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

database/migrations/2025_12_30_000000_add_soft_deletes_to_forums_threads_posts.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('forums', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->softDeletes();
+            $table->foreignId('deleted_by')->nullable()->constrained('users')->nullOnDelete();
+            $table->index(['deleted_at', 'deleted_by'], 'idx_forums_deleted_meta');
+        });
+
+        Schema::table('threads', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->softDeletes();
+            $table->foreignId('deleted_by')->nullable()->constrained('users')->nullOnDelete();
+            $table->index(['deleted_at', 'deleted_by'], 'idx_threads_deleted_meta');
+        });
+
+        Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->softDeletes();
+            $table->foreignId('deleted_by')->nullable()->constrained('users')->nullOnDelete();
+            $table->index(['deleted_at', 'deleted_by'], 'idx_posts_deleted_meta');
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('forums', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropIndex('idx_forums_deleted_meta');
+            $table->dropConstrainedForeignId('deleted_by');
+            $table->dropSoftDeletes();
+        });
+
+        Schema::table('threads', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropIndex('idx_threads_deleted_meta');
+            $table->dropConstrainedForeignId('deleted_by');
+            $table->dropSoftDeletes();
+        });
+
+        Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropIndex('idx_posts_deleted_meta');
+            $table->dropConstrainedForeignId('deleted_by');
+            $table->dropSoftDeletes();
+        });
+    }
+};

database/migrations/2025_12_30_000200_enforce_forum_parent.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        DB::table('forums')
+            ->where('type', 'forum')
+            ->whereNull('parent_id')
+            ->update(['type' => 'category']);
+
+        $driver = Schema::getConnection()->getDriverName();
+        if ($driver === 'mysql') {
+            DB::statement('DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS trg_forums_parent_insert');
+            DB::statement('DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS trg_forums_parent_update');
+            DB::statement(<<<'SQL'
+CREATE TRIGGER trg_forums_parent_insert
+BEFORE INSERT ON forums
+FOR EACH ROW
+BEGIN
+  IF NEW.type = 'forum' AND NEW.parent_id IS NULL THEN
+    SIGNAL SQLSTATE '45000' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Forums must belong to a category.';
+  END IF;
+END
+SQL);
+            DB::statement(<<<'SQL'
+CREATE TRIGGER trg_forums_parent_update
+BEFORE UPDATE ON forums
+FOR EACH ROW
+BEGIN
+  IF NEW.type = 'forum' AND NEW.parent_id IS NULL THEN
+    SIGNAL SQLSTATE '45000' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Forums must belong to a category.';
+  END IF;
+END
+SQL);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        $driver = Schema::getConnection()->getDriverName();
+        if ($driver === 'mysql') {
+            DB::statement('DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS trg_forums_parent_insert');
+            DB::statement('DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS trg_forums_parent_update');
+        }
+    }
+};

database/migrations/2025_12_30_000500_create_user_settings_table.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::create('user_settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->id();
+            $table->foreignId('user_id')->constrained()->cascadeOnDelete();
+            $table->string('key');
+            $table->json('value');
+            $table->timestamps();
+            $table->unique(['user_id', 'key'], 'uniq_user_settings_user_key');
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('user_settings');
+    }
+};

database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
             RoleSeeder::class,
             UserSeeder::class,
             ForumSeeder::class,
+            ThreadSeeder::class,
         ]);
     }
 }

database/seeders/ThreadSeeder.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace Database\Seeders;
+
+use App\Models\Forum;
+use App\Models\Thread;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Faker\Factory as FakerFactory;
+use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
+
+class ThreadSeeder extends Seeder
+{
+    public function run(): void
+    {
+        $faker = FakerFactory::create();
+        $users = User::all();
+        $forums = Forum::where('type', 'forum')->get();
+
+        if ($users->isEmpty() || $forums->isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($forums as $forum) {
+            $threadCount = $faker->numberBetween(2, 8);
+            for ($i = 0; $i < $threadCount; $i += 1) {
+                $author = $users->random();
+                Thread::create([
+                    'forum_id' => $forum->id,
+                    'user_id' => $author->id,
+                    'title' => ucfirst($faker->words($faker->numberBetween(3, 6), true)),
+                    'body' => $faker->paragraphs($faker->numberBetween(2, 4), true),
+                ]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}