Tutorials

See what's new. Both from the Backpack team, and from developers just like you. Then publish articles to share your knowledge and get a little exposure.

New in v6: How to change layout for panel & auth views

Welcome to the world of custom themes for your Backpack v6 project! With the Tabler theme, you can easily change the layout for panel and auth views to suit your preferences. Installation: Before we begin, let's make sure you have...

...
Karan Datwani

New in v6: How to enable dark-mode on Backpack 🌑✨

Hello fellow developers! Are you ready to embrace the dark side? Starting from Backpack v6, we've got you covered with a sleek dark mode for the default theme, Tabler. It's beautiful, legible, and designed to give you the best use...

...
Karan Datwani

New in v6: How to create your own custom theme to Backpack v6

Hey devs, are you ready to create your own custom theme to Backpack v6? It's easier than you might think! Let's walk through the steps...

...
Karan Datwani

New in v6: How to change themes in Backpack v6

Hey there! In Backpack v6, we introduced themes so that you can add a bit of personality to your admin panels! Changing themes is a bre...

...
Karan Datwani

Progress Report - May 2023

This was a stressful month for the Backpack team. We've been polishing the last big things we had to merge into v6, finding and fixing...

...
Cristian Tabacitu

How to set up Laravel Valet (Nginx) + MySQL

A Few months ago, Tabacitu assigned me a task to install & try Spatie's Browsershot on the Laravel Valet environment. It was the fi...

...
Karan Datwani

How to add custom sections to CRUD tables and forms

In a recent project, I needed to customize my List and Create operations, to basically add content before or after the existing views....

...
Karan Datwani

How to create a custom operation that uses Backpack fields

In previous articles, I've shown you how to: create an operation (EmailOperation) with a custom HTML form; use that operation on yo...

...
Karan Datwani

How to create a Backpack add-on with a custom Operation

Say you’ve created a custom operation, and want to share it with other developers around the world. How do you do that? Well, it’s pret...

...
Karan Datwani

How to use a custom operation inside PermissionManager

So you want to add a new operation to the UserCrudController, the one that our PermissionManager addon provides? Here’s how you can do...

...
Karan Datwani

How to create a custom operation with a form

I needed a form that sends an email to each user, directly from the admin panel. I already had a Users CRUD, so here's how I added a fo...

...
Karan Datwani