Laravel Blog Project

A simple blog project built with Laravel, featuring blog posts with images, titles, descriptions, and pagination. It uses Faker to generate fake data for testing purposes.

Features

• Display blog posts with a title, description, and image.
• Pagination to navigate through multiple pages of posts.
• Faker to generate random data for blog posts.
• Responsive layout for mobile and desktop devices.

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.0
• Composer
• Laravel 8 or later
• Database (MySQL)

Installation

Follow the steps below to set up the project:

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Choubi-Mohammed/blog-laravel-.git
cd blog-laravel-

2. Install Dependencies

Run the following command to install the required PHP dependencies via Composer:

composer install

3. Set Up Environment Variables

Copy the .env.example file to .env and update the database configuration:

cp .env.example .env

Then, open the .env file and configure the database connection:

DB_DATABASE=blog_db
DB_USERNAME=your_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_password

4. Create Database

Create a new database for your project:

CREATE DATABASE blog_db;

5. Run Migrations and Seeders

Run the migrations and seeders to set up the database and add fake data:

php artisan migrate --seed

6. Run the Application

Start the Laravel development server:

php artisan serve

You can now access the blog at http://127.0.0.1:8000.

Folder Structure

• app/Models/Post.php: Model for the Post entity.
• database/migrations/xxxx_xx_xx_create_posts_table.php: Migration file for creating the posts table.
• database/seeders/PostSeeder.php: Seeder for generating fake posts.
• resources/views/posts/index.blade.php: View to display the posts with pagination.

Preview

The blog will display a list of blog posts with the following information:

• Title: A randomly generated title.
• Description: A short description of the post (truncated to 100 characters).
• Image: A random image from picsum.photos.
• Pagination: Links for browsing through multiple pages of blog posts.