A simple, minimalistic image gallery application built with Laravel 12, showcasing the integration of Filament for an intuitive administration panel, and Spatie Media Library for robust media management.

• Image Upload & Management: Easily upload, categorize, and manage your images through a user-friendly administration interface.
• Intuitive Admin Panel: Powered by Filament PHP, providing a beautiful and efficient dashboard for all your gallery management needs.
• Efficient Media Handling: Leverages Spatie Media Library for reliable and optimized storage and retrieval of image files.
• Modern UI with Tailwind CSS: A clean, responsive, and visually appealing front-end built with Tailwind CSS, ensuring a great user experience on any device.
• Simple & Minimalistic Design: Focuses on presenting your images beautifully without unnecessary clutter.

This project highlights the seamless integration and power of the following technologies:

• Laravel 12: The robust and elegant PHP framework providing the foundation for the application.
• Filament: A TALL stack admin panel for Laravel, offering a rapid development experience for the gallery's backend. It simplifies the creation of forms, tables, and pages for managing images and other data.
• Spatie Media Library: An essential package for handling file uploads and associated media. It provides a flexible way to attach files to models, generate thumbnails, and manage conversions, making image management efficient and scalable.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <your-repository-url>
   cd minimalistic-image-gallery

2. Install Composer dependencies:

   composer install

3. Copy and configure your .env file:

   cp .env.example .env

   Edit your .env file and set your database credentials:

   DB_CONNECTION=mysql
   DB_HOST=127.0.01
   DB_PORT=3306
   DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
   DB_USERNAME=your_username
   DB_PASSWORD=your_password
   

4. Generate an application key:

   php artisan key:generate

5. Run database migrations:

   php artisan migrate

6. Create a symbolic link for storage (for Spatie Media Library):

   php artisan storage:link

   (Note: On Ubuntu servers, you would typically use ln -s storage/app/public public/storage if php artisan storage:link has issues or for manual creation.)
7. Run the development server:

   php artisan serve

• Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000 (or your chosen port) in your browser to view the gallery.
• Access the Filament admin panel at http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin. You'll need to create a user to log in to the admin panel.

To create an admin user for the Filament panel via the terminal, run:

php artisan make:filament-user

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.

The Laravel framework is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Author: Samuel Njau

-- Notes.

• I utlized the Laravel Avatar for dynamic user profile pictures.

• I've had a whole table for the Icons utilized within my project to be font awesome's.

• I have like 40+ categories of Galleries. php artisan db:seed --class=IconAndCategorySeeder