A Laravel package to help track user onboarding steps.
- Install the package via composer
composer require calebporzio/onboard
- Register the Service Provider and Facade in
config/app.php
'providers' => [
...
Calebporzio\Onboard\OnboardServiceProvider::class,
'aliases' => [
...
Calebporzio\Onboard\OnboardFacade::class,
- Add the
Calebporzio\Onboard\GetsOnboarded
trait to your app's User model
class User extends Model
{
use \Calebporzio\Onboard\GetsOnboarded;
...
Configure your steps in your App\Providers\AppServiceProvider.php
...
public function boot()
{
Onboard::addStep('Complete Profile')
->link('/profile')
->cta('Complete')
->completeIf(function (User $user) {
return $user->profile->isComplete();
});
Onboard::addStep('Create Your First Post')
->link('/post/create')
->cta('Create Post')
->completeIf(function (User $user) {
return $user->posts->count() > 0;
});
Now you can access these steps along with their state wherever you like. Here is an example blade template:
@if (Auth::user()->onboarding()->inProgress())
<div>
@foreach (Auth::user()->onboarding()->steps as $step)
<span>
@if($step->complete())
<i class="fa fa-check-square-o fa-fw"></i>
<s>{{ $loop->iteration }}. {{ $step->title }}</s>
@else
<i class="fa fa-square-o fa-fw"></i>
{{ $loop->iteration }}. {{ $step->title }}
@endif
</span>
<a href="{{ $step->link }}" {{ $step->complete() ? 'disabled' : '' }}>
{{ $step->cta }}
</a>
@endforeach
</div>
@endif
Check out all the available features below:
$onboarding = Auth::user()->onboarding();
$onboarding->inProgress();
$onboarding->finished();
$onboarding->steps()->each(function($step) {
$step->title;
$step->cta;
$step->link;
$step->complete();
$step->incomplete();
});
Definining custom attributes and accessing them:
// Defining the attributes
Onboard::addStep('Step w/ custom attributes')
->attributes([
'name' => 'Waldo',
'shirt_color' => 'Red & White',
]);
// Accessing them
$step->name;
$step->shirt_color;
If you want to ensure that your user is redirected to the next
unfinished onboarding step, whenever they access your web application,
you can use the following middleware as a starting point:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Auth;
use Closure;
class RedirectToUnfinishedOnboardingStep
{
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if (Auth::user()->onboarding()->inProgress()) {
return redirect()->to(
Auth::user()->onboarding()->nextUnfinishedStep->link
);
}
return $next($request);
}
}
Quick tip: Don't add this middleware to routes that update the state of the onboarding steps, your users will not be able to progress because they will be redirected back to the onboarding step.