prepared and gallery fixes

app/Http/Controllers/Community/ChatController.php

@@ -41,4 +41,40 @@ class ChatController extends Controller
 
         return view('community.chat', compact('page_title', 'adHtml', 'chatHtml', 'smileys'));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Handle legacy AJAX chat posts from old JS.
+     */
+    public function post(Request $request)
+    {
+        $message = $request->input('message') ?? $request->input('chat_txt') ?? null;
+        if (empty($message)) {
+            return response()->json(['ok' => false, 'error' => 'empty_message'], 400);
+        }
+
+        // Ensure legacy $_SESSION keys exist for Chat class (best-effort sync from Laravel session/auth)
+        if (empty($_SESSION['web_login']['user_id'])) {
+            $webLogin = session('web_login');
+            if ($webLogin && isset($webLogin['user_id'])) {
+                $_SESSION['web_login'] = $webLogin;
+            } elseif (auth()->check()) {
+                $user = auth()->user();
+                $_SESSION['web_login'] = [
+                    'user_id' => $user->id,
+                    'username' => $user->username ?? $user->name ?? null,
+                    'status' => true,
+                ];
+            }
+        }
+
+        $chat = new \App\Chat();
+        try {
+            $chat->StoreMessage($message);
+            $chat->UpdateChatFile('cron/chat_log.txt', 50);
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            return response()->json(['ok' => false, 'error' => 'store_failed', 'message' => $e->getMessage()], 500);
+        }
+
+        return response()->json(['ok' => true]);
+    }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/Community/ForumController.php

@@ -18,13 +18,76 @@ class ForumController extends Controller
     public function index()
     {
         $data = $this->legacy->forumIndex();
+
+        if (empty($data['topics']) || count($data['topics']) === 0) {
+            try {
+                $categories = \App\Models\ForumCategory::query()
+                    ->withCount(['threads as num_subtopics'])
+                    ->orderBy('position')
+                    ->orderBy('id')
+                    ->get();
+
+                $topics = $categories->map(function ($category) {
+                    $threadIds = \App\Models\ForumThread::where('category_id', $category->id)->pluck('id');
+
+                    return (object) [
+                        'topic_id' => $category->id,
+                        'topic' => $category->name,
+                        'discuss' => null,
+                        'last_update' => \App\Models\ForumThread::where('category_id', $category->id)->max('last_post_at'),
+                        'num_posts' => $threadIds->isEmpty() ? 0 : \App\Models\ForumPost::whereIn('thread_id', $threadIds)->count(),
+                        'num_subtopics' => (int) ($category->num_subtopics ?? 0),
+                    ];
+                });
+
+                $data['topics'] = $topics;
+            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                // keep legacy response
+            }
+        }
+
         return view('community.forum.index', $data);
     }
 
-    public function topic(Request $request, $topic_id)
+    public function topic(Request $request, $topic_id, $slug = null)
     {
+        // Redirect to canonical slug when possible
+        try {
+            $thread = \App\Models\ForumThread::find((int) $topic_id);
+            if ($thread && !empty($thread->slug)) {
+                $correct = $thread->slug;
+                if ($slug !== $correct) {
+                    $qs = $request->getQueryString();
+                    $url = route('legacy.forum.topic', ['topic_id' => $topic_id, 'slug' => $correct]);
+                    if ($qs) $url .= '?' . $qs;
+                    return redirect($url, 301);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+
+
         $data = $this->legacy->forumTopic((int) $topic_id, (int) $request->query('page', 1));
 
+        if (! $data) {
+            // fallback to new forum tables if migration already ran
+            try {
+                $thread = \App\Models\ForumThread::with(['posts.user'])->find((int) $topic_id);
+                if ($thread) {
+                    $posts = \App\Models\ForumPost::where('thread_id', $thread->id)->orderBy('created_at')->get();
+                    $data = [
+                        'type' => 'posts',
+                        'thread' => $thread,
+                        'posts' => $posts,
+                        'page_title' => $thread->title ?? 'Forum',
+                    ];
+                }
+            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                // ignore and fall through to placeholder
+            }
+        }
+
         if (! $data) {
             return view('shared.placeholder');
         }

app/Http/Controllers/Community/NewsController.php

@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ class NewsController extends Controller
             return redirect('/');
         }
 
+        // redirect to canonical slug for SEO if available
+        try {
+            $correct = \Illuminate\Support\Str::slug($news->headline ?? 'news-' . $id);
+            if ($slug !== $correct) {
+                $qs = $request->getQueryString();
+                $url = route('legacy.news.show', ['id' => $id, 'slug' => $correct]);
+                if ($qs) $url .= '?' . $qs;
+                return redirect($url, 301);
+            }
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+
         try {
             $comments = DB::table('news_comment as c')
                 ->leftJoin('users as u', 'c.user_id', '=', 'u.user_id')