http://www.lswebapps.com/2014/05/30/create-an-october-cms-theme-tutorial-the-home-page/

Please check the following link for october cms theming guide. I got inspired by the official october docs so if anything is wrong or out of place, please let me know.

i intend to update the series and I believe Connor_VG will be making some videos soon, so check his website as well here connorvg.tv.

Cheers.

Nice, thanks a lot. Keep up the good work!

Thanks, I wil. Is there anything you want me to cover, like plugin dev e.t.c.?

@LaminEvra

Definitely plugin dev including models, controllers, setting up pages/forms in the backend, setting up database tables and linking it all together etc, that would be great :)

I'm new to Laravel and have created a few small front-end components for October, but nothing that uses a backend form to store data in database tables, so learning how to set that up would be so helpful. Every time I've tried to create a backend plugin, I just get a 404 when navigating to the Menu item, so not quite sure what I'm doing wrong :/

If you could perhaps do a walkthrough of creating your FAQ plugin, maybe that could be a start?

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Hi Daniel81

I had the same issue with mine initially. The problem was generally naming things incorrectly. I learned a lot from following how the blog, user and forum plugins work. The documentation is also really good, although for people new to Laravel (like me) it does seem to make some assumptions but definitely read through the whole thing at least once.

Basically, a component is front end. A controller is backed. And a model provides the basic CRUD with the database. If I get time I'll detail this with my plugin, I've got a long weekend coming up so I might even get time to do it :)

When compared with the laravel documentation and the MVC Ive used before I Initially got confused from the use of backend/frontend in october's documentation. In October the 'backend' is the admin area for the CMS, not the server/php code. The php part of the october documentation is currently pretty thin. If you are use to MVC/laravel you can (almost) ignore the october backend, though once you learn it, it makes the application much faster to maintain and expand. For instance since I started with October I have not written a single controller ... Thank god.

@daniel81, thanks for the feedback. I will see what can do.

@LaminEvra, thanks :) I've managed to get my plugin working now in the backend menu etc, just having a few issues with image uploads.

@daniel81, glad to hear that. I've not done much with uploads yet but will have a look soon.

I've updated the theming series with a second post, you can have a peek here http://www.lswebapps.com/2014/06/07/create-an-october-cms-theme-tutorial-layouts/

@LaminEvra, as a newbie i really learn a lot from your tutorials. I'm stuck at creating a simple form which allow user to create task,edit and delete it. Do you guys know any tutorials to guide me on this, Or do you plan to do a tutorial on this? :) Thanks a lot!

Hi ikhwan1830, I'll see if I can do one to cover that soon. Maybe a basic crud plugin.

Yes some plugin development tutorials would be amazing! im trying to make something similar to the user plugin but am getting awful stuck. A basic CRUD plugin would be super helpful, explaining along the way :)

Is there a basic CRUD usin' plugin or example anywhere for both front-end and back-end use? It seems all the plugins I've encountered so far create forms inside their component instead of letting the built in CRUD generating code handle it (either in the default.htm or a neighboring included partial). Sorry for newbie venting here, but wonderin' if anyone else is thinking|feeling the same way.

Thanks Lamin; this is great!

Hello to the dev's and community, i think a verry good action would be something like streaming the installtaion and doing a theme for this CMS on livecoding.tv or something would be awesome.

What do you guys think about it?