Use macro for pagination links

app/Http/Controllers/FrontPageController.php

@@ -26,27 +26,15 @@ class FrontPageController extends Controller
         $bookmarks = Bookmark::latest()->get();
         $likes = Like::latest()->get();
 
-        $allItems = collect($notes)
+        $items = collect($notes)
             ->merge($articles)
             ->merge($bookmarks)
             ->merge($likes)
-            ->sortByDesc('updated_at');
-
-        $lastPage = intval(floor($allItems->count() / 10)) + 1;
-
-        $items = $allItems->forPage($pageNumber, 10);
-
-        if ($items->count() === 0) {
-            abort(404);
-        }
-
-        $prevLink = ($pageNumber > 1) ? '/?page=' . ($pageNumber - 1) : null;
-        $nextLink = ($pageNumber < $lastPage) ? '/?page=' . ($pageNumber + 1) : null;
+            ->sortByDesc('updated_at')
+            ->paginate(10);
 
         return view('front-page', [
             'items' => $items,
-            'prevLink' => $prevLink,
-            'nextLink' => $nextLink,
         ]);
     }
 }

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use App\Models\Note;
 use App\Observers\NoteObserver;
 use Codebird\Codebird;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Laravel\Dusk\DuskServiceProvider;
@@ -47,6 +49,30 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 
             return $cb;
         });
+
+        /**
+         * Paginate a standard Laravel Collection.
+         *
+         * @param int $perPage
+         * @param int $total
+         * @param int $page
+         * @param string $pageName
+         * @return array
+         */
+        Collection::macro('paginate', function ($perPage, $total = null, $page = null, $pageName = 'page') {
+            $page = $page ?: LengthAwarePaginator::resolveCurrentPage($pageName);
+
+            return new LengthAwarePaginator(
+                $this->forPage($page, $perPage),
+                $total ?: $this->count(),
+                $perPage,
+                $page,
+                [
+                    'path' => LengthAwarePaginator::resolveCurrentPath(),
+                    'pageName' => $pageName,
+                ]
+            );
+        });
     }
 
     /**