route for relative urls

Author: acekyd

app/Http/Controllers/PageController.php

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+    namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+    use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+    use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+    class PageController extends Controller
+    {
+        
+        public function home()
+        {
+            return view('welcome');
+
+        } 
+
+        public function api()
+        {
+            return view('apidashboard');
+
+        }    
+
+        public function contact()
+        {
+            return view('contact');
+
+        }
+    }

app/Http/routes.php

@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
 
-    Route::get('/', function () {
-        return view('welcome');
-    });
+    Route::get('/', [
+    'as' => 'home', 'uses' => 'PageController@home'
+        ]);
 
-    Route::get('/api', function () {
-        return view('apidashboard');
-    });
+    Route::get('/api', [
+    'as' => 'api', 'uses' => 'PageController@api'
+        ]);
 
     Route::group(['prefix' => 'api'], function() {
         Route::get('github', [

resources/views/layouts/partials/navbar.blade.php

@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@
                 <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                 <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                 <span class="icon-bar"></span>
-            </button><a href="/" class="navbar-brand">
+            </button><a href="{{ route('home') }}" class="navbar-brand">
             <i class="fa fa-cube"></i> Project name</a>
         </div>
         <div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
             <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
-                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "/" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="/">Home</a></li>
-                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "api" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="/api">API Examples</a></li>
-                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "contact" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="/contact">Contact</a></li>
+                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "/" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="{{ route('home') }}">Home</a></li>
+                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "api" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="{{ route('api') }}">API Examples</a></li>
+                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "contact" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="{{ route('contact') }}">Contact</a></li>
             </ul>
 
             @if (Auth::guest())
             <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
-                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "login" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="/login">Login</a></li>
-                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "signup" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="/signup">Create Account</a></li>
+                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "login" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="{{ route('auth.login') }}">Login</a></li>
+                <li class="{{ request()->path() == "signup" ? 'active' : 'n' }}"><a href="{{ route('auth.register') }}">Create Account</a></li>
             </ul>
             @else
             <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">