Quick overview of setting up a OctoberCMS setup. I followed: http://erikaybar.name/octobercms-my-first-encounter/

Started up homestead: homestead up

Logged into homestead: ssh homestead – Created folder in my /Code/ folder for new project.

Ran the composer install to install vendor items and plugins: composer install

Added database and user for database in cpanel for the production site

Ran the October: php artisan october:up

 

Environments:

 

I setup on my local development to the newly created file I made in the root: .env

APP_ENV=dev           In the /config/ folder I added a /dev/ folder for the files for it to load for the local development environment specs.  I place s copy of the database file.