EESoc Website Source Code

Imperial College London EESoc's Offical Website Source Code

TODO

Most items may not be completable due to time constraints but should be looked into in future.

• Use new API from union for sync functions
• Create minimalist + responsive public pages
• Create custom subscribable lists for categorical newsletters
• Upgrade server to PHP7
• Upgrade bootstrap to v4
• Re-design website/back-end layout with new user/admin dashboard

Major Technologies Used

• Laravel 4.0.7
• Bootstrap 3.0.0

Installation

1. Rename app/config/database.sample.php to app/config/database.php and make modifications as necessary.
2. Rename bootstrap/start.sample.php to bootstrap/start.php and replace your-machine-name with the hostname of your local machine is. This can be found by the hostname command.
3. Install Composer by running curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
4. Run php composer.phar install to download and install dependencies.
5. Run php artisan migrate to run database migrations (make sure database has already been created).
6. If you're on PHP 5.4, run php artisan serve to start the built-in web server.
7. Enjoy!

Commands

• php artisan admin:become <imperial-college-login> - Promotes a user to admin.
• php artisan eactivities:sales:sync - Sync online sales.
• php artisan eactivities:sync - Sync membership with EActivities.
• php artisan eepeople:sync - Sync user info with the departmental directory.
• php artisan instagram:sync - Syncs Instagram feed.
• php artisan ldap:sync - Sync user info with LDAP.
• php artisan locker:remind - Remind users via email to claim their locker.
• php artisan locker:send_terms - Send locker terms and conditions to all owners.

Writeable folders

Certain folders within the repo must be write-able by the web process in order for the site to operate. They are:

• /app/storage
• /public/files
• /public/assets