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koalabs/modelo
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A set of views that serve as a very basic template for your html

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Modelo - Blade template for Laravel 4
=====================================

[](#modelo---blade-template-for-laravel-4)

Modelo is a set of views that serve as a site's **very basic template**.
It gathers best practices from around the web (see [h5pb](http://html5boilerplate.com) or Zurb's [Foundation](http://foundation.zurb.com)) in order to provide a **robust starting template for most sites**.

Quick overview
--------------

[](#quick-overview)

Modelo consists of four basic files:

- master.blade.php
- head.blade.php
- body.blade.php
- tail.blade.php

### master.blade.php

[](#masterbladephp)

The *master.blade.php* file is pretty simple.
It **opens and closes** the page by adding the `html`, `head` and `body` tags.
It also includes the other three files (*head.blade.php*, *body.blade.php* and *tail.blade.php*).

### head.blade.php

[](#headbladephp)

Like its name points out, this is the `` of your site.
Here we add basic metadata and include *css stylesheets* and *javascript* files.

### body.blade.php

[](#bodybladephp)

We just include the content here. Pretty straightforward. This is the place to get creative.

### tail.blade.php

[](#tailbladephp)

We add most of our *javascript files* here for better website performance as well as a tracking id for *Google Analytics*.

Install
-------

[](#install)

In your application's root directory, open up the *composer.json* file and add the package to the `require` section so it looks like this:

```
"require": {
       "laravel/framework": "4.0.*",
       "koalabs/modelo": "1.*"
},
```

Open the command line, and in the root ot our application, run the Composer update like this:

```
php composer.phar update

```

Now let's add the Modelo Service Provider. Open the *app/config/app.php* file and in the `providers` array, add the following line:

```
'Koalabs\Modelo\ModeloServiceProvider'
```

You may also publish the configuration files in order to avoid them being overriden in future updates. Simply type:

```
php artisan config:publish koalabs/modelo
```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

Find the configuration file at `'vendor/koalabs/modelo/src/config/modelo.php'` and move it to the `'app/config'` folder.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You can use *Modelo* as the template for any of your views.
Just add this line at the beginning of the file:

```
@extends('modelo::master')
```

The actual content of your page goes into a **content** tag:

```
@section('content')

@stop
```

### Example

[](#example)

Let's say you want to make an 'about' page.
Just do as follows:

```
@extends('modelo::master')
@section('title') About Us @stop
@section('description') Some description for the meta tag here @stop

@section('content')

@stop
```

Those are the basics. But you can do a lot more by leveraging the helper tags modelo has and the using the configuration file.

### List of tags

[](#list-of-tags)

#### The body

[](#the-body)

- `@section('content')` for the actual page content That's it...

#### The head section

[](#the-head-section)

You can make a completely new `` for a specific page if you want to.
Use:`@section('head')`

Inside the head we have other tags:

- `@section('title')` for adding a meta title.
- `@section('description')` for adding a meta description
- `@section('meta')`for adding custom meta data (like, for example. hiding a page)
- `@section('styles')` for adding a new set of css styles to the page
- `@section('page_styles')`if you want to use the same css style you use throughout the site but want to also include a new one.

#### The tail section

[](#the-tail-section)

- `@section('tail')` for a totally different tail section.
- `@section('page_scripts')` for adding scripts that are specific to the page.

### Configuration

[](#configuration-1)

In the *config/modelo.php* file you have these options:

- Define the author of the site
- Define the path to where your main css file is. Because you **are compressing your files and serving only one**, right?
- Turn jquery *on* or *off*.
- Choose the jquery version.
- Choose the scripts you will serve to all pages
- Turn Google Analytics *on* or *off*

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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