Yii2 Blog

Publications manager for Yii2.

The module have multilanguage support and integration with Sitemaps, RSS-feeds, Google AMP and Yandex.Turbo modules.

This module is an integral part of the Butterfly.СMS content management system, but can also be used as an standalone extension.

Copyrights (c) 2019-2023 W.D.M.Group, Ukraine

Requirements

• PHP 5.6 or higher
• Yii2 v.2.0.40 and newest
• Yii2 Base module (required)
• Yii2 Translations module (optionaly)
• Yii2 Editor widget
• Yii2 SelectInput
• Yii2 TagsInput widget

Installation

To install the module, run the following command in the console:

$ composer require "wdmg/yii2-blog"

After configure db connection, run the following command in the console:

$ php yii blog/init

And select the operation you want to perform:

1. Apply all module migrations
2. Revert all module migrations

Migrations

In any case, you can execute the migration and create the initial data, run the following command in the console:

$ php yii migrate --migrationPath=@vendor/wdmg/yii2-blog/migrations

Configure

To add a module to the project, add the following data in your configuration file:

'modules' => [
    ...
    'blog' => [
        'class' => 'wdmg\blog\Module',
        'routePrefix' => 'admin',
        'baseRoute'  => '/blog', // route for frontend (string or array), use "/" - for root
        'baseLayout' => '@app/views/layouts/main', // the default layout to render blog
        'imagePath' => '/uploads/blog' // the default path to save blog thumbnails in @webroot
    ],
    ...
],

Routing

Use the Module::dashboardNavItems() method of the module to generate a navigation items list for NavBar, like this:

<?php
    echo Nav::widget([
    'options' => ['class' => 'navbar-nav navbar-right'],
        'label' => 'Modules',
        'items' => [
            Yii::$app->getModule('blog')->dashboardNavItems(),
            ...
        ]
    ]);
?>

Status and version [ready to use]

• v.1.3.0 - Fixes, update dependencies, copyrights
• v.1.2.4 - RBAC implementation
• v.1.2.3 - URL redirect notify, defaultController property, update dependencies and README.md
• v.1.2.2 - Fixed JsonValidator in dependencies
• v.1.2.1 - Added AliasInput::widget()
• v.1.2.0 - Multi-language support
• v.1.1.4 - Log activity
• v.1.1.3 - Added pagination
• v.1.1.2 - Added default sort and fix breadcrumbs
• v.1.1.1 - Filter posts by categories and tags (view dashboard)
• v.1.1.0 - Added CRUD for taxonomy (Categories, Tags)
• v.1.0.1 - Added migrations, CRUD and models for Categories, Tags