Nyanumba Codes Digital Store

How to Download & Install the Digital Store (Laravel Application) 1. Download the ZIP file Purchase the Digital Store – Laravel 12 & Livewire 3. Click the Download button on the order page or in your email. Save the .zip file to your computer (e.g. digital-store-laravel.zip). 2. Extract the Project Locate the downloaded .zip file. Right-click and select Extract / Unzip. You should now have a project folder, e.g. digital-store-laravel/. 3. Move It to Your Development Environment You can run it: Locally (Laravel Sail, Valet, XAMPP, Laragon, etc.) Or on a server (Linux/VPS, cPanel, Ploi, Laravel Cloud, etc.) Copy or upload the extracted folder to your desired location, for example: Local: ~/Sites/digital-store-laravel Server: /var/www/digital-store-laravel 4. Server Requirements Make sure your environment meets the typical Laravel 12 requirements: PHP 8.2+ Composer installed MySQL / MariaDB or another supported database Node.js & NPM (if you want to recompile frontend assets) 5. Install PHP Dependencies In your project folder, run: composer install This will install all Laravel and package dependencies. 6. Set Up the Environment File Duplicate the example env file: cp .env.example .env Open .env and update at least: APP_NAME="Digital Store" APP_URL=http://your-local-domain.test DB_DATABASE=your_database_name DB_USERNAME=your_db_user DB_PASSWORD=your_db_password (Also configure MAIL_, QUEUE_, CACHE_ etc. later as needed.) 7. Generate App Key Run: php artisan key:generate 8. Run Migrations (and Seed if Included) Create the database (empty) in your DB tool (phpMyAdmin, TablePlus, etc.), then run: php artisan migrate If demo data or default admin user is included, also run: php artisan db:seed (or the specific seeder provided in the documentation). 9. Build Frontend Assets (If Needed) If assets are not already compiled, run: npm install npm run build For local development, you can also use: npm run dev 10. Storage Link Ensure public access to stored files: php artisan storage:link 11. Set Correct Permissions (Linux Servers) On a Linux/VPS server, make sure storage and bootstrap/cache are writable: chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache (Adjust group/user according to your server setup.) 12. Configure Your Web Server Point your web server document root to the public/ folder of the project, e.g.: /var/www/digital-store-laravel/public Then visit: Local: http://digital-store.test (or whatever domain you configured) Server: your live domain, e.g. https://yourdomain.com 13. Log In to the Admin Panel Use the default admin credentials provided in your purchase/readme (e.g. in the docs or README.md) to log in and start configuring the store (products, categories, payments, etc.).