# Phase 9: Public Frontend

## Aesthetic Structure
We abandoned standard Breeze generic auth layouts to ensure the frontend feels inherently commercial and premium.
- Created `resources/views/layouts/public.blade.php` acting as the global wrapper.
- Intercepts Alpine.js via CDN dynamically controlling Mobile navigation mapping.
- Instantiates the `Inter` font mimicking Udemy/Coursera aesthetics organically.

## Dynamic Views
1. **Landing Page (`welcome.blade.php`)**: Dynamically resolves global settings to establish the platform's brand voice. Injects `$featuredCourses` grabbing the top six most-enrolled published matrices automatically alongside nested counts.
2. **Catalog Search (`courses.index.blade.php`)**: An isolated controller mapping Search Text (`title like %search%`) and hierarchial Category selection (recursive children `pluck('id')`). The layout is a two-column structural grid scaling flawlessly downwards.
3. **Course Target (`courses.show.blade.php`)**: Generates an Alpine-controlled expandable syllabus. Re-uses the `$isEnrolled` boolean mapped in `PublicCourseController@show` to detect user states immediately. If enrolled, changes the "Buy" action into "Go to Dashboard" seamlessly preventing double-charging!

## Next Steps
The public can view and purchase! We now pivot towards logged-in consumers. **Phase 10: Student Dashboard** will establish the gated views enabling a student to see what they own, and more importantly, consume the video playback!