter Kit
This is a Laravel 4 Starter Kit, it will help you getting started with Laravel 4.
It includes examples on how to use the framework itselff and how to use some packages, like the awesome Sentry 2 package.
##Included goodies
- Twitter Bootstrap 2.2.2
- Custom CLI Installer
- Custom Error Pages:
- 403 for forbidden page accesses
- 404 for not found pages
- 500 for internal server errors
- Cartalyst Sentry 2 for Authentication and Authorization
- Back-end
- User and Group management
- Manage blog posts and comments
- Front-end
- User login, registration, forgot password
- User account area
- Simple Blog functionality
- Packages included:
##How to Install
###1) Downloading ####1.1) Clone the Repository
git clone http://github.com/brunogaspar/laravel4-starter-kit your-folder
####1.2) Download the Repository
https://github.com/brunogaspar/laravel4-starter-kit/archive/master.zip
###2) Install the Dependencies via Composer #####2.1) If you don't have composer installed globally
cd your-folder
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar install
#####2.2) For globally composer installations
cd your-folder
composer install
###3) Setup Database
Now that you have the Laravel 4 cloned and all the dependencies installed, you need to create a database for it.
After the database is created, open the file app/config/database.php and update the needed entries, just like in Laravel 3.
###4) Use custom CLI Installer Command
Now, you need to create yourself a user and finish the installation.
Use the following command to create your default user, user groups and run all the necessary migrations automatically.
php artisan app:install
###5) Accessing the Administration
To access the administration page, you just need to access http://your-host/public/admin on your browser and it will automatically redirect you to the login page, in the login page, just fill in and submit the form.
After you being authenticated, you will be redirected back to the administration page.
Have fun :)