UI: portal/header refinements, board index UX, and user settings

app/Models/Forum.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Models;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
 /**
  * @property int $id
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
  */
 class Forum extends Model
 {
+    use SoftDeletes;
+
     protected $fillable = [
         'name',
         'description',

app/Models/Post.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
 /**
  * @property int $id
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
  */
 class Post extends Model
 {
+    use SoftDeletes;
+
     protected $fillable = [
         'thread_id',
         'user_id',

app/Models/Thread.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Models;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
 /**
  * @property int $id
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
  */
 class Thread extends Model
 {
+    use SoftDeletes;
+
     protected $fillable = [
         'forum_id',
         'user_id',

app/Models/UserSetting.php

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class UserSetting extends Model
+{
+    protected $fillable = [
+        'user_id',
+        'key',
+        'value',
+    ];
+
+    protected $casts = [
+        'value' => 'array',
+    ];
+}