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optimistdigital/nova-drafts
===========================

A Laravel Nova field that allows you to make drafts of your current resources.

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Nova Drafts
===========

[](#nova-drafts)

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This [Laravel Nova](https://nova.laravel.com) field allows you to make drafts of your resources.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Create Drafts**
- **Unpublish resources** (disable them)
- **Artisan Command to create Migration**

Screenshots
-----------

[](#screenshots)

[![Detail View](./docs/nova-drafts-details-view.png)](./docs/nova-drafts-details-view.png)

[![Form View](./docs/nova-drafts-form-view.png)](./docs/nova-drafts-form-view.png)

[![Index View](./docs/nova-drafts-index-view.png)](./docs/nova-drafts-index-view.png)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install the package in a Laravel Nova project via Composer:

```
composer require optimistdigital/nova-drafts
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Preparing the models and database

[](#preparing-the-models-and-database)

This field requires a few database changes - namely, the model requires three new columns **Migrations can be created using the following Artisan command:**

```
php artisan drafts:migration {table?}
```

if table name is not provided, a choice of all available tables is provided.

**If your table has pre-existing Unique constraint:**It's recommended to add 'published' field to the unique constraint. More information inside the migration file.

### Defining the field

[](#defining-the-field)

```
use OptimistDigital\NovaDrafts\DraftButton;
use OptimistDigital\NovaDrafts\PublishedField;
use OptimistDigital\NovaDrafts\UnpublishButton;

public function fields(Request $request)
{
    return [
        UnpublishButton::make('Unpublish'),
        DraftButton::make('Draft'),
        PublishedField::make('State', 'published'),
    ]
}
```

### Index Filtering (IndexQuery)

[](#index-filtering-indexquery)

Inside your **Model** add the following snippet:

```
public function childDraft()
{
    return $this->hasOne(YourModelName::class, 'draft_parent_id', 'id');
}
```

Inside your **Index Query** use that function, to filter out published pages that have drafts:

```
public static function indexQuery(NovaRequest $request, $query)
{
    return $query->doesntHave('childDraft');
}
```

Options
-------

[](#options)

Possible option you can pass to the field using the option name as a function

OptionTypeDefaultDescription`draftsEnabled`booleantrueboolean whether drafts are enabled or notLocalization and text customization
-----------------------------------

[](#localization-and-text-customization)

The translation file(s) can be published by using the following publish command:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="OptimistDigital\NovaDrafts\FieldServiceProvider" --tag="translations"
```

You can add your translations to `resources/lang/vendor/nova-drafts/` by creating a new translations file with the locale name (ie `et.json`) and copying the JSON from the existing `en.json`.

Credits
=======

[](#credits)

- [Kaspar Rosin](https://github.com/kasparrosin)
- [Mikk Õun](https://github.com/mikkoun)
- [Tarvo Reinpalu](https://github.com/tarpsvo)

License
=======

[](#license)

Nova Drafts is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](https://github.com/optimistdigital/nova-drafts/blob/master/LICENSE.md)

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64.5% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~87 days

Recently: every ~159 days

Total

13

Last Release

1278d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/386999?v=4)[Allan Tatter](/maintainers/allantatter)[@allantatter](https://github.com/allantatter)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5c80ca2be0e3f88f4422fae771026154c71332ad8b4dde5ea4fd41807dbbabba?d=identicon)[KasparRosin](/maintainers/KasparRosin)

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Top Contributors

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