🎨 Artist Portfolio Website - Laravel

A sophisticated, multilingual portfolio website for professional artists with gallery management, virtual exhibitions, and social media automation.

✨ Features

🖼️ Gallery Management

• Multilingual Artwork Database - Support for Russian, English, Chinese
• Advanced Filtering - Filter by series, year, medium, size, availability
• Responsive Image Gallery - Masonry layout with lazy loading
• High-Quality Image Processing - Multiple sizes, WebP optimization
• Virtual 3D Gallery - Integration with Spatial.io

📱 Modern User Experience

• Fully Responsive Design - Perfect on desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Progressive Web App - Installable, works offline
• Fast Performance - Optimized loading, caching strategies
• Accessibility - WCAG 2.1 compliant

🛠️ Artist Admin Panel

• Intuitive CMS - Easy artwork management without technical knowledge
• Batch Operations - Bulk upload and editing
• Content Scheduling - Plan publications in advance
• Analytics Dashboard - Track views, engagement, sales inquiries

🔗 Smart Integrations

• Telegram Automation - Auto-post new works to Telegram channel
• Social Media Sync - Cross-publish to multiple platforms
• NFT Integration - Display blockchain artwork information
• Email Newsletter - Built-in subscriber management

📝 Content Management

• Multilingual Blog - Articles, news, exhibition announcements
• Event Calendar - Exhibition schedules and openings
• Press Kit - Downloadable media materials
• Contact System - Spam-protected inquiry forms

🔒 Security & Reliability

• Advanced Spam Protection - Multi-layer contact form security
• Regular Backups - Automated database and media backups
• SSL Encryption - HTTPS everywhere
• GDPR Compliance - Privacy-focused design

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• PHP 8.3+
• Composer 2.5+
• MySQL 8.0+
• Node.js 18+
• Redis (recommended for production)

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/SirAndrewGotham/ArtPortfolio.git
cd ArtPortfolio

2. Install PHP dependencies

composer install

3. Install JavaScript dependencies

npm install

4. Configure environment

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

5. Update .env with your database credentials

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=art_portfolio
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

6. Run migrations and seeders

php artisan migrate --seed

7. Build assets

npm run build

8. Start development server

php artisan serve

Visit http://localhost:8000 to see your application!

📁 Project Structure

app/
├── Http/           # Controllers, Middleware, Requests
├── Models/         # Eloquent models
├── Services/       # Business logic services
├── Jobs/           # Queueable jobs
├── ViewModels/     # View presentation logic
└── Traits/         # Reusable model traits
resources/
├── views/          # Blade templates
├── css/            # Tailwind CSS
├── js/             # Alpine.js components
└── lang/           # Translation files
database/
├── migrations/     # Database migrations
├── seeders/        # Test data seeders
└── factories/      # Model factories

🧪 Testing

# Run all tests
php artisan test

# Run specific test suite
php artisan test --testsuite=Feature
php artisan test --testsuite=Unit

# Run with coverage
php artisan test --coverage --min=80

🚢 Deployment

Production Requirements

1. Web Server: Nginx or Apache with mod_rewrite
2. PHP Extensions: BCMath, Ctype, cURL, DOM, Fileinfo, GD, JSON, Mbstring, OpenSSL, PDO, Tokenizer, XML, ZIP
3. Database: MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.3+
4. Cache: Redis 6.0+
5. Queue: Supervisor for Laravel queues

Deployment Steps

# 1. Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/SirAndrewGotham/ArtPortfolio.git

# 2. Install dependencies
composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev
npm install && npm run production

# 3. Configure environment
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with production values

# 4. Generate keys and optimize
php artisan key:generate
php artisan storage:link
php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache
php artisan view:cache

# 5. Run migrations
php artisan migrate --force

# 6. Set up queue worker (Supervisor)
# Configure Supervisor to run: php artisan queue:work --tries=3

🔧 Configuration

Multilingual Setup

1. Configure languages in config/app.php
2. Add translations in resources/lang/{locale}
3. Set default language in .env

APP_LOCALE=en
APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE=en
APP_AVAILABLE_LOCALES=en,ru,zh

Image Processing

Configure image optimization in .env:

IMAGE_DRIVER=gd                # or 'imagick' for better quality
IMAGE_QUALITY=85
ENABLE_WEBP=true
MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE=10240          # 10MB max file size

Social Media Integration

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_token
TELEGRAM_CHANNEL_ID=@your_channel
FACEBOOK_PAGE_TOKEN=your_token
INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_token

📊 Performance Optimization

Caching Strategy

// Cache expensive queries
$artworks = Cache::remember('featured_artworks', 3600, function () {
    return Artwork::featured()->with('images')->get();
});

// Use Redis for sessions and cache
SESSION_DRIVER=redis
CACHE_DRIVER=redis

Image Optimization

• Automatic WebP conversion with JPEG fallback
• Responsive images with srcset attribute
• Lazy loading with blur-up placeholders
• CDN integration (Cloudinary/Cloudflare)

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

👤 Author

Andrew Gotham

• Email: andreogotema@gmail.com
• Telegram: @SirAndrewGotham
• GitHub: @SirAndrewGotham

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Laravel - The PHP Framework For Web Artisans
• Tailwind CSS - A utility-first CSS framework
• Alpine.js - A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior
• Spatial.io - Virtual gallery platform

🆘 Support

For support, email andreogotema@gmail.com or join our Telegram channel.

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