From 9e9fbdc127e983a4a33a9aae313c3930956db6c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonny Barnes <hi@jonnybarnes.uk>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:49:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add admin-editable About page

Mirrors the existing Bio singleton pattern: a new `about` table/model,
admin CRUD at /admin/about, and a public page at /about linked from
both the header nav and the admin homepage. Content is wrapped in
.e-content so it lays out correctly within the site's CSS grid.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013bzYwaDD8p3XNDMYKvXKrs
---
 app/Http/Controllers/AboutPageController.php  | 16 +++++
 .../Controllers/Admin/AboutController.php     | 32 +++++++++
 app/Models/About.php                          | 13 ++++
 database/factories/AboutFactory.php           | 24 +++++++
 .../2026_08_28_142830_create_about_table.php  | 28 ++++++++
 resources/views/about.blade.php               |  9 +++
 resources/views/admin/about/show.blade.php    | 19 ++++++
 resources/views/admin/welcome.blade.php       |  5 ++
 resources/views/master.blade.php              |  1 +
 routes/web.php                                | 11 +++
 tests/Feature/AboutPageTest.php               | 26 +++++++
 tests/Feature/Admin/AboutTest.php             | 68 +++++++++++++++++++
 12 files changed, 252 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 app/Http/Controllers/AboutPageController.php
 create mode 100644 app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AboutController.php
 create mode 100644 app/Models/About.php
 create mode 100644 database/factories/AboutFactory.php
 create mode 100644 database/migrations/2026_08_28_142830_create_about_table.php
 create mode 100644 resources/views/about.blade.php
 create mode 100644 resources/views/admin/about/show.blade.php
 create mode 100644 tests/Feature/AboutPageTest.php
 create mode 100644 tests/Feature/Admin/AboutTest.php

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AboutPageController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AboutPageController.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d174e550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AboutPageController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use App\Models\About;
+use Illuminate\View\View;
+
+class AboutPageController extends Controller
+{
+    public function show(): View
+    {
+        return view('about', [
+            'about' => About::first()?->content,
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AboutController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AboutController.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc5be0ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AboutController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;
+
+use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use App\Models\About;
+use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\View\View;
+
+class AboutController extends Controller
+{
+    public function show(): View
+    {
+        $about = About::first();
+
+        return view('admin.about.show', [
+            'aboutEntry' => $about,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function update(Request $request): RedirectResponse
+    {
+        $about = About::firstOrNew();
+        $about->content = $request->input('content');
+        $about->save();
+
+        return redirect()->route('admin.about.show');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Models/About.php b/app/Models/About.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26b6a719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Models/About.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class About extends Model
+{
+    use HasFactory;
+
+    protected $table = 'about';
+}
diff --git a/database/factories/AboutFactory.php b/database/factories/AboutFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5af2532e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/factories/AboutFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Database\Factories;
+
+use App\Models\About;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
+
+/**
+ * @extends Factory<About>
+ */
+class AboutFactory extends Factory
+{
+    /**
+     * Define the model's default state.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function definition(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'content' => $this->faker->paragraph,
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_08_28_142830_create_about_table.php b/database/migrations/2026_08_28_142830_create_about_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15ab6f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_08_28_142830_create_about_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::create('about', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->id();
+            $table->text('content');
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('about');
+    }
+};
diff --git a/resources/views/about.blade.php b/resources/views/about.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e73c933a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/about.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@extends('master')
+@section('title')About « @stop
+
+@section('content')
+    <h2>About</h2>
+    <div class="e-content">
+        {!! $about !!}
+    </div>
+@stop
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/about/show.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/about/show.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59c6a433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/admin/about/show.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+@extends('master')
+
+@section('title')Edit About « Admin CP « @stop
+
+@section('content')
+    <h1>Edit About</h1>
+    <form action="/admin/about" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" class="admin-form form">
+        {{ csrf_field() }}
+        {{ method_field('PUT') }}
+        <div>
+            <label for="content">Content:</label>
+            <br>
+            <textarea name="content" id="content" rows="10" cols="50">{{ old('content', $aboutEntry?->content) }}</textarea>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+            <button type="submit" name="save">Save</button>
+        </div>
+    </form>
+@stop
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/welcome.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/welcome.blade.php
index 03112665..132da7cc 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/welcome.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/welcome.blade.php
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
         Edit your <a href="/admin/bio">bio</a>.
     </p>
 
+    <h2>About</h2>
+    <p>
+        Edit your <a href="/admin/about">about page</a>.
+    </p>
+
     <h2>Passkeys</h2>
     <p>
         Manager <a href="/admin/passkeys">your passkeys</a>.
diff --git a/resources/views/master.blade.php b/resources/views/master.blade.php
index 543f4255..b33d1fa9 100644
--- a/resources/views/master.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/master.blade.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
                 <a href="/likes">Likes</a>
                 <a href="/contacts">Contacts</a>
                 <a href="/projects">Projects</a>
+                <a href="/about">About</a>
                 <a href="{{ route('feed.notes.json') }}" class="rss-icon">@include('icons.json-feed', ['title' => 'JSON Feed'])</a>
             </nav>
             <div id="theme-selector" role="region" aria-label="Theme switcher">
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 3b6fa7d2..03d865b1 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Http\Controllers\AboutPageController;
+use App\Http\Controllers\Admin\AboutController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Admin\ArticlesController as AdminArticlesController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Admin\BioController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Admin\ClientsController;
@@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ Route::view('projects', 'projects');
 // Static colophon page
 Route::view('colophon', 'colophon');
 
+// About page
+Route::get('about', [AboutPageController::class, 'show']);
+
 // The login routes to get auth’d for admin
 Route::get('login', [AuthController::class, 'showLogin'])->name('login');
 Route::post('login', [AuthController::class, 'login']);
@@ -167,6 +172,12 @@ Route::middleware(MyAuthMiddleware::class)->prefix('admin')->group(function () {
         Route::put('/', [SettingsController::class, 'update']);
     });
 
+    // About
+    Route::prefix('about')->group(function () {
+        Route::get('/', [AboutController::class, 'show'])->name('admin.about.show');
+        Route::put('/', [AboutController::class, 'update']);
+    });
+
     // Passkeys
     Route::prefix('passkeys')->group(function () {
         Route::get('/', [PasskeysController::class, 'index']);
diff --git a/tests/Feature/AboutPageTest.php b/tests/Feature/AboutPageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61455069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/AboutPageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests\Feature;
+
+use App\Models\About;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class AboutPageTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function about_page_shows_content(): void
+    {
+        About::factory()->create([
+            'content' => 'This is the about page content.',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->get('/about')
+            ->assertSee('This is the about page content.');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Admin/AboutTest.php b/tests/Feature/Admin/AboutTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..141a548b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Admin/AboutTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests\Feature\Admin;
+
+use App\Models\About;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class AboutTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function admin_about_page_loads(): void
+    {
+        $user = User::factory()->make();
+
+        $response = $this->actingAs($user)
+            ->get('/admin/about');
+        $response->assertSeeText('Edit About');
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function admin_can_create_about(): void
+    {
+        $user = User::factory()->make();
+
+        $this->actingAs($user)
+            ->post('/admin/about', [
+                '_method' => 'PUT',
+                'content' => 'About content',
+            ]);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('about', ['content' => 'About content']);
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function admin_can_load_existing_about(): void
+    {
+        $user = User::factory()->make();
+        $about = About::factory()->create([
+            'content' => 'This is <em>my</em> about page. It uses <strong>HTML</strong>.',
+        ]);
+
+        $response = $this->actingAs($user)
+            ->get('/admin/about');
+        $response->assertSeeText('This is <em>my</em> about page. It uses <strong>HTML</strong>.');
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function admin_can_edit_about(): void
+    {
+        $user = User::factory()->make();
+        $about = About::factory()->create();
+
+        $this->actingAs($user)
+            ->post('/admin/about', [
+                '_method' => 'PUT',
+                'content' => 'This about page has been edited',
+            ]);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('about', [
+            'content' => 'This about page has been edited',
+        ]);
+    }
+}
-- 
2.55.0