Move app\Models\Dashboard to app\Dashboard

app/Dashboard.php

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App;
+
+class Dashboard
+{
+    /**
+     * Dashboard Menu
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static $menu = [
+        [
+            'title' => 'Blog',
+            'type'  => 'edit',
+            'model' => 'blog'
+        ],
+
+        [
+            'title' => 'Form Submissions',
+
+            'submenu' => [
+                [
+                    'title' => 'Contact',
+                    'type'  => 'view',
+                    'model' => 'contact'
+                ],
+                [
+                    'title' => 'Subscriptions',
+                    'type'  => 'view',
+                    'model' => 'subscriptions'
+                ]
+            ]
+        ]
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * Authors (Credits Page)
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static $author_credits = [
+        [ 'name' => 'Kevin MacMartin', 'url' => 'https://github.com/prurigro' ]
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * Libraries (Credits Page)
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static $library_credits = [
+        [ 'name' => 'Bootstrap', 'url' => 'https://getbootstrap.com' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'Font Awesome', 'url' => 'https://fontawesome.com' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'GreenSock', 'url' => 'https://greensock.com/gsap' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'jQuery', 'url' => 'https://jquery.org' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'List.js', 'url' => 'http://listjs.com' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'pickadate.js', 'url' => 'http://amsul.ca/pickadate.js/' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'Popper.js', 'url' => 'https://popper.js.org' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'SimpleMDE Markdown Editor', 'url' => 'https://simplemde.com' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'Sortable', 'url' => 'https://github.com/RubaXa/Sortable' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'SpinKit', 'url' => 'http://tobiasahlin.com/spinkit/' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'Vue.js', 'url' => 'https://vuejs.org' ],
+        [ 'name' => 'what-input', 'url' => 'https://github.com/ten1seven/what-input' ]
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve a Dashboard Model
+     *
+     * @return model
+     */
+    public static function getModel($model, $type = null)
+    {
+        $model_name = ucfirst($model);
+
+        if (file_exists(app_path() . '/Models/' . $model_name . '.php')) {
+            $model_class = 'App\\Models\\' . ucfirst($model);
+
+            if ($type != null && $type != $model_class::$dashboard_type) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return $model_class;
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}

app/Http/Controllers/DashboardController.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use File;
 use Image;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx;
-use App\Models\Dashboard;
+use App\Dashboard;
 
 class DashboardController extends Controller {
 

readme.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Other information about database interaction, routing, controllers, etc can be v
 
 ### Updating the dashboard menu
 
-The dashboard menu can be edited by changing the `$menu` array in `app/Models/Dashboard.php`.
+The dashboard menu can be edited by changing the `$menu` array in `app/Dashboard.php`.
 
 The each item in the array is itself an array, containing either a menu item or a dropdown of menu items.
 

resources/views/dashboard/credits.blade.php

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <h2>Authors</h2>
 
         <ul>
-            @foreach(App\Models\Dashboard::$author_credits as $credit)
+            @foreach(App\Dashboard::$author_credits as $credit)
                 <li><a href="{{ $credit['url'] }}" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">{{ $credit['name'] }}</a></li>
             @endforeach
         </ul>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <h2>Libraries</h2>
 
         <ul>
-            @foreach(App\Models\Dashboard::$library_credits as $credit)
+            @foreach(App\Dashboard::$library_credits as $credit)
                 <li><a href="{{ $credit['url'] }}" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">{{ $credit['name'] }}</a></li>
             @endforeach
         </ul>

resources/views/dashboard/home.blade.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 @section('dashboard-body')
     <div class="list-group menu-list">
-        @foreach(App\Models\Dashboard::$menu as $menu_item)
+        @foreach(App\Dashboard::$menu as $menu_item)
             @if(array_key_exists('submenu', $menu_item))
                 @foreach($menu_item['submenu'] as $submenu_item)
                     <li class="list-group-item">

resources/views/dashboard/nav.blade.php

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                     <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link {{ $current_page == 'register' ? 'active' : '' }}" href="/register">Register</a></li>
                 @endif
             @else
-                @foreach(App\Models\Dashboard::$menu as $menu_item)
+                @foreach(App\Dashboard::$menu as $menu_item)
                     @if(array_key_exists('submenu', $menu_item))
                         @set('dropdown_id', preg_replace([ '/\ \ */', '/[^a-z\-]/' ], [ '-', '' ], strtolower($menu_item['title'])))