Argon Dashboard 2 PRO Laravel

Frontend version: Argon Dashboard v2.0.1. More info at https://www.creative-tim.com/product/argon-dashboard-pro

Free demo

Check out the open-source demo version for a taste of what Argon Dashboard PRO Laravel has to offer https://www.creative-tim.com/product/argon-dashboard-laravel

Prerequisites
Installation
Usage
Versions
Demo
Documentation
Login
Register
Forgot Password
Reset Password
User Profile
User Management
Role Management
Category Management
Tag Management
Item Management
File Structure
Browser Support
Reporting Issues
Licensing
Useful Links
Social Media
Credits
Prerequisites

If you don't already have an Apache local environment with PHP and MySQL, use one of the following links:
- Windows: https://updivision.com/blog/post/beginner-s-guide-to-setting-up-your-local-development-environment-on-windows
- Linux & Mac: https://updivision.com/blog/post/guide-what-is-lamp-and-how-to-install-it-on-ubuntu-and-macos

Also, you will need to install Composer: https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md
And Laravel: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x

Installation

Unzip the downloaded archive
Copy and paste argon-dashboard-pro-laravel-master folder in your projects folder. Rename the folder to your project's name
In your terminal run composer install
Copy .env.example to .env and updated the configurations (mainly the database configuration: database name, user name and password, set the APP_URL to the right path)
In your terminal run php artisan key:generate
Run php artisan migrate --seed to create the database tables and seed the roles and users tables
Run php artisan storage:link to create the storage symlink (if you are using Vagrant with Homestead for development, remember to ssh into your virtual machine and run the command from there).

Usage

Register a user or login with the default users with different roles from your database and start testing (make sure to run the migrations and seeders for these credentials to be available):

admin@argon.com and password secret
creator@argon.com and password secret
member@argon.com and password secret

Besides the numerous types of dashboard, you can find pages for editing your profile, pages for managing the users, the roles, the items, the categories and the tags. There are also static pages for profile, for users, for projects, for accounts, for various applications, for ecommerce and different styles of pages for authentication. All the necessary files are installed out of the box and all the needed routes are added to routes/web.php. Keep in mind that all of the features can be viewed once you login using the credentials provided or by registering your own user.

Versions

HTML	Vue	Laravel

Demo

Register	Login

Forgot Password Page	Reset Password Page

Dashboard	Virtual Reality

Profile Page	User Management

Role Management	Item Management

Category Management	Tag Management

Documentation

The documentation for the Material Dashboard Laravel is hosted at our website.

Login

If you are not logged in you can only access this page or the Sign Up page. The default url takes you to the login page where you use the default credentials admin@argon.com with the password secret but you can change them with the credentials for creator and for member. Logging in is possible only with already existing credentials. For this to work you should have run the migrations. The user also has the option to choose if he wants to be remembered or not.

The App/Http/Controllers/App/LoginController.php handles the logging in of an existing user.

    public function login(Request $request)
    {
        $credentials = $request->validate([
            'email' => ['required', 'email'],
            'password' => ['required'],
        ]);

        if (Auth::attempt(['email' => $request->email, 'password' => $request->password])) {
            $request->session()->regenerate();

            return redirect()->intended('/');
        }

        return back()->withErrors([
            'email' => 'The provided credentials do not match our records.',
        ]);
    }

Register

You can register as a user by filling in the name, email, role and password for your account. For your role you can choose between the Admin, Creator and Member. It is important to know that an admin user has access to all the pages and actions, can delete, add and edit another users, other roles, items, tags or categories; a creator user has acces to category, tag and item management, but can not add, edit or delete other users; a member user has access to the item management but can not take any actions. You can do this by accessing the sign up page from the "Sign Up" button in the top navbar or by clicking the "Sign Up" button from the bottom of the log in form. Another simple way is adding /register in the url.

The App/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php handles the registration of a new user.

    $user = User::create([
        'firstname' => $attributes['firstname'],
        'email' => $attributes['email'],
        'role_id' => $attributes['role'],
        'password' => $attributes['password']
    ]);
    auth()->login($user);

Forgot Password

If a user forgets the account's password it is possible to reset the password. For this the user should click on the "here" under the login form.

The App/Http/Controllers/Auth/ResetPassword.php takes care of sending an email to the user where he can reset the password afterwards.

    public function send(Request $request)
    {
        $email = $request->validate([
            'email' => ['required']
        ]);
        $user = User::where('email', $email)->first();

        if ($user) {
            $this->notify(new RecoverPassword($user->id));
            return back()->with('succes', 'An email was send to your email address');
        }
    }

Reset Password

The user who forgot the password gets an email on the account's email address. The user can access the reset password page by clicking the button found in the email. The link for resetting the password is available for 12 hours. The user must add the new password and confirm the password for his password to be updated. The user is redirected to the login page.

The App/Http/Controllers/Auth/ChangePassword.php helps the user reset the password.

    if ($existingUser) {
        $existingUser->update([
            'password' => $attributes['password']
        ]);
        return redirect('login');
    } else {
        return back()->with('error', 'Your email does not match the email who requested the password change');
    }

User Profile

The profile can be accessed by a logged in user by clicking "User Profile" from the sidebar or adding /user-profile in the url. The user can add information like phone number, location or change name, email and password.

The App/Http/Controllers/UserController.php handles the user's profile information.

    $user = User::create([
        'firstname' => $request->get('firstname'),
        'lastname' => $request->get('lastname'),
        'password' => $request->get('password'),
        'role_id' => $request->get('role'),
        'email' => $request->get('email'),
        'gender' => $request->get('gender'),
        'location' => $request->get('location'),
        'phone' => $request->get('phone'),
        'language' => $request->get('language'),
        'birthday' => $birthday,
        'skills' => $request->get('skills')
    ]);

    if($request->file('avatar')) {
        $user->update([
            'avatar' => $request->file('avatar')->store('/', 'avatars')
        ]);
    }
    }

User Management

The user management can be accessed by clicking "User Management" from the Laravel Examples section from the sidebar or by adding "/user-management in the url. This page is available for users with the Admin role and the user is able to add, edit and delete other users. For adding a new user you can press the "Add User". If you would like to edit or delete an user you can click on the Action column. It is also possible to sort the fields or to change pagination.

On the page for adding a new user you will find a form which allows you to fill the information. All pages are generated using blade templates.

The App/Http/Controllers/UserController.php takes care of data validation and creating, editing and removing a user:

    public function destroy($id)
    {
        $user = User::find($id);
        $user->delete();
        return redirect()->route('user-management')->with('succes', 'The user was deleted');
    }

Once the user pressed Send at the end of the form the new user is added to the table. For authorizing this actions have been used policies such as App\Policies\UserPolicy:

    /**
     * Determine whether the authenticate user can manage other users.
     */
    public function manageUsers(User $user)
    {
        return $user->isAdmin();
    }

Role Management

The PRO version lets you add and edit roles to the user. The default roles are Admin, Creator and Member. The role management can be accessed by clicking "Role Management" from the Laravel Examples section of the sidebar or by adding "/role-management in the url. This page is available for users with the Admin role and the user is able to add, edit and delete roles. For adding a new role you can press the "Add Role" button. If you would like to edit or delete a role you can click on the Action column. It is also possible to sort the fields or to search in the fields.

On the page for adding a new role you will find a form which allows you to fill the name and the description of the new role.

The App/Http/Controllers/RoleController.php takes care of data validation and creation of a the new role:

    public function update($id)
    {
        $this->authorize('manage-users', User::class);
        $role = Role::find($id);

        $attributes = request()->validate([
            'name' => ['required',  Rule::unique('roles')->ignore($role->id)],
            'description' => 'required'
        ]);

        $role->update($attributes);

        return redirect()->route('role-management')->with('succes', 'role succesfully updated');
    }

Category Management

The theme has some default categories but an Admin or Creator user can manage these categories.The category management can be accessed by clicking "Category Management" from the Laravel Examples section of the sidebar or by adding "/category-management in the url. The authenticated user can add, edit and delete categories. For adding a new category you can press the "Add Category" button. If you would like to edit or delete a category you can click on the Action column. It is also possible to sort the fields or to search in the fields.

On the page for adding a new category you will find a form which allows you to fill the name and the description of the new category.

The App/Http/Controllers/CategoryController.php takes care of data validation when changing a category and updating it:

    public function update($id)
    {
        $this->authorize('manage-items', User::class);
        $category = Category::find($id);

        $attributes = request()->validate([
            'name' => ['required', Rule::unique('categories')->ignore($category->id)],
            'description' => 'required'
        ]);

        $category->update($attributes);

        return redirect()->route('category-management')->with('succes', 'Category succesfully updated');
    }

Tag Management

The theme has some default tags but an Admin or Creator user can manage these tags.The tag management can be accessed by clicking "Tag Managmenet" from the Laravel Examples section from the sidebar or by adding "/tag-management in the url. The authenticated user can add, edit and delete tags. For adding a new tag you can press the "Add Tag" button. If you would like to edit or delete a tag you can click on the Action column. It is also possible to sort the fields or to search in the fields.

On the page for adding a new category you will find a form which allows you to fill the name and the description of the new tag and on the edit page you will find a similar form for the changes you wish to make.

The /resources/views/laravel/tag/edit.blade.php is the blade template for editing a tag:

    <label for="name" class="form-label">Name</label>
    <div class="mb-3">
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" value="{{ old('name', $tag->name) }}">
        @error('name')
            <p class='text-danger text-xs'> {{ $message }} </p>
        @enderror
    </div>

Item Management

Item Management is the most advanced example included in the PRO theme because every item has a picture, has a category and has multiple tags. The item management can be accessed by clicking "Item Management" from the Laravel Examples section of the sidebar or by adding "/item-management in the url. The authenticated user as an Admin or Creator can add, edit and delete items. For adding a new item you can press the "Add Item" button. If you would like to edit or delete an item you can click on the Action column. It is also possible to sort the fields or to search in the fields. The Member user can not take any actions on the item, he is only able to see the item management table.

On the page for adding a new item you will find a form which allows you to add an image of the item, to fill the name, description of the item, a dropdown to choose the category and a multiselect for the tags.

The App/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php takes care of data validation when adding a new item and of the item creation(see snippet below):

    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $attributes = request()->validate([
            'name' => ['required', 'unique:items'],
            'excerpt' => ['max:100'],
            'description' => ['max:255'],
            'choices-category' => ['required'],
            'tags' => ['required'],
        ]);

        $item = Item::create([
            'name' => $request->get('name'),
            'excerpt' => $request->get('excerpt'),
            'description' => $request->get('description'),
            'category_id' => $request->get('choices-category'),
            'date' => $request->get('date'),
            'status' => $request->get('status'),
            'show_on_homepage' => $request->get('show_on_homepage'),
            'options' => $request->get('option')
        ]);

        $item->tags()->attach($request->get('tags'));

        if($request->file('picture')) {
            $item->update([
                'picture' => $request->file('picture')->store('/', 'items')
            ]);
        }

        return redirect()->route('item-management')->with('succes', 'Item succesfully saved');
    }

File Structure

app
 ┣ Console
 ┃ ┣ Commands
 ┃ ┃ ┗ Ressed
 ┃ ┗ Kernel.php
 ┣ Exceptions
 ┃ ┗ Handler.php
 ┣ Http
 ┃ ┣ Controllers
 ┃ ┃ ┣ Auth
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┣ ChangePassword.php
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┣ LoginController.php
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┣ RegisterController.php
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ ResetPassword.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ CategoryController.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ Controller.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ ItemController.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ PageController.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ ProfileController.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ RoleController.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ TagController.php
 ┃ ┃ ┗ UserController.php
 ┃ ┣ Middleware
 ┃ ┃ ┣ Authenticate.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ EncryptCookies.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ PreventRequestsDuringMaintenance.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ RedirectIfAuthenticated.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ TrimStrings.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ TrustHosts.php
 ┃ ┃ ┣ TrustProxies.php
 ┃ ┃ ┗ VerifyCsrfToken.php
 ┃ ┗ Kernel.php
 ┣ Models
 ┃ ┣ Category.php
 ┃ ┣ Item.php
 ┃ ┣ Role.php
 ┃ ┣ Tag.php
 ┃ ┗ User.php
 ┣ Notifications
 ┃ ┗ RecoverPassword.php
 ┣ Policies
 ┃ ┣ CategoryPolicy.php
 ┃ ┣ ItemPolicy.php
 ┃ ┣ RolePolicy.php
 ┃ ┣ TagPolicy.php
 ┃ ┗ UserPolicy.php
 ┗ Providers
 ┃ ┣ AppServiceProvider.php
 ┃ ┣ AuthServiceProvider.php
 ┃ ┣ BroadcastServiceProvider.php
 ┃ ┣ EventServiceProvider.php
 ┃ ┗ RouteServiceProvider.php

Browser Support

At present, we officially aim to support the last two versions of the following browsers:

Reporting Issues

We use GitHub Issues as the official bug tracker for the Soft UI Dashboard. Here are some advices for our users that want to report an issue:

Make sure that you are using the latest version of the Material Dashboard. Check the CHANGELOG from your dashboard on our website.
Providing us reproducible steps for the issue will shorten the time it takes for it to be fixed.
Some issues may be browser specific, so specifying in what browser you encountered the issue might help.