November 13th, 2024, posted in for_founders
by Adelina
Whether you`re just starting out in web development or you`re a sprint veteran, you are probably thinking the same thing: starting from scratch is time consuming.
We here at UPDIVISION teamed up with Creative Tim to give people like yourself a quick and painless way to jumpstart your project. And make it look amazing in the process.
We created a starter kit which you can easily customize to fit your development needs. Both frontend (Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and backend (Laravel). This is a great starting point for building admin panels for web apps and websites. The fully integrated Laravel backend does the heavy lifting, while the ready to use CRUDs manage everything you need in terms of content and users.
We estimate Argon Dashboard Pro Laravel saves you a hefty 90 hours of development. Instead of hand coding every component and investing time in doing the integration, you have a boilerplate which does the work for you. All of this to help take away the pain out of prototyping, setting up and launching your web app.
The present guide is meant to give you a flavour of how you can harness this power. Below are six web apps you can start building right away and the general steps for setting up each project.
How to build a blog with Argon Dashboard Pro Laravel
1. Set up your development environment according to your preferred OS [set up]
2. Download and set up Argon Pro Laravel [set up]
3. Create your categories for organizing the blog articles [use existing admin option]
4. Create the tags you want to use [use existing admin option]
5. Start adding articles (using the Items section) and don’t forget to include tags in order to make finding articles easier [use existing admin option]
6. Create the public part of your blog [write your own code]
7. Every blog has social integration and sharing, so don`t forget to add these features too. [write your own code]
8. Customize the dashboard in order to access statistics easier [write your own code]
9. All you need now is to deploy it online [deploy]
How to build a lightweight e-commerce with Argon Dashboard Pro Laravel
1. Set up your development environment according to your preferred OS [set up]
2. Download and set up Argon Pro Laravel [set up]
3. Create your categories for organizing the products [use existing admin option]
4. Create the tags you want to use [use existing admin option]
5. You need to customize the Item Management in order to be able to save prices for the items. In this step you can also add different types of fields, as required. [write your own code]
6. Add your items/products. [use existing admin option]
7. Create the public part for your e-commerce site [write your own code]
8. You need to add a shopping cart package/custom [write your own code]
9. Create the checkout page with user login/register. [write your own code]
10. Define User Roles [use existing admin option]
11. If you want online payment, you need to integrate with a Payment Gateway (e.g. Stripe, PayPal, Braintree) [write your own code]
12. For invoicing you can integrate with an external service or create your own invoices; there are a handful of invoice pdf generators you can use [write your own code]
13. Add an admin page where you can see the incoming orders with advanced order management (i.e. status, filters, group by user) [write your own code]
14. Users should be able to see their orders, present and past, and the status of an order, so you have to extend the user profile in order to include these. [write your own code]
15. Customize the dashboard in order to access statistics easier and to keep an eye on your revenue. [write your own code]
16. All you need now is to deploy it online [deploy]
How to build a forum (dashboard administration) with Argon Dashboard Pro Laravel
1. Set up your development environment according to your preferred OS [set up]
2. Download and set up Argon Pro Laravel [set up]
3. Create your categories for organizing the forum posts [use existing admin option]
4. Create the tags you want to use [use existing admin option]
5. Create the public part for your forum [write your own code]
6. Start writing posts. [use existing admin option]
7. If you want to moderate the conversations you can add a custom middleware/policy [write your own code]
8. You can assign other users to help you with moderation through user roles [use existing admin option]
9. Customize the dashboard in order to access statistics easier [write your own code]
10. All you need now is to deploy it online [deploy]
How to build a presentation website with Argon Dashboard Pro Laravel
If you want to showcase your products without the hassle of a full e-commerce solution, but still be able to manage them easily.
1. Set up your development environment according to your preferred OS [set up]
2. Download and set up Argon Pro Laravel [set up]
3. Create your categories for organizing the products [use existing admin option]
4. Add your items/products. [use existing admin option]
5. Create the public part for your presentation site [write your own code]
6. No website is complete without a contact form. Let’s implement it and add an administration page where you can see the messages. [write your own code]
7. Customize the dashboard in order to access statistics easier [write your own code]
8. All you need now is to deploy it online [deploy]
How to build a classified advertisements website with Argon Dashboard Pro Laravel
1. Setup your development environment according to your preferred OS [set up]
2. Download and set up Argon Pro Laravel [set up]
3. Create your categories for organizing the classified advertisements [use existing admin option]
4. Create the tags you want to use [use existing admin option]
5. You need to customize the Item Management in order to be able to save prices for the items. In this step you can also add different types of fields, as required. [write your own code]
6. Create the public part for your classified advertisements website [write your own code]
7. Create a couple of advertisements [use existing admin option]
8. Customize the dashboard in order to access statistics easier [write your own code]
9. The next step is to allow your users to add advertisements. Free or subscription based. [write your own code]
10. All you need now is to deploy it online [deploy]
How to build an appointments/calendar app with Argon Dashboard Pro Laravel
1. Set up your development environment according to your preferred OS [set up]
2. Download and set up Argon Pro Laravel [set up]
3. Create your categories for organizing the projects [use existing admin option]
4. Add your current projects [use existing admin option]
5. Create a new list page that displays all of your upcoming appointments [write your own code]
6. Create an “add appointment” form page and set up a couple of appointments [write your own code]
7. Create a calendar view of your appointments using the integrated Calendar [write your own code]
8. Customize the dashboard in order to access statistics easier [write your own code]
9. If you need reminders so that you don’t miss an event, you can add Email Notifications [write your own code]
10. You can go further and allow other users to use your app by creating new roles/permissions [use existing admin option]
11. All you need now is to deploy it online [deploy]
We are always striving to create rich featured, versatile products and your feedback is an important part of this. So, tell us what you want added or what you suggest we build next.
Also, if you need a hand with your Laravel project, don`t hesitate to drop us an email or leave a comment below. We build complex apps for a living.
