Installation

To install charts use composer, _(*7)

Download

composer require consoletvs/links

Add service provider & alias

Add the following service provider to the array in: config/app.php, _(*8)

ConsoleTVs\Links\LinksServiceProvider::class,

Add the following alias to the array in: config/app.php, _(*9)

'Links' => ConsoleTVs\Links\Facades\Links::class,

Publish the assets

php artisan vendor:publish

Migrate

php artisan migrate

Configuration

Default Settings

The file in: config/links.php contains an array of settings, you can find the default settings in there., _(*10)

<?php

return [
    /* Middleware that will be applied to the statistic pages */
    'middleware' => ConsoleTVs\Links\Middleware\LinksMiddleware::class,

    /* Password to use if ConsoleTVs\Links\Middleware\LinksMiddleware is beeing used */
    'password' => 'LinksRocks',

    /* The views layout */
    'layout' => 'links::template',

    /* The route prefix, will be applied to all of the routes. */
    'prefix' => 'links',
];

You should now modify the password if you're willing to use the default middleware., _(*11)

The Middleware

The middleware is applied to the statistics page, this middleware can be changed and you're able to apply your own access rules., _(*12)

Default: ConsoleTVs\Links\Middleware\LinksMiddleware::class, _(*13)

The default middleware requires a simple password to login., _(*14)

The Password (Only with the default middleware)

The password needs to be set if you are using the default middleware. This will allow you to login., _(*15)

Default: LinksRocks, _(*16)

The Layout

The layout can be changed, but the current pages are designed using Bootstrap 4 keep that in mind., _(*17)

Default: links::template, _(*18)

The prefix

The prefix will be used in all of the routes. It determines the root of all the routes of the package., _(*19)

Default: links, _(*20)

Usage

Create Links

To create links, go in the view where you want to add a traked link and instead of using the typical url operations:, _(*21)

{{ url('http://google.com') }}
{{ route('google') }}

Use the package facade:, _(*22)

{{ Links::url('http://google.com') }}
{{ Links::route('google') }}

Track Pages

if you want to track down the current page, simply do this:, _(*23)

Note: It uses jQuery!, _(*24)

// If jQuery .js is already included and you don't want conflits:
{!! Links::track() !!}

// If jQuery .js is not included in your view, this will also add it.
{!! Links::track(true) !!}

Quick tip: Adding the track to the views layout will track all pages using that layout once visited!, _(*25)