feat: Nova homepage, profile redesign, and legacy view system overhaul

Homepage - Add HomepageService with hero, trending (award-weighted), fresh uploads, popular tags, creator spotlight (weekly uploads ranking), and news sections - Add React components: HomePage, HomeHero, HomeTrending, HomeFresh, HomeTags, HomeCreators, HomeNews (lazy-loaded below the fold) - Wire home.blade.php with JSON props, SEO meta, JSON-LD, and hero preload - Add HomePage.jsx to vite.config.js inputs Profile page - Hero banner with random user artwork as background + dark gradient overlay - Favourites section uses real Artwork models + <x-artwork-card> for CDN URLs - Newest artworks grid: gallery-grid → grid grid-cols-2 gap-4 Edit Profile page (user.blade.php) - Add hero banner (featured wallpaper/photography via artwork_features, content_type_id IN [2,3]) sourced in UserController - Remove bg-deep from outer wrapper; card backgrounds: bg-panel → bg-nova-800 - Remove stray AI-generated tag fragment from template Author profile links - Fix all /@username routes in: HomepageService, MonthlyCommentatorsController, LatestCommentsController, MyBuddiesController and corresponding blade views Legacy view namespace - Register View::addNamespace('legacy', resource_path('views/_legacy')) in AppServiceProvider::boot() - Convert all view('legacy.x') and @include('legacy.x') calls to legacy::x - Migrate legacy views to resources/views/_legacy/ with namespace support
2026-02-26 10:25:35 +01:00
parent d3fd32b004
commit d0aefc5ddc
78 changed files with 1046 additions and 221 deletions
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/CategoryPageController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/CategoryPageController.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class CategoryPageController extends Controller
            $perPage = 40;
            $artworks = $this->artworkService->getArtworksByContentType($contentType->slug, $perPage, $sort);

-            return view('legacy.content-type', compact(
+            return view('legacy::content-type', compact(
                'contentType',
                'rootCategories',
                'artworks',
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class CategoryPageController extends Controller

        // resolved category and breadcrumbs are used by the view

-        return view('legacy.category-slug', compact(
+        return view('legacy::category-slug', compact(
            'contentType',
            'category',
            'subcategories',
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Community/InterviewController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Community/InterviewController.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class InterviewController extends Controller
            $interviews = collect();
        }

-        return view('legacy.interviews', [
+        return view('legacy::interviews', [
            'interviews' => $interviews,
            'page_title' => 'Interviews',
        ]);
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Community/LatestCommentsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Community/LatestCommentsController.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class LatestCommentsController extends Controller
                'comment_id' => $c->getKey(),
                'comment_description' => $c->content,
                'commenter_id' => $c->user_id,
+                'commenter_username' => $user?->username ?? null,
                'country' => $user->country ?? null,
                'icon' => $user ? DB::table('user_profiles')->where('user_id', $user->id)->value('avatar_hash') : null,
                'uname' => $user->username ?? $user->name ?? 'User',
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/GalleryController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/GalleryController.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class GalleryController extends Controller

        $artworks = $query->skip(($page - 1) * $hits)->take($hits)->get();

-        return view('legacy.gallery', [
+        return view('legacy::gallery', [
            'user' => $user,
            'artworks' => $artworks,
            'page' => $page,
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/InterviewController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/InterviewController.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class InterviewController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Interview with ' . ($ar->username ?? '');

-        return view('legacy.interview', [
+        return view('legacy::interview', [
            'ar' => $ar,
            'artworks' => $artworks,
            'comments' => $comments,
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/InterviewsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/InterviewsController.php
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ class InterviewsController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Interviews';

-        return view('legacy.interviews', compact('interviews', 'page_title'));
+        return view('legacy::interviews', compact('interviews', 'page_title'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/ArtController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/ArtController.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ArtController extends Controller
        $data = $this->legacy->getArtwork((int) $id);

        if (! $data || empty($data['artwork'])) {
-            return view('legacy.placeholder', ['title' => 'Artwork Not Found']);
+            return view('legacy::placeholder', ['title' => 'Artwork Not Found']);
        }

        // load comments for artwork (legacy schema)
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ class ArtController extends Controller

        $data['comments'] = $comments;

-        return view('legacy.art', $data);
+        return view('legacy::art', $data);
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/BrowseController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/BrowseController.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class BrowseController extends Controller

        $page_canonical = url('/browse');

-        return view('legacy.browse', compact('page_title', 'page_meta_description', 'page_meta_keywords', 'page_canonical', 'artworks', 'rootCategories'));
+        return view('legacy::browse', compact('page_title', 'page_meta_description', 'page_meta_keywords', 'page_canonical', 'artworks', 'rootCategories'));
    }

    private function mapArtwork(Artwork $artwork): object
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/BuddiesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/BuddiesController.php
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ class BuddiesController extends Controller

        $page_title = ($user->name ?? $user->username ?? 'User') . ': Followers';

-        return view('legacy.buddies', compact('followers', 'page_title'));
+        return view('legacy::buddies', compact('followers', 'page_title'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/CategoryController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/CategoryController.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller

        // Expecting segments like ['category', '{contentType}', '{...categorySlugs}']
        if (count($segments) < 2 || strtolower($segments[0]) !== 'category') {
-            return view('legacy.placeholder');
+            return view('legacy::placeholder');
        }

        $parts = array_slice($segments, 1);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
        $page_meta_description = $category->description ?? ($category->contentType->name . ' artworks on Skinbase');
        $page_meta_keywords = strtolower($category->contentType->slug) . ', skinbase, artworks, wallpapers, skins, photography';

-        return view('legacy.category', compact(
+        return view('legacy::category', compact(
            'page_title',
            'page_meta_description',
            'page_meta_keywords',
@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
    public function browseCategories()
    {
        $data = $this->legacy->browseCategories();
-        return view('legacy.categories', $data);
+        return view('legacy::categories', $data);
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/ChatController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/ChatController.php
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ class ChatController extends Controller
            $smileys = collect();
        }

-        return view('legacy.chat', compact('page_title', 'adHtml', 'chatHtml', 'smileys'));
+        return view('legacy::chat', compact('page_title', 'adHtml', 'chatHtml', 'smileys'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/DailyUploadsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/DailyUploadsController.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class DailyUploadsController extends Controller
        if ($isAjax && $datum) {
            // Return partial gallery for the given date
            $arts = $this->fetchByDate($datum);
-            return view('legacy.partials.daily-uploads-grid', ['arts' => $arts])->render();
+            return view('legacy::partials.daily-uploads-grid', ['arts' => $arts])->render();
        }

        // Build date tabs (today .. -14 days)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class DailyUploadsController extends Controller
        // initial content: recent (last 7 days)
        $recent = $this->fetchRecent();

-        return view('legacy.daily-uploads', [
+        return view('legacy::daily-uploads', [
            'dates' => $dates,
            'recent' => $recent,
            'page_title' => 'Daily Uploads',
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/FavouritesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/FavouritesController.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class FavouritesController extends Controller

        $page_title = ($username ?: ($userNameCol ? DB::table('users')->where($userIdCol, $userId)->value($userNameCol) : '')) . ' Favourites';

-        return view('legacy.favourites', [
+        return view('legacy::favourites', [
            'results' => $results,
            'page_title' => $page_title,
            'user_id' => $userId,
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/FeaturedArtworksController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/FeaturedArtworksController.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class FeaturedArtworksController extends Controller

        $pageTitle = $artworkTypes[$type] ?? 'Featured Artworks';

-        return view('legacy.featured-artworks', [
+        return view('legacy::featured-artworks', [
            'artworks' => $artworks,
            'type' => $type,
            'artworkTypes' => $artworkTypes,
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/HomeController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/HomeController.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class HomeController extends Controller
        $ourNews = [];
        $latestForumActivity = [];

-        return view('legacy.home', compact(
+        return view('legacy::home', compact(
            'page_title',
            'page_meta_description',
            'page_meta_keywords',
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/InterviewController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/InterviewController.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class InterviewController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Interview with ' . ($ar->username ?? '');

-        return view('legacy.interview', [
+        return view('legacy::interview', [
            'ar' => $ar,
            'artworks' => $artworks,
            'comments' => $comments,
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/InterviewsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/InterviewsController.php
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ class InterviewsController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Interviews';

-        return view('legacy.interviews', compact('interviews', 'page_title'));
+        return view('legacy::interviews', compact('interviews', 'page_title'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/LatestCommentsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/LatestCommentsController.php
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ class LatestCommentsController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Latest Comments';

-        return view('legacy.latest-comments', compact('page_title', 'comments'));
+        return view('legacy::latest-comments', compact('page_title', 'comments'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/LatestController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/LatestController.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class LatestController extends Controller
            ];
        });

-        return view('legacy.latest-artworks', [
+        return view('legacy::latest-artworks', [
            'artworks' => $artworks,
            'page_title' => 'Latest Artworks',
        ]);
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/MembersController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/MembersController.php
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ class MembersController extends Controller
            });
        }

-        return view('legacy.browse', compact('page_title', 'artworks'));
+        return view('legacy::browse', compact('page_title', 'artworks'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/MonthlyCommentatorsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/MonthlyCommentatorsController.php
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ class MonthlyCommentatorsController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Monthly Top Commentators';

-        return view('legacy.monthly-commentators', compact('page_title', 'rows'));
+        return view('legacy::monthly-commentators', compact('page_title', 'rows'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/MyBuddiesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/MyBuddiesController.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class MyBuddiesController extends Controller

        $page_title = ($user->name ?? $user->username ?? 'User') . ': Following List';

-        return view('legacy.mybuddies', compact('buddies', 'page_title'));
+        return view('legacy::mybuddies', compact('buddies', 'page_title'));
    }

    public function destroy(Request $request, $id)
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/NewsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/NewsController.php
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ class NewsController extends Controller

        $page_title = ($news->headline ?? 'News') . ' - SkinBase News';

-        return view('legacy.news', compact('news', 'comments', 'page_title'));
+        return view('legacy::news', compact('news', 'comments', 'page_title'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/PhotographyController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/PhotographyController.php
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ class PhotographyController extends Controller

            $page_meta_description = $tidy;

-            return view('legacy.content-type', compact('contentType','rootCategories','artworks','page_title','page_meta_description','subcategories','id'));
+            return view('legacy::content-type', compact('contentType','rootCategories','artworks','page_title','page_meta_description','subcategories','id'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/ProfileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/ProfileController.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
            'about_me' => $user->bio ?? null,
        ];

-        return view('legacy.profile', [
+        return view('legacy::profile', [
            'user' => $legacyUser,
            'artworks' => $artworks,
        ]);
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/ReceivedCommentsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/ReceivedCommentsController.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class ReceivedCommentsController extends Controller

        $comments = $base->paginate($hits);

-        return view('legacy.received-comments', [
+        return view('legacy::received-comments', [
            'comments' => $comments,
            'page' => $page,
            'hits' => $hits,
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/StatisticsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/StatisticsController.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class StatisticsController extends Controller
            return $row;
        });

-        return view('legacy.statistics', [
+        return view('legacy::statistics', [
            'artworks' => $artworks,
            'sort' => $sort,
            'page_title' => 'Artwork Statistics',
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/TodayDownloadsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/TodayDownloadsController.php
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ class TodayDownloadsController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Today Downloaded Artworks';

-        return view('legacy.browse', ['page_title' => $page_title, 'artworks' => $paginator]);
+        return view('legacy::browse', ['page_title' => $page_title, 'artworks' => $paginator]);
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/TodayInHistoryController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/TodayInHistoryController.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class TodayInHistoryController extends Controller
            });
        }

-        return view('legacy.today-in-history', [
+        return view('legacy::today-in-history', [
            'artworks' => $artworks,
            'page_title' => 'Popular on this day in history',
        ]);
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/TopAuthorsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/TopAuthorsController.php
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ class TopAuthorsController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Top Authors';

-        return view('legacy.top-authors', compact('page_title', 'authors', 'metric'));
+        return view('legacy::top-authors', compact('page_title', 'authors', 'metric'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/TopFavouritesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/TopFavouritesController.php
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ class TopFavouritesController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Top Favourites';

-        return view('legacy.top-favourites', ['page_title' => $page_title, 'artworks' => $paginator]);
+        return view('legacy::top-favourites', ['page_title' => $page_title, 'artworks' => $paginator]);
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/UserController.php
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class UserController extends Controller
            }
        }

-        return view('legacy.user', [
+        return view('legacy::user', [
            'user' => $user,
            'birthDay' => $birthDay,
            'birthMonth' => $birthMonth,
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/LegacyController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/LegacyController.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class LegacyController extends Controller
        $ourNews = $this->ourNews();
        $latestForumActivity = $this->latestForumActivity();

-        return view('legacy.home', compact(
+        return view('legacy::home', compact(
            'page_title',
            'page_meta_description',
            'page_meta_keywords',
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class LegacyController extends Controller
            );
        }

-        return view('legacy.browse', compact('page_title', 'page_meta_description', 'page_meta_keywords', 'artworks'));
+        return view('legacy::browse', compact('page_title', 'page_meta_description', 'page_meta_keywords', 'artworks'));
    }

    public function category(Request $request, string $group, ?string $slug = null, ?int $id = null)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class LegacyController extends Controller
            }
        }

-        return view('legacy.category', compact(
+        return view('legacy::category', compact(
            'group',
            'category',
            'artworks',
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class LegacyController extends Controller
            }
        }

-        return view('legacy.categories', compact(
+        return view('legacy::categories', compact(
            'categories',
            'subgroups',
            'page_title',
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/PhotographyController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/PhotographyController.php
@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ class PhotographyController extends Controller

        $page_meta_description = $tidy;

-        return view('legacy.content-type', compact('contentType','rootCategories','artworks','page_title','page_meta_description','subcategories','id'));
+        return view('legacy::content-type', compact('contentType','rootCategories','artworks','page_title','page_meta_description','subcategories','id'));
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/User/MonthlyCommentatorsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/User/MonthlyCommentatorsController.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class MonthlyCommentatorsController extends Controller
            ->whereRaw('t1.created_at >= DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 30 DAY)')
            ->select(
                't2.id as user_id',
+                't2.username as user_username',
                DB::raw('COALESCE(t2.username, t2.name, "User") as uname'),
                DB::raw('COUNT(*) as num_comments')
            )
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/User/MyBuddiesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/User/MyBuddiesController.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class MyBuddiesController extends Controller
                ->leftJoin('users as t2', 't1.friend_id', '=', 't2.id')
                ->leftJoin('user_profiles as p', 'p.user_id', '=', 't2.id')
                ->where('t1.user_id', $user->id)
-                ->select('t1.id', 't1.friend_id', 't1.user_id', 't2.name as uname', 'p.avatar_hash as icon', 't1.date_added')
+                ->select('t1.id', 't1.friend_id', 't1.user_id', 't2.name as uname', 't2.username as user_username', 'p.avatar_hash as icon', 't1.date_added')
                ->orderByDesc('t1.date_added');

            $buddies = $query->paginate($perPage)->withQueryString();
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/User/ProfileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/User/ProfileController.php
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
        // ── Favourites ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
        $favourites = collect();
        if (Schema::hasTable('user_favorites')) {
-            $favourites = DB::table('user_favorites as uf')
+            $favIds = DB::table('user_favorites as uf')
                ->join('artworks as a', 'a.id', '=', 'uf.artwork_id')
                ->where('uf.user_id', $user->id)
                ->whereNull('a.deleted_at')
@@ -391,20 +391,18 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
                ->where('a.is_approved', true)
                ->orderByDesc('uf.created_at')
                ->limit(12)
-                ->select(['a.id', 'a.title as name', 'a.hash', 'a.thumb_ext', 'a.width', 'a.height', 'a.user_id'])
-                ->get()
-                ->map(function ($row) {
-                    $thumbUrl = ($row->hash && $row->thumb_ext)
-                        ? ThumbnailService::fromHash($row->hash, $row->thumb_ext, 'sm')
-                        : '/images/placeholder.jpg';
-                    return (object) [
-                        'id'    => $row->id,
-                        'name'  => $row->name,
-                        'thumb' => $thumbUrl,
-                        'width' => $row->width,
-                        'height'=> $row->height,
-                    ];
-                });
+                ->pluck('a.id');
+
+            if ($favIds->isNotEmpty()) {
+                $indexed = Artwork::with('user:id,name,username')
+                    ->whereIn('id', $favIds)
+                    ->get()
+                    ->keyBy('id');
+                // Preserve the ordering from the favourites table
+                $favourites = $favIds
+                    ->filter(fn ($id) => $indexed->has($id))
+                    ->map(fn ($id) => $indexed[$id]);
+            }
        }

        // ── Statistics ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -499,6 +497,16 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
            $countryName = $countryName ?? strtoupper((string) $profile->country_code);
        }

+        // ── Hero background artwork ─────────────────────────────────────────
+        $heroBgUrl = Artwork::public()
+            ->published()
+            ->where('user_id', $user->id)
+            ->whereNotNull('hash')
+            ->whereNotNull('thumb_ext')
+            ->inRandomOrder()
+            ->limit(1)
+            ->first()?->thumbUrl('lg');
+
        // ── Increment profile views (async-safe, ignore errors) ──────────────
        if (! $isOwner) {
            try {
@@ -510,7 +518,7 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
            } catch (\Throwable) {}
        }

-        return response()->view('legacy.profile', [
+        return response()->view('legacy::profile', [
            'user'              => $user,
            'profile'           => $profile,
            'artworks'          => $artworks,
@@ -521,6 +529,7 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
            'followerCount'     => $followerCount,
            'recentFollowers'   => $recentFollowers,
            'viewerIsFollowing' => $viewerIsFollowing,
+            'heroBgUrl'         => $heroBgUrl,
            'profileComments'   => $profileComments,
            'countryName'       => $countryName,
            'isOwner'           => $isOwner,
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/User/TodayInHistoryController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/User/TodayInHistoryController.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TodayInHistoryController extends Controller
            });
        }

-        return view('legacy.today-in-history', [
+        return view('legacy::today-in-history', [
            'artworks' => $artworks,
            'page_title' => 'Popular on this day in history',
        ]);
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/User/TopFavouritesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/User/TopFavouritesController.php
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ class TopFavouritesController extends Controller

        $page_title = 'Top Favourites';

-        return view('legacy.top-favourites', ['page_title' => $page_title, 'artworks' => $paginator]);
+        return view('legacy::top-favourites', ['page_title' => $page_title, 'artworks' => $paginator]);
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/User/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/User/UserController.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\User;

 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use App\Models\Artwork;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;

 class UserController extends Controller
@@ -20,8 +21,28 @@ class UserController extends Controller
            $profile = null;
        }

-        return view('legacy.user', [
-            'profile' => $profile,
+        // Hero background: prefer featured wallpapers or photography
+        $heroBgUrl = Artwork::public()
+            ->published()
+            ->whereNotNull('hash')
+            ->whereNotNull('thumb_ext')
+            ->whereHas('features', function ($q) {
+                $q->where('is_active', true)
+                  ->where(function ($q2) {
+                      $q2->whereNull('expires_at')->orWhere('expires_at', '>', now());
+                  });
+            })
+            ->whereHas('categories', function ($q) {
+                // content_type_id 2 = Wallpapers, 3 = Photography
+                $q->whereIn('content_type_id', [2, 3]);
+            })
+            ->inRandomOrder()
+            ->limit(1)
+            ->first()?->thumbUrl('lg');
+
+        return view('legacy::user', [
+            'profile'    => $profile,
+            'heroBgUrl'  => $heroBgUrl,
        ]);
    }
 }
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Web/HomeController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Web/HomeController.php
@@ -1,119 +1,34 @@
 <?php

+declare(strict_types=1);
+
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Web;

 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use App\Services\HomepageService;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use App\Services\ArtworkService;
-use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
-use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

-class HomeController extends Controller
+final class HomeController extends Controller
 {
-    protected ArtworkService $artworks;
+    public function __construct(private readonly HomepageService $homepage) {}

-    public function __construct(ArtworkService $artworks)
+    public function index(Request $request): \Illuminate\View\View
    {
-        $this->artworks = $artworks;
-    }
+        $sections = $this->homepage->all();

-    public function index(Request $request)
-    {
-        $page_title = 'Skinbase - Photography, Skins & Wallpapers';
-        $page_meta_description = 'Skinbase legacy home, rendered via Laravel.';
-        $page_meta_keywords = 'wallpapers, skins, photography, community';
+        $hero = $sections['hero'];

-        $featuredResult = $this->artworks->getFeaturedArtworks(null, 39);
-        if ($featuredResult instanceof \Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator) {
-            $featuredCollection = $featuredResult->getCollection();
-            $featured = $featuredCollection->get(0);
-            $memberFeatured = $featuredCollection->get(1);
-        } elseif (is_array($featuredResult)) {
-            $featured = $featuredResult[0] ?? null;
-            $memberFeatured = $featuredResult[1] ?? null;
-        } elseif ($featuredResult instanceof Collection) {
-            $featured = $featuredResult->get(0);
-            $memberFeatured = $featuredResult->get(1);
-        } else {
-            $featured = $featuredResult;
-            $memberFeatured = null;
-        }
+        $meta = [
+            'title'       => 'Skinbase – Digital Art & Wallpapers',
+            'description' => 'Discover stunning digital art, wallpapers, and skins from a global community of creators. Browse trending works, fresh uploads, and beloved classics.',
+            'keywords'    => 'wallpapers, digital art, skins, photography, community, wallpaper downloads',
+            'og_image'    => $hero['thumb_lg'] ?? $hero['thumb'] ?? null,
+            'canonical'   => url('/'),
+        ];

-        $latestUploads = $this->artworks->getLatestArtworks(20);
-
-        // Forum news (prefer migrated legacy news category id 2876, fallback to slug)
-        try {
-            $forumNews = DB::table('forum_threads as t1')
-                ->leftJoin('users as u', 't1.user_id', '=', 'u.id')
-                ->leftJoin('forum_categories as c', 't1.category_id', '=', 'c.id')
-                ->selectRaw('t1.id as topic_id, t1.title as topic, COALESCE(u.name, ?) as uname, t1.created_at as post_date, t1.content as preview', ['Unknown'])
-                ->whereNull('t1.deleted_at')
-                ->where(function ($query) {
-                    $query->where('t1.category_id', 2876)
-                        ->orWhereIn('c.slug', ['news', 'forum-news']);
-                })
-                ->orderByDesc('t1.created_at')
-                ->limit(8)
-                ->get();
-        } catch (QueryException $e) {
-            Log::warning('Forum threads table missing or DB error when loading forum news', ['exception' => $e->getMessage()]);
-            $forumNews = collect();
-        }
-
-        // Our news (latest site news)
-        try {
-            $ourNews = DB::table('news as t1')
-                ->join('news_categories as c', 't1.category_id', '=', 'c.category_id')
-                ->join('users as u', 't1.user_id', '=', 'u.user_id')
-                ->selectRaw('t1.news_id, t1.headline, t1.user_id, t1.picture, t1.preview, u.uname, t1.create_date, t1.views, c.category_name, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM news_comments WHERE news_id = t1.news_id) AS num_comments')
-                ->orderBy('t1.create_date', 'desc')
-                ->limit(5)
-                ->get();
-        } catch (QueryException $e) {
-            Log::warning('News table missing or DB error when loading our news', ['exception' => $e->getMessage()]);
-            $ourNews = collect();
-        }
-
-        // Latest forum activity (exclude forum news category)
-        try {
-            $latestForumActivity = DB::table('forum_threads as t1')
-                ->leftJoin('forum_categories as c', 't1.category_id', '=', 'c.id')
-                ->leftJoin('forum_posts as p', function ($join) {
-                    $join->on('p.thread_id', '=', 't1.id')
-                        ->whereNull('p.deleted_at');
-                })
-                ->selectRaw('t1.id as topic_id, t1.title as topic, COUNT(p.id) as numPosts')
-                ->whereNull('t1.deleted_at')
-                ->where(function ($query) {
-                    $query->where('t1.category_id', '<>', 2876)
-                        ->orWhereNull('t1.category_id');
-                })
-                ->where(function ($query) {
-                    $query->whereNull('c.slug')
-                        ->orWhereNotIn('c.slug', ['news', 'forum-news']);
-                })
-                ->groupBy('t1.id', 't1.title')
-                ->orderByDesc('t1.last_post_at')
-                ->orderByDesc('t1.created_at')
-                ->limit(10)
-                ->get();
-        } catch (QueryException $e) {
-            Log::warning('Forum threads table missing or DB error when loading latest forum activity', ['exception' => $e->getMessage()]);
-            $latestForumActivity = collect();
-        }
-
-        return view('web.home', compact(
-            'page_title',
-            'page_meta_description',
-            'page_meta_keywords',
-            'featured',
-            'memberFeatured',
-            'latestUploads',
-            'forumNews',
-            'ourNews',
-            'latestForumActivity'
-        ));
+        return view('web.home', [
+            'meta'    => $meta,
+            'props'   => $sections,
+        ]);
    }
 }