Artify - The PHP Social Blogging Platform

Artify is a lightning-fast, modern, and highly interactive Social Blogging Platform. Built with the latest tech stack (Laravel 13, React 19, and Tailwind CSS 4), it is designed to help you launch a community-driven blog, news portal in minutes.

Demo & Admin Panel Required Sign-Up

Demo URL: https://artify.takfe.com/

Features

Comprehensive Feature List

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 User & Community Management

• Authentication System: Secure Email/Password login, OTP-based Email Verification, and "Forgot Password" functionality.
• Social Login: One-click login via Google, Facebook, and X (Twitter).
• User Profiles: Custom avatars, cover images, bios, and follower/following counts.
• Follow System: Users can follow their favorite authors and view a dedicated "Following" feed.
• Account Security: Dynamic API rate limiting to prevent brute-force attacks and spam.
• Ban System: Admins can instantly suspend malicious users.
• Verified Badges: Manual assignment of custom "Blue Tick" style verified badges by the admin.

✍️ Content Creation & Editor

• Rich Text Editor (Tiptap): A Medium-style WYSIWYG editor supporting bold, italics, blockquotes, lists, and direct HTML source viewing.
• Social Embeds: Just paste a link from YouTube, X (Twitter), or Instagram, and it instantly converts into a native embedded player.
• Captioned Images: Seamlessly upload and insert images with beautiful italicized captions directly inside the article body.
• Video Posts: Support for embedding YouTube videos or uploading native MP4 files directly to your server.
• Drafts & Publishing: Users can save articles as drafts, publish them instantly, or submit them for admin review (Pending status).

🏆 Engagement & Gamification

• XP Points Tracking: Admins can configure exactly how many points users get for specific actions (e.g., +10 for a post, +5 for a comment, +2 for an upvote).
• Rank Badges: Create custom badges (e.g., Newbie, Expert, Legend) that unlock automatically when a user hits a specific XP threshold.
• Upvote/Downvote System: Reddit-style voting system for both Posts and Comments.
• Nested Comments: Multi-level threaded discussions with support for @mentions.
• Real-time Notifications: In-app alerts for new followers, replies, and mentions.

🤖 Automation (AI & Web Scraper)

• AI Auto-Routing: Configure multiple AI providers. If one fails, the system automatically falls back to the next available provider.
• Scraper Sources: Add unlimited web URLs or RSS feeds. The heuristic engine automatically detects article links, ignores junk, and extracts OpenGraph data (Title, Image, Category).
• Headline Feed: A dedicated "World Headlines" page to display automatically aggregated news.
• Background Cron: Set scraping frequency (e.g., every 15 mins, 1 hour) without impacting site performance using Laravel Queues.

🛠️ Ultimate Admin Control Panel (CP)

• Interactive Dashboard: Real-time statistics, recent signups, and user leaderboards.
• Category Management: Unlimited categories and sub-categories with clean slugs.
• Post Management: Edit, delete, or approve pending user submissions.
• Custom Pages: Create standard pages like "Terms of Service", "Privacy Policy", or "About Us" with priority sorting.
• Language & RTL Manager: Add unlimited languages, edit translation JSON files directly from the UI, and toggle RTL (Right-to-Left) layouts for Arabic/Hebrew.
• Demo Mode: Safe "Read-Only" mode for showcasing the admin panel to potential buyers/clients without letting them alter data.

⚙️ System, SEO & Performance

• Dynamic SEO: Auto-generated <title>, <meta> tags, and Schema.org JSON-LD.
• XML Sitemaps: Auto-generated structured sitemaps (/sitemap-posts.xml, /sitemap-users.xml, etc.).
• RSS Feed: Built-in /feed endpoint formatted perfectly for standard RSS readers and Google News syndication.
• Image Optimization: Automatically intercepts uploaded JPG/PNGs, compresses them, and converts them to next-gen WebP format.
• SMTP Configuration: Test and update email server credentials directly from the UI.
• Cache Management: Clear application, route, and view caches with a single click.

Requirements

📋 Server Requirements

Before starting the installation, please ensure your server meets the following requirements: ✅ PHP: 8.3+✅ Database: MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.3+

Instructions

1️⃣ Upload Files Upload and extract the MainFiles into public_html (or your document root) using your cPanel/Hosting File Manager.

2️⃣ Access Domain Open your website domain in your browser (e.g., <a href="https://yourdomain.com/install">https://yourdomain.com/install</a>).

3️⃣ Setup Wizard 

📝 Changelog

All notable changes to Artify will be documented in this file.

[1.0.2] - 2026-08-09

• Added dynamic Estimated Reading Time calculation for all articles.
• Implemented automated JSON-LD and Open Graph SEO Schema generation via dedicated SeoService.
• Introduced Daily, Weekly, and Monthly post creation limits for genaral user (configurable by Admin).
• Redesigned Post Header: Moved Action Menu (Upvote, Comment, Share) inline next to the author's avatar.
• Overhauled Comments UI: Upgraded to a Tree Layout with proper depth tracking and curved connective lines.

[1.0.1] - 2026-07-17

✨ New Features & Updates

• Added post bookmarking functionality.
• Added the ability to pin posts to user profiles.
• Added a content reporting system for posts and comments.
• Added an option for users to disable comments on their own posts.
• Added Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA integration.
• Added S3-compatible cloud storage support (AWS, Cloudflare R2, etc.).
• Added auto-suggestions dropdown for the tags input field.
• Added an admin setting to require review for edited posts.
• Added OTP email verification requirement when users change their email address.
• Added pre-configured theme color presets for dynamic appearance customization.
• Support for OpenRouter.ai as an AI provider.
• Miscellaneous UI improvements and bug fixes.
• Added a Video post format disable option.(CP>Genaral Setting)

[1.0.0] - 2026-07-06

🎉 Initial Release

• First official release of Artify.