diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Backend/BlogController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Backend/BlogController.php
index a16cd56..9440cb4 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Backend/BlogController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Backend/BlogController.php
@@ -4,10 +4,20 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Post;
+use App\Http\Requests;
+use Intervention\Image\Facades\Image;
 
 class BlogController extends BackendController
 {
     protected $limit=5;
+    protected $uploadPath;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->uploadPath = public_path(config('cms.image.directory'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Display a listing of the resource.
      *
@@ -26,9 +36,9 @@ public function index()
      *
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
      */
-    public function create()
+    public function create(Post $post)
     {
-        dd("create new blog");
+        return view("backend.blog.create", compact('post'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -37,9 +47,44 @@ public function create()
      * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
      */
-    public function store(Request $request)
+    public function store(Requests\PostRequest $request)
     {
-        //
+        $data = $this->handleRequest($request);
+
+        $request->user()->posts()->create($data);
+
+        return redirect(route('backend.blog.index'))->with('message', 'Post has been added');
+    }
+
+    private function handleRequest($request){
+        $data = $request->all();
+
+        if($request->hasFile('image')){
+            $image = $request->file('image');
+            $thumbnail = 
+            $fileName = $image->getClientOriginalName();
+
+            $destination = $this->uploadPath;
+
+            $uploaded = $image->move($destination, $fileName);
+
+            if($uploaded){
+                $width = config('cms.image.thumbnail.width');
+                $height = config('cms.image.thumbnail.height');
+
+                $extension = $image->getClientOriginalExtension();
+                $thumbnail = str_replace(".{$extension}", "_thumb.{$extension}", $fileName);
+
+                Image::make($destination . '/' . $fileName)
+                        ->resize($width,$height)
+                        ->save($destination . '/' . $thumbnail);
+            }
+
+
+            $data['image'] = $fileName;
+        }
+
+        return $data;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/PostRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/PostRequest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d35028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/PostRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class PostRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function authorize()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function rules()
+    {
+        return [
+            'title'         => 'required',
+            'slug'          => 'required|unique:posts',
+            'body'          => 'required',
+            'published_at'  => 'date_format:Y-m-d H:i:s',
+            'category_id'   => 'required',
+            'image'         => 'mimes:jpg,jpeg,bmp,png',
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Post.php b/app/Post.php
index 897aa50..6b2592b 100644
--- a/app/Post.php
+++ b/app/Post.php
@@ -10,33 +10,39 @@ class Post extends Model
 {
 	protected $dates = ['published_at'];
 
-    public function getImageUrlAttribute($value){
-
-    	$imageUrl = "";
-    	if(!is_null($this->image)){
-    		$imageUrl = $this->image;
-    	}else{
-    		$imageUrl = "";
-    	}
-
-    	return $imageUrl;
-    }
-
-    public function getImageThumbUrlAttribute($value){
-
-        $imageUrl = "";
-        if(!is_null($this->image)){
-            $ext = substr(strrchr($this->image, '.'), 1);
-            $thumbnail = str_replace(".{$ext}", "_thumb.{$ext}", $this->image);
-            $imagePath = public_path() . "/img/" . $thumbnail;
-            if(file_exists($imagePath)) $imageUrl = asset("img/" . $thumbnail);
-            $imageUrl = $this->image;
-        }else{
-            $imageUrl = "";
-        }
-
-        return $imageUrl;
-    }
+	protected $fillable = ['title','slug','excerpt','body','published_at','category_id','image'];
+
+	public function getImageUrlAttribute($value){
+
+		$imageUrl = "";
+
+		if(!is_null($this->image)){
+			$directory = config('cms.image.directory');
+			$imagePath = public_path(). "/{$directory}/". $this->image;
+
+			if(file_exists($imagePath)) $imageUrl = asset("{$directory}/" .$this->image);
+		}
+
+		return $imageUrl;
+	}
+
+	public function getImageThumbUrlAttribute($value){
+
+	    $imageUrl = "";
+
+	    if(!is_null($this->image)){
+	    	$directory = config('cms.image.directory');
+	        $ext = substr(strrchr($this->image, '.'), 1);
+	        $thumbnail = str_replace(".{$ext}", "_thumb.{$ext}", $this->image);
+	        $imagePath = public_path() . "/{$directory}/" . $thumbnail;
+	        if(file_exists($imagePath)) $imageUrl = asset("{$directory}/" . $thumbnail);
+	        $imageUrl = $this->image;
+	    }else{
+	        $imageUrl = "";
+	    }
+
+	    return $imageUrl;
+	}
 
     public function author(){
 		return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
@@ -50,6 +56,10 @@ public function getDateAttribute($value){
 		return is_null($this->published_at) ? '' : $this->published_at->diffForHumans();
 	}
 
+	public function setPublishedAtAttribute($value){
+	    $this->attributes['published_at'] = $value ? : NULL;
+	}
+
 	public function getBodyHtmlAttribute($value){
 		return $this->body ? Markdown::convertToHtml(e($this->body)) : NULL ;
 	}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3e57d13..56bf760 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
         "php": "^7.1.3",
         "fideloper/proxy": "^4.0",
         "graham-campbell/markdown": "^10.1",
+        "intervention/image": "^2.4",
         "laravel/framework": "5.7.*",
-        "laravel/tinker": "^1.0"
+        "laravel/tinker": "^1.0",
+        "laravelcollective/html": "^5.7"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "beyondcode/laravel-dump-server": "^1.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 3482208..41c8d24 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "7b124efecb3e41483c4f58d3c5a2b760",
+    "content-hash": "428b6578222facf7b10e3e1cacda7e52",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir",
@@ -434,6 +434,141 @@
             ],
             "time": "2018-08-23T12:03:07+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "guzzlehttp/psr7",
+            "version": "1.4.2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/guzzle/psr7.git",
+                "reference": "f5b8a8512e2b58b0071a7280e39f14f72e05d87c"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/guzzle/psr7/zipball/f5b8a8512e2b58b0071a7280e39f14f72e05d87c",
+                "reference": "f5b8a8512e2b58b0071a7280e39f14f72e05d87c",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=5.4.0",
+                "psr/http-message": "~1.0"
+            },
+            "provide": {
+                "psr/http-message-implementation": "1.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "1.4-dev"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "GuzzleHttp\\Psr7\\": "src/"
+                },
+                "files": [
+                    "src/functions_include.php"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Michael Dowling",
+                    "email": "mtdowling@gmail.com",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/mtdowling"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Tobias Schultze",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/Tobion"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "PSR-7 message implementation that also provides common utility methods",
+            "keywords": [
+                "http",
+                "message",
+                "request",
+                "response",
+                "stream",
+                "uri",
+                "url"
+            ],
+            "time": "2017-03-20T17:10:46+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "intervention/image",
+            "version": "2.4.2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/Intervention/image.git",
+                "reference": "e82d274f786e3d4b866a59b173f42e716f0783eb"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Intervention/image/zipball/e82d274f786e3d4b866a59b173f42e716f0783eb",
+                "reference": "e82d274f786e3d4b866a59b173f42e716f0783eb",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "ext-fileinfo": "*",
+                "guzzlehttp/psr7": "~1.1",
+                "php": ">=5.4.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "mockery/mockery": "~0.9.2",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8 || ^5.7"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
+                "ext-gd": "to use GD library based image processing.",
+                "ext-imagick": "to use Imagick based image processing.",
+                "intervention/imagecache": "Caching extension for the Intervention Image library"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "2.4-dev"
+                },
+                "laravel": {
+                    "providers": [
+                        "Intervention\\Image\\ImageServiceProvider"
+                    ],
+                    "aliases": {
+                        "Image": "Intervention\\Image\\Facades\\Image"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Intervention\\Image\\": "src/Intervention/Image"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Oliver Vogel",
+                    "email": "oliver@olivervogel.com",
+                    "homepage": "http://olivervogel.com/"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Image handling and manipulation library with support for Laravel integration",
+            "homepage": "http://image.intervention.io/",
+            "keywords": [
+                "gd",
+                "image",
+                "imagick",
+                "laravel",
+                "thumbnail",
+                "watermark"
+            ],
+            "time": "2018-05-29T14:19:03+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "jakub-onderka/php-console-color",
             "version": "0.1",
@@ -725,6 +860,74 @@
             ],
             "time": "2018-05-17T13:42:07+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "laravelcollective/html",
+            "version": "v5.7.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/LaravelCollective/html.git",
+                "reference": "777b6d390811ba249255ed5750bf17a019cd88a5"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/LaravelCollective/html/zipball/777b6d390811ba249255ed5750bf17a019cd88a5",
+                "reference": "777b6d390811ba249255ed5750bf17a019cd88a5",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "illuminate/http": "5.7.*",
+                "illuminate/routing": "5.7.*",
+                "illuminate/session": "5.7.*",
+                "illuminate/support": "5.7.*",
+                "illuminate/view": "5.7.*",
+                "php": ">=7.1.3"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "illuminate/database": "5.7.*",
+                "mockery/mockery": "~1.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "~7.1"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "5.7-dev"
+                },
+                "laravel": {
+                    "providers": [
+                        "Collective\\Html\\HtmlServiceProvider"
+                    ],
+                    "aliases": {
+                        "Form": "Collective\\Html\\FormFacade",
+                        "Html": "Collective\\Html\\HtmlFacade"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Collective\\Html\\": "src/"
+                },
+                "files": [
+                    "src/helpers.php"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Taylor Otwell",
+                    "email": "taylorotwell@gmail.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Adam Engebretson",
+                    "email": "adam@laravelcollective.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "HTML and Form Builders for the Laravel Framework",
+            "homepage": "https://laravelcollective.com",
+            "time": "2018-09-05T18:32:53+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "league/commonmark",
             "version": "0.17.5",
@@ -1156,6 +1359,56 @@
             ],
             "time": "2017-02-14T16:28:37+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "psr/http-message",
+            "version": "1.0.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/php-fig/http-message.git",
+                "reference": "f6561bf28d520154e4b0ec72be95418abe6d9363"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/php-fig/http-message/zipball/f6561bf28d520154e4b0ec72be95418abe6d9363",
+                "reference": "f6561bf28d520154e4b0ec72be95418abe6d9363",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=5.3.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "1.0.x-dev"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Psr\\Http\\Message\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PHP-FIG",
+                    "homepage": "http://www.php-fig.org/"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Common interface for HTTP messages",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/php-fig/http-message",
+            "keywords": [
+                "http",
+                "http-message",
+                "psr",
+                "psr-7",
+                "request",
+                "response"
+            ],
+            "time": "2016-08-06T14:39:51+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "psr/log",
             "version": "1.0.2",
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 3b08339..810f807 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@
          * Package Service Providers...
          */
         GrahamCampbell\Markdown\MarkdownServiceProvider::class,
+        Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,
+        Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class,
 
         /*
          * Application Service Providers...
@@ -211,6 +213,10 @@
         'Validator' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator::class,
         'View' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\View::class,
         'Markdown' => GrahamCampbell\Markdown\Facades\Markdown::class,
+
+        'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
+        'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,
+        'Image' => Intervention\Image\Facades\Image::class,
     ],
 
 ];
diff --git a/config/cms.php b/config/cms.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e56156f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/cms.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php 
+
+return [
+	'image' => [
+		'directory' => 'img',
+		'thumbnail' => [
+			'width' => 250,
+			'height' => 170
+		]
+	]
+];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/image.php b/config/image.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b1d2c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/image.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Image Driver
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Intervention Image supports "GD Library" and "Imagick" to process images
+    | internally. You may choose one of them according to your PHP
+    | configuration. By default PHP's "GD Library" implementation is used.
+    |
+    | Supported: "gd", "imagick"
+    |
+    */
+
+    'driver' => 'gd'
+
+];
diff --git a/public/img/comb.jpg b/public/img/comb.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faab1fc
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/img/comb.jpg differ
diff --git a/public/img/comb_thumb.jpg b/public/img/comb_thumb.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fd1df8
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/img/comb_thumb.jpg differ
diff --git a/resources/views/backend/blog/create.blade.php b/resources/views/backend/blog/create.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94d3b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/backend/blog/create.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+@extends('layouts.backend.main')
+
+@section('title', 'Laravel 5 Blog | Add New POst')
+
+@section('content')
+<div class="content-wrapper">
+	<!-- Content Header (Page header) -->
+    <div class="content-header">
+      <div class="container-fluid">
+        <div class="row mb-2">
+          <div class="col-sm-6">
+            <h1 class="m-0 text-dark">Blog <small style="font-size: 15px">Add New Posts</small></h1>
+          </div><!-- /.col -->
+          <div class="col-sm-6">
+            <ol class="breadcrumb float-sm-right">
+              <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="{{ url('/home') }}"><i class="fa fa-dashboard"></i> Dashboard</a></li>
+              <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="{{ url('/blog.index') }}">Blog</a></li>
+              <li class="breadcrumb-item active">Add new</li>
+            </ol>
+          </div><!-- /.col -->
+        </div><!-- /.row -->
+      </div><!-- /.container-fluid -->
+    </div>
+    <!-- /.content-header -->	    <!-- Main content -->
+	    <section class="content">
+	      <div class="container-fluid">
+	        <div class="row">
+	          <div class="col-md-12">
+	            <div class="card">
+	              <!-- /.card-header -->
+	              <div class="card-header">
+	                <h3 class="card-title">Add New Post</h3>
+	                <div class="card-tools">
+	                  <div class="input-group input-group-sm" style="width: 150px;">
+	                    <input type="text" name="table_search" class="form-control float-right" placeholder="Search">
+
+	                    <div class="input-group-append">
+	                      <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button>
+	                    </div>
+	                  </div>
+	                </div>
+	              </div>
+				  	
+
+	            <!-- /.card-header -->
+				<div class="card-body p-1">
+					{!! Form::model($post, [
+						'method' => 'POST',
+						'route' => 'backend.blog.store',
+						'files' => TRUE,
+					])!!}
+
+				<div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('title') ? 'has-error' : ''}}">
+					{!! Form::label('title') !!}
+					{!! Form::text('title', null, ['class'=>'form-control']) !!}
+					@if($errors->has('title'))
+						<span class="badge badge-danger">{{ $errors->first('title') }}</span>
+					@endif
+				</div>
+
+				<div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('slug') ? 'has-error' : ''}}">
+					{!! Form::label('slug') !!}
+					{!! Form::text('slug', null, ['class'=>'form-control']) !!}
+					@if($errors->has('slug'))
+						<span class="badge badge-danger">{{ $errors->first('slug') }}</span>
+					@endif
+				</div>
+
+				<div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('excerpt') ? 'has-error' : ''}}">
+					{!! Form::label('excerpt') !!}
+					{!! Form::textarea('excerpt', null, ['class'=>'form-control']) !!}
+					@if($errors->has('excerpt'))
+						<span class="badge badge-danger">{{ $errors->first('excerpt') }}</span>
+					@endif
+				</div>
+
+				<div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('body') ? 'has-error' : ''}}">
+					{!! Form::label('body') !!}
+					{!! Form::textarea('body', null, ['class'=>'form-control']) !!}
+					@if($errors->has('body'))
+						<span class="badge badge-danger">{{ $errors->first('body') }}</span>
+					@endif
+				</div>
+
+				<div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('published_at') ? 'has-error' : ''}}">
+					{!! Form::label('published_at', 'Publish Date') !!}
+					{!! Form::text('published_at', null, ['class'=>'form-control','placeholder' => 'Date Format: Y-m-d H:i:s']) !!}
+					@if($errors->has('published_at'))
+						<span class="badge badge-danger">{{ $errors->first('published_at') }}</span>
+					@endif
+				</div>
+
+				<div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('category_id') ? 'has-error' : ''}}">
+					{!! Form::label('category_id', 'Category') !!}
+					{!! Form::select('category_id', App\Category::pluck('title','id'), null, ['class'=>'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Select Category']) !!}
+					@if($errors->has('category_id'))
+						<span class="badge badge-danger">{{ $errors->first('category_id') }}</span>
+					@endif
+				</div>
+
+				<div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('image') ? 'has-error' : ''}}">
+					{!! Form::label('image', 'Featured Image') !!}
+					<br>
+					{!! Form::file('image') !!}
+
+					@if($errors->has('image'))
+						<span class="badge badge-danger">{{ $errors->first('image') }}</span>
+					@endif
+				</div>
+
+				<hr>
+
+				{!! Form::submit('Create New Post', ['class' => 'btn btn-primary']) !!}
+
+					{!! Form::close() !!}
+				</div>
+				<div class="card-footer clearfix">
+
+				</div>		                    	                	              
+
+        </div>
+        <!-- /.card -->
+      </div>
+
+    </div>
+    <!-- /.row -->
+  </div><!-- /.container-fluid -->
+</section>
+<!-- /.content -->
+</div>
+	  <!-- /.content-wrapper -->
+@endsection
+
+@section('script')
+	<script type="text/javascript">
+		$('#pagination').addClass('no-margin pagination-sm');
+	</script>
+@endsection