Project #2

Lazy News 365

Laravel-based news platform with a React admin, page builder, and modular widgets.

Lazy News 365 ships a public reader layout plus an admin panel to manage posts, menus, and custom page sections. This README focuses on what is implemented today.

Completed Features

Reader Experience

Newsfront layout with responsive header and menu (desktop dropdown + mobile drawer).
Locale switcher with per-locale persistence.
Page rendering with widget-based sections.
Category pages: renders matching category page widgets first, then a dynamic post list.
Mobile vs desktop visibility for slider/mobile_slider and single_banner/mobile_single_banner.
Cookie consent banner driven by settings.

Admin Panel

Dashboard, posts, comments, media library, categories, locales, menus, and pages.
Page Builder with sortable sections and per-locale translations.
Widget controls for structured widgets (sliders, banners, multi-column, line gaps).
HTML Block editor with separate HTML + JS fields.
Settings split into tabs: Application, Contact, Social API, SMTP, reCAPTCHA, Cookie consent.

Widgets (Public)

Slider + Mobile Slider with autoplay, dots, arrows, hover/touch pause.
Breaking News List vertical ticker slider.
Multi-column grid with responsive columns (min 2 on mobile, configured columns at lg).
Single banner + Mobile single banner.
Text editor rich HTML content widget.
Category Slider (new):
- Single category: paged slider showing post grids (6 posts per slide).
- Multiple categories: per-category cards with their own paged slider.
Featured post widget for curated layouts.

Caching

Category Slider uses cached data via CategorySliderService (5-minute TTL).

Technical Stack

Backend: Laravel (PHP 8+)
Frontend: Tailwind CSS + Vite
Admin: React + Tailwind
Database: MySQL/PostgreSQL compatible Eloquent models