Introduction

• Requirement
• Installation
• Note

Requirement

• Apache, nginx, or another compatible web server.
• PHP >= 7.3 >> Higher
• MySQL Database server
• BCMath PHP Extension
• Ctype PHP Extension
• Fileinfo PHP extension
• JSON PHP Extension
• Mbstring PHP Extension
• OpenSSL PHP Extension
• PDO PHP Extension
• GD PHP Extension
• Tokenizer PHP Extension
• XML PHP Extension
• Module Re_write server
• PHP_CURL Module Enable

PHP Configuration

Open your php configuration file php.ini and change the following settings.

memory_limit = 64M
max_execution_time = 300

If you are using Cpanel, you can follow this article to change your PHP memory limit settings https://chemicloud.com/kb/article/how-to-increase-the-php-memory-limit-in-cpanel/

On this project, we're using the latest Laravel version (currently 8.x). Please go to Laravel documentation page for more information.

Install on hosting

If you're a Laravel developer and you want to customize our source code in platform/core and platform/packages, you need to delete folder /vendor then run command composer install to reinstall vendor packages.

Video tutorial

Nest is based on our Botble CMS, check video for installation on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbWYpjuFJk

• Upload all files into the root folder of your hosting (normally, it ispublic_html).
• Create a database and import data from database.sql (it's located in source code).
• Update your database credentials and APP_URL in .env.
• Go to /admin to access to admin panel.
• The default admin account is botble - 159357.

Install locally or in VPS

If you're a Laravel developer and you want to customize our source code in platform/core and platform/packages, you need to delete folder /vendor then run command composer install to reinstall vendor packages.

• Update your database credentials and APP_URL in .env.

• Using sample data:

  • Import database from database.sql.

• Don't use sample data:

  • Run php artisan migrate to create database structure.

  • Run php artisan cms:user:create to create admin user.

  • Run php artisan cms:theme:activate nest

• If you're pulled source code from GIT server:

  • Run php artisan cms:publish:assets

• Run web locally:

  • Change APP_URL in .env to APP_URL=http://localhost:8000
  • Run php artisan serve. Open http://localhost:8000, you should see the homepage.
  • Go to /admin to access to admin panel.
  • If you're using sample data, the default admin account is botble - 159357.
  • If you don't use sample data, you need to go to Admin -> Plugins then activate all plugins.

Config to work on sub-folder

It’s based on Laravel framework, the root folder for it is /public so if you install it in a sub-folder, you need to access your-domain.com/sub-folder/public. To remove /public, check below video.

Setup cron job

Cronjob is used to send emails abandoned carts notification automatically every week. You can ignore this step if you don't need that feature.

* * * * * cd /path-to-your-project && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

Setup cron job in Cpanel: https://help.fasthosts.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/2198/~/setting-up-cron-jobs-in-cpanel