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resources/views/news/index.blade.php

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+@extends('news.layout', [
+    'metaTitle'       => config('news.rss_title', 'News'),
+    'metaDescription' => config('news.rss_description', ''),
+])
+
+@section('news_content')
+<div class="news-index">
+    <div class="container py-5">
+
+        {{-- Featured article --}}
+        @if($featured)
+        <section class="mb-5">
+            <a href="{{ route('news.show', $featured->slug) }}" class="text-decoration-none">
+                <div class="card border-0 shadow-sm overflow-hidden news-featured">
+                    @if($featured->cover_url)
+                        <img src="{{ $featured->cover_url }}" class="card-img" alt="{{ $featured->title }}"
+                             style="height:400px;object-fit:cover;">
+                    @endif
+                    <div class="card-img-overlay d-flex align-items-end p-4"
+                         style="background:linear-gradient(transparent,rgba(0,0,0,0.75))">
+                        <div class="text-white">
+                            @if($featured->category)
+                                <span class="badge badge-primary mb-2">{{ $featured->category->name }}</span>
+                            @endif
+                            <h2 class="font-weight-bold">{{ $featured->title }}</h2>
+                            <p class="mb-1">{{ Str::limit(strip_tags((string)$featured->excerpt), 180) }}</p>
+                            <small>
+                                {{ $featured->author?->name }} &middot;
+                                {{ $featured->published_at?->format('d M Y') }} &middot;
+                                {{ $featured->reading_time }} min read
+                            </small>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </a>
+        </section>
+        @endif
+
+        <div class="row">
+            {{-- Articles grid --}}
+            <div class="col-lg-8">
+                <div class="row">
+                @forelse($articles as $article)
+                    <div class="col-sm-6 mb-4">
+                        @include('news._article_card', ['article' => $article])
+                    </div>
+                @empty
+                    <div class="col-12 text-center text-muted py-5">No news articles published yet.</div>
+                @endforelse
+                </div>
+
+                <div class="mt-3">
+                    {{ $articles->links() }}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            {{-- Sidebar --}}
+            <div class="col-lg-4">
+                @include('news._sidebar', [
+                    'categories' => $categories,
+                    'trending'   => $trending,
+                    'tags'       => $tags,
+                ])
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
+    </div>
+</div>
+@endsection