StreamVault is a modern, feature-rich streaming platform built on Laravel with a sleek dark UI powered by Tailwind CSS. It comes with everything you need to launch a
  professional movies & TV series website — from automated TMDB metadata imports to full episode management, user comments, watchlists, and an admin dashboard.

  Whether you're building a private media library or a public streaming portal, StreamVault gives you a solid, production-ready foundation with clean code and easy
  customization.

What's Included

  - Full Laravel source code (PHP 7.3+ / PHP 8.1 ready)
  - TMDB API integration for automatic metadata, posters, backdrops, and cast info
  - Movies & Series with full Season/Episode management
  - User system with comments, likes, dislikes, and watchlists
  - Dark-themed frontend & admin panel (Tailwind CSS)
  - Multilingual support: English, Spanish, and Arabic with RTL layout
  - Genres navigation bar with automatic slug generation
  - Responsive design for mobile, tablet, and desktop
  - SEO-friendly URLs and meta tags
  - Ad banner management system (468x60, 728x90, 320x100)
  - Buyer-friendly web installer — no command line needed
  - HTML installation guide + full documentation

- Dual Content Type Support — Add unlimited Movies and TV Series with separate detail pages and players.
  - Episode Manager — Organize series by seasons and episodes. Each episode gets its own page with players and download links.
  - TMDB Auto-Sync — Pull titles, descriptions, ratings, genres, cast, posters, and backdrops automatically from TheMovieDB.
  - User Engagement — Registered users can like, dislike, bookmark watchlists, and leave comments with spoiler tags.
  - Admin Control Panel — Manage movies, series, episodes, genres, users, pages, advertisements, and site settings from a unified dashboard.
  - Dark Theme Everywhere — Consistent dark UI across the frontend and all admin list pages.
  - RTL Ready — Full Arabic language support with right-to-left layout switching.
  - Genres Bar — Horizontal scrolling genres navigation
  - PHP 8.1 Compatible — Tested and patched for modern hosting environments.
  - One-Click Web Installer — Step-by-step browser installer writes .env, runs migrations, seeds data, and sets admin credentials automatically.

Admin Panel Features

  - Dashboard with stats counters (Movies, Series, Episodes, Users)
  - CRUD for Movies, Series, Episodes, Genres, Collections, Persons
  - User management with role assignments
  - Advertisement banner placement control
  - SEO settings (Search Engines config)
  - Site general settings (name, URL, social links, TMDB token)

Technical Requirements

  - PHP >= 7.3 (PHP 8.1 fully supported)
  - MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+
  - PDO PHP Extension
  - Mbstring PHP Extension
  - OpenSSL PHP Extension
  - JSON PHP Extension
  - Fileinfo PHP Extension
  - GD PHP Extension (optional but recommended)
  - Tokenizer, XML, Ctype, CURL extensions

 Installation

  Two methods are provided:

  1. Web Installer (Recommended for beginners)
  - Upload files to your server.
  - Navigate to yourdomain.com/install/.
  - Follow the 4-step wizard: check requirements → configure database → set site details → done.
  - The installer handles migrations, seeding, and admin account creation automatically.

  2. Manual Installation
  - Upload files and create a MySQL database.
  - Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your database credentials.
  - Run composer install, php artisan key:generate, php artisan migrate --seed.
  - Set directory permissions for storage/ and bootstrap/cache/.

  A detailed HTML installation guide is included at the project root.

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  Changelog

  v2.1.0 — 24 May 2026
  - Added full Arabic language support with RTL layout
  - Replaced A-Z navigation bar with dynamic Genres bar
  - Rebranded all Twitter references to X with updated icons
  - Fixed dashboard stat card text collapsing on smaller screens
  - Fixed admin list page white backgrounds for dark theme consistency
  - Fixed PHP 8.1 deprecation errors in installer and application
  - Fixed 500 error on series detail pages (foreign key relationship mismatch)
  - Added null-safe guards for TMDB API failures and deleted user comments
  - Updated documentation and created buyer-friendly HTML install guide

  v2.0.0 — Initial Release
  - Laravel 8 core with movies & series management
  - TMDB API integration
  - Episode/season system
  - User comments, likes, watchlists
  - Admin dashboard
  - Dark Tailwind CSS theme

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  Support Policy

  - Free support is provided for bug reports and installation issues via the item comments section.
  - Please include your PHP version, Laravel version, and error screenshots when reporting issues.
  - Support does not cover custom modifications or third-party hosting environment issues.
  - Documentation and installation guide are included in the download.