1.0 | August 5th, 2015

Thank you for purchasing my item. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this documentation, please feel free to email via my user page contact form. Thanks so much!

Installation

We have used Laravel Framework to craft best possible rss aggregator :

  • Database
    Change database settings in .env file. Change DB_HOST , DB_DATABASE , DB_USERNAME and DB_PASSWORD and save the file .
  • Upload Files to Server
    Upload all files from Xenon Support Center folder to your server . Now SSH into your server and follow below steps

    Migrating Database :

    sudo apt-get install php5-cli which will install php command line utility

    curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php which will install composer which is used by laravel framework

    php composer.phar install which will install all dependencies

    php artisan migrate this will create all tables schema

  • Permissions
    You need to give write permission to PROJECT_FOLDER/storage , PROJECT_FOLDER/bootstrap and PROJECT_FOLDER/public/uploads directory

    Example

    chgrp -R www-data PROJECT_FOLDER

    chmod -R 775 PROJECT_FOLDER/bootstrap

    chmod -R 775 PROJECT_FOLDER/storage

    chmod -R 775 PROJECT_FOLDER/public/uploads

Admin Features

  • Built on Laravel Framework
    Laravel is one of the most popular framework at the moment and is full of features. It is easy to use and it offers a large variety of packages using composer .
  • Add users
    You can add , edit and delete the administrators
  • Categories and Sub Categories
    You can create categories and sub categories , sometimes all categories do not fit in header you have the option to display categories in header , sidebar and footer and can even hide from each place . You can also set seo keywords and description for each category / sub category
  • Sources
    You can connect source to any sub category and all rss feeds will be pulled and saved in our database , You can even setup cron job to automatically pull new posts from sources every X hrs , you even have a option to preview source before adding to sub category
  • Posts
    In this section all posts which are manual or connected to any source will be displayed , you can change post type to TEXT , IMAGE , GALLERY or VIDEO . We have also added parallax effect for IMAGE and GALLERY posts . You can also add rating box so users can rate a post . If you dont want to display post set its status to INVISIBLE , other options include showing featured image above post description , showing post inside mega menu of header
  • Ads Section
    We have added every possible ad section a user will ever want . On homepage you can add ads on the top or in the bottom , You can add ads in sidebar , You can add ads between pages like tags , search , categories or sub categories , can even add ads on top or bottom of each posts
  • Statistics / Google Analytics
    Now you dont need go to google analytics to check basics stats , you can add your app client id inside .env file and analytics will be available for you in this section
  • Settings
    We have tons of configuration here , you can control site wide settings . You can set site url , title , upload logos , set google analytics , mailchimp form , should sources be included in rss feeds if site generate feeds , Google/Bing webmaster verify , can select type of commenting system to use , set facebook box , set twitter box , set social links of header and lot of other options

Site Features

  • Flex Slider for Featured Posts
    Smooth and sleek flex slider for your featured posts.
  • Videos Section
    We have section for all video posts
  • Ratings Section
    This section displays all posts with rating boxes
  • Mega Menu
    You can display posts inside mega menu
  • Social
    Integrated with Facebook Box , twitter tweets box , Facebook comments , Disqus comments systems .
  • Tags and Categories
    Manage posts inside categories and tags for easy management .
  • Powerful Search Engine
    Integrated with Full fledged search system .
  • 20+ Ads Sections
    You have 20+ ads sections for settings ads and earning through your website
  • SEO Friendly
    All proper meta tags are used for seo and can be easily set from settings panel

Setting Cron Job

For sources to auto update you need to set cron job on server , so SSH into server and run below commands

sudo crontab -e

Now add one of the below line at the end of file as per your choice

* * * * * /usr/bin/php /usr/share/nginx/html/artisan update-sources for running cron job every minute

* * * * * /usr/bin/php /usr/share/nginx/html/artisan update-sources for running cron job every hour

Make sure to replace the php path and your web root path in above commands

Setting up Mail

SMTP METHOD :

You just have to change settings inside .env to make smtp work

MAILGUN :

Set mail settings in .env and set mailgun domain and secret inside config/services.php

Coming updates ..

  • User Roles
    At present only admin works . Author and Publisher roles wont be working and not of much important till the future update which may include authors earning through sharing posts and payments .
  • Payments
    Module to handle author payments and invoices
  • Finance
    Calculate your income , pulling live numbers from adsense
  • Permissions
    Should be able to configure permissions for each user and create custom user roles etc

Source and Credits

I've used the following frameworks, fonts, icons and scripts as listed. My thanks goes to all the authors!

Frameworks
Laravel
Scripts and Plugins
Jquery
JqueryUI
Tags
Boostrap Datepicker
Jquery Form

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this theme. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but I'll do my best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to the themes on ThemeForest, you might consider visiting the forums and asking your question in the "Item Discussion" section.

Have a nice day!

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