Laravel 12: Online Library Management System (OLMS) From A-Z

Install and run a Laravel 12 application locally, create the project with Laravel new, configure XAMPP with Apache and MySQL, run migrations, and start the dev server with Breeze.

Discover how to install Laravel Breeze in a Laravel 12 OLMS project, roll back to Laravel 11 docs, publish auth views, run migrations, and verify login and registration pages.

Seed admin and student data in the online library management system by extending the users table with student id, name, photo, phone, username, role, and status.

Learn to enable login for admins and students using email, phone, or username in a Laravel Breeze-based OLMS, including front-end view updates and back-end validation.

Learn how to automatically generate a four-digit custom student ID (STD 0001, etc.) during user registration in a Laravel 12 OLMS, including adding a phone field and storing the ID.

Configure Laravel SMTP credentials using Mailtrap to enable forgot password emails, update env mailer settings (host, port, username, password, TLS), and test the password reset flow.

Set up admin dashboard and role-based redirects in Laravel OLMS. Route admins to the admin dashboard and students to the default dashboard using routes, views, and a controller.

Learn to build and apply an admin middleware in Laravel to protect admin dashboard routes from non-admin users, using authentication checks, role verification, and route groups.

Explore frontend and backend themes for the online library management system, including admin and student dashboards, UI components, and how to apply them in a Laravel project.

Segment the admin dashboard by extracting the header, sidebar, and footer into blade partials and including them to create a reusable admin dashboard template.

Create an admin dashboard template in Laravel by extracting the dynamic content and building a template, then extend it with an index view using Blade with extends, sections, and yields.

Clean the admin dashboard by removing unnecessary header, footer, and sidebar elements, replace logos with assets, strip dropdowns, and create a minimal, professional OLMS admin interface.

Implement admin logout by adding a header link and an admin logout route under the admin prefix; create the controller method and test redirect to the home page.

Create a separate admin login page outside the admin middleware, routing to an admin login view and wiring assets for a custom auth interface in the Laravel OLMS project.

Activate the admin login page using the default breeze login view, configure the post login form with CSRF protection, display validation errors and session alerts, and redirect to admin dashboard.

learn to add toaster notifications to a Laravel app by embedding CSS and JS and displaying a login success alert on admin redirects.

Customize the reset password view in a Laravel OLMS by updating the forgot password flow, adding email, password, and password confirmation fields, and testing with Mailtrap.

Modify the reset password backend to redirect admins to the admin login and students to the default login, using a dynamic route name, and adjust the password minimum length.

Customize the forgot password view by adapting the admin template, convert to a single email input, update labels and routes, and ensure post method with CSRF protection.

Learn to build an admin profile view in Laravel OLMS by adding an admin profile route, controller method, and blade view, and updating the header to expose the profile link.

Design the admin profile view for the OLMS dashboard, including a profile card with avatar and an editable update profile form featuring full name, username, email, phone, and photo.

Populate the admin profile view with database-fetched data using the compact method, binding name, username, email, and phone, and display a profile image with a default avatar.

Learn to implement real-time admin profile image preview with JavaScript and jQuery by binding an image input to a live preview, using a file reader to update the preview src.

Update admin profile backend by wrapping the profile card in a multipart form posted to the update profile route, processing name, username, email, phone, and photo.

Update admin profile backend part 2 demonstrates making the admin header dynamic, fetching the authenticated admin from the database, displaying the name and profile image, and routing to the dashboard.

Implement admin change password in Laravel OLMS by adding a change password view and route, plus a controller method and a form with old, new, and confirm fields.

Implement admin password updates in laravel by creating a post route and controller method, validating old, new, and confirm passwords with custom messages, and updating the database with hashing.

Configure the frontend of the Laravel OLMS by routing the home page to a front end index and home blade view, and load a front end theme with updated assets.

Learn to segment a home page into header, content, and footer, create blade partials and a reusable template, and use yield, extend, and includes for dynamic pages.

Update the default Laravel Breeze registration page to a custom student registration view in the OLMS app, adding name, email, phone, password, and password confirmation with validation and CSRF.

Update the default student login page to a custom login page. Wire the login route in the header and swap in the new login view.

Update the student login page to access the dashboard, integrating session status alerts, csrf protection, and validation, while mirroring the admin login flow for login, forgot password, and registration routes.