Update (layout): add favicon, improve home pages, add noindex if page is empty

app/Http/Controllers/Front/HomeController.php

@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ public function country(Request $request, $country)
                 ->take(10)
                 ->get();
 
+            if ($latest_posts->count() <= 0) {
+                SEOMeta::setRobots('noindex');
+            }
+
             SEOTools::metatags();
             SEOTools::twitter();
             SEOTools::opengraph();
@@ -94,6 +98,8 @@ public function countryCategory(Request $request, $country, $category)
             abort(404);
         }
 
+        $request->session()->put('view_country_locale', $country_locale);
+
         $latest_posts = Post::with('post_categories')->select('posts.*')
             ->join('post_categories', 'posts.id', '=', 'post_categories.post_id')
             ->join('categories', 'post_categories.category_id', '=', 'categories.id')
@@ -106,6 +112,10 @@ public function countryCategory(Request $request, $country, $category)
             ->distinct()
             ->paginate(15);
 
+        if ($latest_posts->count() <= 0) {
+            SEOMeta::setRobots('noindex');
+        }
+
         SEOTools::metatags();
         SEOTools::twitter();
         SEOTools::opengraph();
@@ -126,6 +136,8 @@ public function all(Request $request, $country)
     {
         $country_locale = CountryLocale::where('slug', $country)->first();
 
+        $request->session()->put('view_country_locale', $country_locale);
+
         $latest_posts = Post::with('post_categories')->select('posts.*')
             ->join('post_categories', 'posts.id', '=', 'post_categories.post_id')
             ->join('categories', 'post_categories.category_id', '=', 'categories.id')
@@ -137,6 +149,10 @@ public function all(Request $request, $country)
             ->distinct()
             ->paginate(15);
 
+        if ($latest_posts->count() <= 0) {
+            SEOMeta::setRobots('noindex');
+        }
+
         SEOTools::metatags();
         SEOTools::twitter();
         SEOTools::opengraph();
@@ -157,6 +173,8 @@ public function post(Request $request, $country, $post_slug)
 
         if (! is_null($post)) {
 
+            $request->session()->put('view_country_locale', $post->post_category->category->country_locale);
+
             SEOMeta::setTitle($post->title);
             SEOMeta::setDescription($post->excerpt);
             SEOMeta::addMeta('article:published_time', $post->publish_date, 'property');

public/site.webmanifest

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"name":"","short_name":"","icons":[{"src":"/android-chrome-192x192.png","sizes":"192x192","type":"image/png"},{"src":"/android-chrome-512x512.png","sizes":"512x512","type":"image/png"}],"theme_color":"#ffffff","background_color":"#ffffff","display":"standalone"}

resources/views/front/country.blade.php

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
+    @if ($featured_posts->count() > 0)
         <div class="container-fluid py-4 bg-dark text-light">
             <div class="container">
                 <h3 class="h4 fw-bold text-center mb-3">Featured Articles</h3>
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ class="text-body-secondary">{{ $post->publish_date->format('j F Y') }}</small>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
+    @endif
+
+    @if (count($latest_posts) > 0)
         <div class="container-fluid py-4">
             <div class="container">
                 <div class="row justify-content-center">
@@ -133,11 +137,22 @@ class="text-body-secondary">{{ $post->publish_date->format('j F Y') }}</small>
 
                         </div>
                         <div class="text-center py-3">
+                            @if ($country_locale->country_iso != '*')
                                 <a href="{{ route('home.country.posts', ['country' => $country_locale->country_iso]) }}"
                                     class="btn btn-primary">All News & Updates</a>
+                            @else
+                                <a href="{{ route('home.country.posts', ['country' => 'world']) }}"
+                                    class="btn btn-primary">All News & Updates</a>
+                            @endif
+
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
+    @else
+        <div class="container text-center pb-5">
+            Oops! Nothing much here yet. Stay tuned!
+        </div>
+    @endif
 @endsection

resources/views/layouts/front/app.blade.php

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
     <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">
 
 
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico">
+    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="apple-touch-icon.png">
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="favicon-32x32.png">
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="favicon-16x16.png">
+    <link rel="manifest" href="site.webmanifest">
+
     @vite('resources/sass/front-app.scss')
 
     <!-- Custom styles for this Page-->