Laravel Blog System (Admin & User Panel)

A simple Laravel-based Blog Application with:

• Public blog posts
• User registration & login (session-based)
• User post & comment management
• Admin dashboard to manage users, posts, and comments

This project is built without Laravel default auth, using custom session-based authentication, ideal for learning core Laravel concepts.

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📌 Features

👤 User Side

• User Registration with profile image
• User Login / Logout (Session-based)
• Create, Edit, Delete Posts
• View All Posts with Pagination
• Add, Edit, Delete Comments
• View User Profile

🛡️ Admin Panel

• Admin Login / Logout
• Admin Dashboard with statistics
• View & Delete Users
• View & Delete Posts
• View & Delete Comments
• Admin Authentication Middleware

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🧱 Tech Stack

• Laravel
• Blade Templates
• MySQL
• Bootstrap 5
• Session-based Authentication
• Eloquent ORM

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📁 Project Structure

resources/
├── views/
│   ├── admin/
│   │   ├── auth/
│   │   │   └── login.blade.php
│   │   ├── comments/
│   │   │   └── index.blade.php
│   │   ├── posts/
│   │   │   └── index.blade.php
│   │   ├── users/
│   │   │   └── index.blade.php
│   │   ├── layouts/
│   │   │   └── app.blade.php
│   │   └── dashboard.blade.php
│   ├── post/
│   │   ├── create.blade.php
│   │   ├── edit.blade.php
│   │   └── show.blade.php
│   ├── postuser/
│   │   ├── create.blade.php
│   │   ├── edit.blade.php
│   │   ├── index.blade.php
│   │   ├── login.blade.php
│   │   └── show.blade.php
│   ├── layouts/
│   │   └── app.blade.php
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🧑‍💻 Controllers

Admin Controllers

• AdminAuthController
• DashboardController
• AdminPostController
• AdminUserController
• AdminCommentController

User Controllers

• PostUserController
• PostController
• CommentController

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🔐 Authentication System

User Authentication

• Custom session-based authentication
• Session key: user

Admin Authentication

• Separate admins table
• Session key: admin
• Protected using AdminAuth middleware

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🧩 Middleware

AdminAuth Middleware

Location:
app/Http/Middleware/AdminAuth.php

Purpose:

• Restricts access to admin routes
• Allows access only to logged-in admins

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🗃️ Database Design

Tables

• admins
• post_users
• posts
• comments

Relationships

• PostUser → hasMany Posts
• PostUser → hasMany Comments
• Post → belongsTo PostUser
• Post → hasMany Comments
• Comment → belongsTo Post
• Comment → belongsTo PostUser

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📸 File Uploads

• Profile Images: public/uploads/profile/
• Post Images: public/uploads/posts/

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⚙️ Installation Guide

git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name.git
cd your-repo-name
composer install
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate
php artisan migrate
php artisan serve

🔑 Admin Setup

Insert an admin record manually into the database:

INSERT INTO admins (name, email, password)
VALUES ('Admin', 'admin@example.com', '1234');

⚠️ Security Notice

⚠️ Important:
This project is for learning purposes only.

• Passwords are stored in plain text
• Session-based authentication only
• Not recommended for production use

For Production Use

• Use password hashing (bcrypt)
• Use Laravel’s built-in authentication system
• Implement CSRF protection and authorization policies

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📚 Learning Outcomes

By working on this project, you will learn:

• Laravel MVC Architecture
• Custom Authentication using Sessions
• Middleware Creation and Usage
• Eloquent ORM & Model Relationships
• File Upload Handling
• Pagination and Form Validation
• Admin Dashboard Logic

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⭐ Contribution

This project is intended for educational use.
Feel free to fork, improve, or extend it for practice.

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📝 License

This project is open-source and available for learning and personal use.