Getting started

Installation
composer require astrotomic/stancy
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Sheets\SheetsServiceProvider" --tag=config
mkdir -p ./resources/content/static
mkdir -p ./views/content
mkdir -p ./app/Pages
config/filesystems.php
config/sheets.php
config/filesystems.php
<?php
​
return [
    // ...
    'disks' => [
        // ...
        'static' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => resource_path('content/static'),
        ],
    ],
];
config/sheets.php
<?php
​
return [
    'default_collection' => 'static',
​
    'collections' => [
        'static',
    ],
];
This is everything you have to do to prepare your first static sheet/page collection. 
Installation
/installation
Home
This will be an example for a simple static page - like your home/front page.
touch ./resources/content/static/home.md
touch ./views/content/home.blade.php
touch ./app/Pages/Home.php
These three files will represent your home page. The markdown file will hold the data/content, the view will render it and the PHP class will  validate it and provide additional features.
home.md
Home.php
home.blade.php
home.md
---
_view: content.static.home
_pageData: \App\Pages\Home
---
​
# Home
​
This is my first awesome Stancy page.
Home.php
<?php
​
namespace App\Pages;
​
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Contracts\Routable;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Models\PageData;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasContent;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasSlug;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasUrl;
​
class Home extends PageData implements Routable
{
    use PageHasSlug, PageHasContent, PageHasUrl;
​
    public function getUrl(): string
    {
        return route('static.home');
    }
}
home.blade.php
@extends('master')
​
@section('content')
    {!! $contents !!}
@endsection
Now you have to add the route to your routes/web.php 
routes/web.php
<?php
​
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Facades\PageFactory;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
​
Route::get('/', function () {
    return PageFactory::makeFromSheetName('static', 'home');
})->name('static.home');
Content
/basics/content
Sitemap
To add your page to the sitemap and return it if someone access /sitemap.xml you have to do the following.
routes/web.php
<?php
​
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Facades\SitemapFactory;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
​
Route::get('/sitemap.xml', function () {
    return SitemapFactory::makeFromSheetList(['static']);
})->name('sitemap');
This will add all pages in the static collection to your sitemap.
Sitemap
/advanced/sitemap
Blog
One of the most common examples for a page collection is a blog. You need an index page and a detail one for every article.
touch ./resources/content/static/blog.md
touch ./views/content/blog.blade.php
touch ./app/Pages/Blog.php
blog.md
Blog.php
blog.blade.php
blog.md
---
_view: static.blog
_pageData: \App\Pages\Blog
_sheets:
    posts: blog:*
---
​
# Blog
​
This is my fantastic blog index.
Blog.php
<?php
​
namespace App\Pages;
​
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Contracts\Routable;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Models\PageData;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasContent;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasSlug;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasUrl;
​
class Blog extends PageData implements Routable
{
    use PageHasSlug, PageHasContent, PageHasUrl;
​
    /** @var \App\Pages\Post[] */
    public $posts;
​
    public function getUrl(): string
    {
        return route('static.blog');
    }
}
blog.blade.php
@extends('master')
​
@section('content')
    <div class="row">
        @foreach(collect($posts)->sortByDesc('date') as $post)
            <div class="col-12 col-md-4 col-xl-3">
                <div class="card">
                    <img src="{{ url($post->image) }}" class="card-img-top">
                    <div class="card-body">
                        <h3 class="card-title">{{ $post->title }}</h3>
                        <div><small>{{ $post->date->format('Y-m-d H:i') }}</small></div>
                        <div class="card-text mb-3">{!! Illuminate\Support\Str::words(strip_tags($post->contents), 20) !!}</div>
                        <a href="{{ $post->getUrl() }}" class="btn btn-primary">open post</a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        @endforeach
    </div>
@endsection
Before you can test this we will have to add our first post to the blog collection.
mkdir -p ./resources/content/blog
config/filesystems.php
config/sheets.php
config/filesystems.php
<?php
​
return [
    // ...
    'disks' => [
        // ...
        'blog' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => resource_path('content/blog'),
        ],
    ],
];
config/sheets.php
<?php
​
return [
    'default_collection' => 'static',
​
    'collections' => [
        'static',
        'blog',
    ],
];
touch ./resources/content/blog/first-post.md
touch ./views/content/post.blade.php
touch ./app/Pages/Post.php
first-post.md
Post.php
post.blade.php
first-post.md
---
_view: blog.post
_pageData: \App\Pages\Post
title: my first post
image: https://via.placeholder.com/1920x1080/E91E63/FFFFFF?text=Stancy
date: 2019-09-04 17:31
---
​
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Post.php
<?php
​
namespace App\Pages;
​
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Contracts\Routable;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Models\PageData;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasContent;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasDate;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasSlug;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Traits\PageHasUrl;
use Carbon\Carbon;
​
class Post extends PageData implements Routable
{
    use PageHasSlug, PageHasContent, PageHasDate, PageHasUrl;
​
    /** @var string */
    public $title;
​
    /** @var string */
    public $image;
​
    public function __construct(array $parameters)
    {
        if (isset($parameters['date']) && is_string($parameters['date'])) {
            $parameters['date'] = Carbon::make($parameters['date']);
        }
​
        parent::__construct($parameters);
    }
​
    public function getUrl(): string
    {
        return route('blog.post', ['slug' => $this->slug]);
    }
}
post.blade.php
@extends('master')
​
@section('content')
    <img src="{{ url($image) }}" class="img-fluid">
    <h1 class="">{{ $title }}</h1>
    {!! $contents !!}
@endsection
routes/web.php
<?php
​
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Facades\PageFactory;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
​
Route::get('/blog/{slug}', function (string $slug) {
    return PageFactory::makeFromSheetName('blog', $slug);
})->name('blog.post');
​
Route::get('/sitemap.xml', function () {
    return SitemapFactory::makeFromSheetList([
        'static', 
        'blog', // added
    ]);
});
Now you are done. If you want to add a new post just add a new markdown file to the blog collection and fill all required data.
Feed
After you now have your first collection of same type pages (blog) it's useful to put them in a feed and link it in your HTML.
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Feed\FeedServiceProvider" --tag=config
config/feed.php
routes/web.php
master.blade.php
config/feed.php
<?php
​
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Contracts\FeedFactory;
​
return [
    'feeds' => [
        'blog.atom' => [
            'items' => [FeedFactory::class.'@makeFromSheetCollectionName', 'blog'],
            'url' => 'feed/blog.atom',
            'title' => 'Stancy Blog Feed',
            'description' => 'This is the Stancy Laravel demo blog feed.',
            'language' => 'en-US',
            'view' => 'feed::atom',
            'type' => 'application/atom+xml',
        ],
        'blog.rss' => [
            'items' => [FeedFactory::class.'@makeFromSheetCollectionName', 'blog'],
            'url' => 'feed/blog.rss',
            'title' => 'Blog Feed',
            'description' => 'This is the Stancy Laravel demo blog feed.',
            'language' => 'en-US',
            'view' => 'feed::rss',
            'type' => 'application/rss+xml',
        ],
    ],
];
routes/web.php
<?php
​
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
​
Route::feeds();
master.blade.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <!-- head -->
  @include('feed::links')
</head>
<body>
  <!-- body -->
</body>
</html>
Now you have to prepare the \App\Pages\Post page data class.
Post.php
<?php
​
namespace App\Pages;
​
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Contracts\Routable;
use Astrotomic\Stancy\Models\PageData;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Spatie\Feed\FeedItem;
​
class Post extends PageData implements Routable
{
    // ...
    
    public function toFeedItem(): FeedItem
    {
        return FeedItem::create()
            ->id($this->slug)
            ->link($this->getUrl())
            ->title($this->title)
            ->author('Gummibeer, dev.gummibeer@gmail.com')
            ->updated($this->date)
            ->summary(Str::words(strip_tags($this->contents), 50, ''));
    }
​
    // ...
}
And you are done. You will have two feeds (RSS and Atom) now. If you only want one just remove the other one from the config.
Feed Atom/RSS
/advanced/feed
Congratulations! 🎉 You have your first Stancy setup and are ready to go. 🚀
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