current state

app/Http/Controllers/CategoryPageController.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Models\Category;
 use App\Models\ContentType;
+use App\Models\Artwork;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ class CategoryPageController extends Controller
             abort(404);
         }
 
+
         if ($categoryPath === null || $categoryPath === '') {
             // No category path: show content-type landing page (e.g., /wallpapers)
             $rootCategories = $contentType->rootCategories()->orderBy('sort_order')->orderBy('name')->get();
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ class CategoryPageController extends Controller
             ->where('slug', strtolower(array_shift($segments)))
             ->first();
 
+
         if (! $current) {
             abort(404);
         }
@@ -56,12 +59,28 @@ class CategoryPageController extends Controller
         $subcategories = $category->children()->orderBy('sort_order')->orderBy('name')->get();
         $rootCategories = $contentType->rootCategories()->orderBy('sort_order')->orderBy('name')->get();
 
-        // Placeholder artworks paginator (until artwork data is wired).
-        $page = max(1, (int) $request->query('page', 1));
-        $artworks = new LengthAwarePaginator([], 0, 40, $page, [
-            'path' => $request->url(),
-            'query' => $request->query(),
-        ]);
+        // Collect category ids for the category + all descendants recursively
+        $collected = [];
+        $gather = function (Category $cat) use (&$gather, &$collected) {
+            $collected[] = $cat->id;
+            foreach ($cat->children as $child) {
+                $gather($child);
+            }
+        };
+        // Ensure children relation is loaded to avoid N+1 recursion
+        $category->load('children');
+        $gather($category);
+
+        // Load artworks that are attached to any of these categories
+        $query = Artwork::whereHas('categories', function ($q) use ($collected) {
+            $q->whereIn('categories.id', $collected);
+        })->published()->public();
+
+        // Paginate results
+        $perPage = 40;
+        $artworks = $query->orderBy('published_at', 'desc')
+            ->paginate($perPage)
+            ->withQueryString();
 
         $page_title = $category->name;
         $page_meta_description = $category->description ?? ($contentType->name . ' artworks on Skinbase');