dotkernel · OStefan2001 · Jul 9, 2026 · Jul 10, 2026 · Jul 10, 2026 · Jul 11, 2026
diff --git a/config/autoload/local.php.dist b/config/autoload/local.php.dist
@@ -9,16 +9,36 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
-$baseUrl = 'http://light.dotkernel.localhost';
-
+$baseUrl   = 'light-blog.localhost';
+$databases = [
+    'default' => [
+        'host'     => 'db_host',
+        'dbname'   => 'db_name',
+        'user'     => 'db_user',
+        'password' => 'db_password',
+        'port'     => 3306,
+        'driver'   => 'pdo_mysql',
+        'collate'  => 'utf8mb4_general_ci',
+    ],
+];
 return [
     'application' => [
         'url' => $baseUrl,
     ],
+    'databases'   => $databases,
+    'doctrine'    => [
+        'connection' => [
+            'orm_default' => [
+                'params' => $databases['default'],
+            ],
+        ],
+    ],
     'routes'      => [
         'page' => [
-            'about'      => 'about',
-            'who-we-are' => 'who-we-are',
+            'about'                            => 'about',
+            'who-we-are'                       => 'who-we-are',
+            'contact'                          => 'contact',
+            'dotkernel-packages-oss-lifecycle' => 'dotkernel-packages-oss-lifecycle',
         ],
     ],
 ];
diff --git a/public/css/app.css b/public/css/app.css
diff --git a/src/App/assets/scss/components/_general.scss b/src/App/assets/scss/components/_general.scss
@@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ label {
   background: var(--color-bg);
 }
 
-#push,
-.app-footer {
-  height: 115px;
-}
-
 .navbar {
   margin-bottom: 0;
   background-color: var(--color-surface);
@@ -111,7 +106,7 @@ label {
 
 .app-footer {
   padding: 30px 50px;
-  background: var(--color-surface);
+  background-color: #1c1f2b;
   border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
 }
 

diff --git a/src/App/src/Factory/GetIndexViewHandlerFactory.php b/src/App/src/Factory/GetIndexViewHandlerFactory.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Light\App\Factory;
 
 use Light\App\Handler\GetIndexViewHandler;
+use Light\Blog\Repository\PostRepository;
 use Mezzio\Template\TemplateRendererInterface;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerExceptionInterface;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
@@ -21,9 +22,10 @@ class GetIndexViewHandlerFactory
      */
     public function __invoke(ContainerInterface $container, string $requestedName): GetIndexViewHandler
     {
-        $template = $container->get(TemplateRendererInterface::class);
+        $postRepository = $container->get(PostRepository::class);
+        $template       = $container->get(TemplateRendererInterface::class);
         assert($template instanceof TemplateRendererInterface);
 
-        return new GetIndexViewHandler($template);
+        return new GetIndexViewHandler($template, $postRepository);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/App/src/Handler/GetIndexViewHandler.php b/src/App/src/Handler/GetIndexViewHandler.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Light\App\Handler;
 
 use Laminas\Diactoros\Response\HtmlResponse;
+use Light\Blog\Repository\PostRepository;
 use Mezzio\Template\TemplateRendererInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
@@ -13,14 +14,16 @@
 class GetIndexViewHandler implements RequestHandlerInterface
 {
     public function __construct(
-        protected TemplateRendererInterface $template
+        protected TemplateRendererInterface $template,
+        protected PostRepository $postRepository,
     ) {
     }
 
     public function handle(ServerRequestInterface $request): ResponseInterface
     {
+        $posts = $this->postRepository->getRecentPosts(3);
         return new HtmlResponse(
-            $this->template->render('app::index')
+            $this->template->render('app::index', ['posts' => $posts])
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/App/templates/app/index.html.twig b/src/App/templates/app/index.html.twig
diff --git a/src/App/templates/layout/default.html.twig b/src/App/templates/layout/default.html.twig
@@ -63,14 +63,46 @@
         </section>
     </div>
 </main>
-<footer class="app-footer bg-white border-top py-4 mt-auto text-muted">
-    <div class="container d-flex flex-column flex-md-row justify-content-between align-items-center gap-2">
-        <p class="enjoy text-uppercase tracking-wider small fw-bold text-primary mb-0">
-            enjoy dotkernel
-        </p>
-        <p class="mb-0 small">
-            &copy; 2024 - {{ 'now'|date('Y') }} Dotkernel by Apidemia
-        </p>
+<footer class="app-footer border-top py-4 mt-auto text-muted">
+    <div class="container">
+        <div class="d-flex flex-column flex-md-row justify-content-between align-items-center gap-2 mb-3">
+            <p class="enjoy text-uppercase tracking-wider small fw-bold text-primary mb-0">
+                enjoy dotkernel
+            </p>
+            <p class="mb-0 small">
+                &copy; 2024 - {{ 'now'|date('Y') }} Dotkernel by Apidemia
+            </p>
+        </div>
+
+        <hr class="my-3">
+
+        <div class="row gy-3 align-items-center">
+            <div class="col-md-6">
+                <p class="small mb-2">
+                    &copy; 2009 - 2016 Dotboost Technologies Inc.<br>
+                    &copy; 2017 - {{ 'now'|date('Y') }} Apidemia Inc.<br>
+                    The Laminas logo is copyright of the
+                    <a href="https://getlaminas.org/about/foundation" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="text-primary">Laminas Foundation</a>
+                </p>
+                <div class="d-flex align-items-center gap-3">
+                    <a href="https://github.com/dotkernel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
+                        <img src="https://www.dotkernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/icon_git.svg" alt="GitHub" style="height: 24px; width: auto;">
+                    </a>
+                    <a href="https://dotkernel.slack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
+                        <img src="https://www.dotkernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/icon_slack.svg" alt="Slack" style="height: 24px; width: auto;">
+                    </a>
+                    <a href="https://www.dotkernel.com/feed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
+                        <img src="https://www.dotkernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/icon_feed.svg" alt="RSS Feed" style="height: 24px; width: auto;">
+                    </a>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="col-md-6 text-md-end">
+                <a href="https://jb.gg/OpenSourceSupport" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="d-inline-block">
+                    <img src="https://www.dotkernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/jetbrains-mono-white.svg" alt="JetBrains" style="width: 150px; height: auto;">
+                </a>
+            </div>
+        </div>
     </div>
 </footer>
 <script src="{{ asset('js/app.js') }}"></script>

diff --git a/src/App/templates/partial/left-menu.html.twig b/src/App/templates/partial/left-menu.html.twig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
-        {% if data is defined %}
+        {% if data is defined and data is iterable %}
             <div class="card border-0 shadow-sm rounded-3 my-2">
                 <div class="card-body p-3">
                     <h6 class="fw-bold text-uppercase text-muted small px-1 mb-2">Recent Articles</h6>
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
                                class="list-group-item list-group-item-action border-0 px-1 py-2 rounded">
                                 <p class="mb-1 small fw-semibold text-dark lh-sm">{{ article.title }}</p>
                                 <span class="text-muted" >
-                        <i class="bi bi-calendar3 me-1"></i>{{ article.postDate|date('M d, Y') }}
-                    </span>
+                                    <i class="bi bi-calendar3 me-1"></i>{{ article.postDate|date('M d, Y') }}
+                                </span>
                             </a>
                         {% else %}
                             <p class="text-muted small mb-0">No recent articles.</p>
@@ -52,9 +52,31 @@
                         See all categories <i class="bi bi-arrow-right fs-7"></i>
                     </a>
                 </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        {% if posts is defined and posts is iterable %}
+            <div class="card border-0 shadow-sm rounded-3 my-2">
+                <div class="card-body p-3">
+                    <h6 class="fw-bold text-uppercase text-muted small px-1 mb-2">Recent Articles</h6>
 
+                    <div class="list-group list-group-flush">
+
+                        {% for post in posts %}
+                            <a href="{{ url('page::blog-resource', {categorySlug: post.category.slug, slug: post.slug}) }}"
+                               class="list-group-item list-group-item-action border-0 px-1 py-2 rounded">
+                                <p class="mb-1 small fw-semibold text-dark lh-sm">{{ post.title }}</p>
+                                <span class="text-muted">
+                            <i class="bi bi-calendar3 me-1"></i>{{ post.postDate|date('M d, Y') }}
+                        </span>
+                            </a>
+                        {% else %}
+                            <p class="text-muted small mb-0">No recent articles.</p>
+                        {% endfor %}
+
+                    </div>
+                </div>
             </div>
+        {% endif %}
 
-        </div>
     </div>
 </aside>
diff --git a/src/Blog/src/Handler/GetCategoryResourceHandler.php b/src/Blog/src/Handler/GetCategoryResourceHandler.php
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 
 namespace Light\Blog\Handler;
 
+use Fig\Http\Message\StatusCodeInterface;
 use Laminas\Diactoros\Response\HtmlResponse;
+use Light\Blog\Entity\Category;
 use Light\Blog\Repository\CategoryRepository;
 use Mezzio\Template\TemplateRendererInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface;
+use Throwable;
 
 class GetCategoryResourceHandler implements RequestHandlerInterface
 {
@@ -22,21 +25,40 @@ public function __construct(
     public function handle(ServerRequestInterface $request): ResponseInterface
     {
         $categorySlug = $request->getAttribute('slug');
+        $categories   = $this->categoryRepository->getCategories();
         $category     = $this->categoryRepository->getCategoryResource($categorySlug);
-        $meta         = $category;
-
-        if (! $category) {
-            return new HtmlResponse('Category not found', 404);
+        if ($category === null) {
+            return $this->notFound($categories);
         }
-        $categories       = $this->categoryRepository->getCategories();
+        $meta             = $category;
         $categoryArticles = $this->categoryRepository->getCategoryPost($category);
+
+        try {
+            $html = $this->template->render(
+                'page::category-resource',
+                [
+                    'categories'       => $categories,
+                    'category'         => $category,
+                    'meta'             => $meta,
+                    'categoryArticles' => $categoryArticles,
+                ]
+            );
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
+            return $this->notFound($categories);
+        }
+        return new HtmlResponse($html);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Category[] $categories
+     */
+    private function notFound(array $categories): HtmlResponse
+    {
         return new HtmlResponse(
-            $this->template->render('page::category-resource', [
-                'categories'       => $categories,
-                'category'         => $category,
-                'meta'             => $meta,
-                'categoryArticles' => $categoryArticles,
-            ])
+            $this->template->render('error::404', [
+                'categories' => $categories,
+            ]),
+            StatusCodeInterface::STATUS_NOT_FOUND
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Blog/src/Handler/GetPostResourceHandler.php b/src/Blog/src/Handler/GetPostResourceHandler.php
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 namespace Light\Blog\Handler;
 
+use Fig\Http\Message\StatusCodeInterface;
 use Laminas\Diactoros\Response\HtmlResponse;
+use Light\Blog\Entity\Category;
 use Light\Blog\Repository\CategoryRepository;
 use Light\Blog\Repository\PostRepository;
 use Mezzio\Template\TemplateRendererInterface;
@@ -26,15 +28,12 @@ public function handle(ServerRequestInterface $request): ResponseInterface
     {
         $slug         = $request->getAttribute('slug');
         $categorySlug = $request->getAttribute('categorySlug');
+        $categories   = $this->categoryRepository->getCategories();
         $article      = $this->articleRepository->getArticleResource($slug, $categorySlug);
-
         if ($article === null) {
-            return $this->notFound($categorySlug);
+            return $this->notFound($categories);
         }
-
-        $categories = $this->categoryRepository->getCategories();
-        $meta       = $article;
-
+        $meta = $article;
         try {
             $html = $this->template->render(
                 'page::blog-resource/' . $article->getCategory()->getSlug() . '/' . $slug,
@@ -45,20 +44,22 @@ public function handle(ServerRequestInterface $request): ResponseInterface
                 ]
             );
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            return $this->notFound($categorySlug);
+            return $this->notFound($categories);
         }
 
         return new HtmlResponse($html);
     }
 
-    private function notFound(?string $categorySlug): HtmlResponse
+    /**
+     * @param Category[] $categories
+     */
+    private function notFound(array $categories): HtmlResponse
     {
-        $categories = $this->categoryRepository->getCategories();
         return new HtmlResponse(
             $this->template->render('error::404', [
                 'categories' => $categories,
             ]),
-            404
+            StatusCodeInterface::STATUS_NOT_FOUND
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Blog/src/Repository/PostRepository.php b/src/Blog/src/Repository/PostRepository.php
@@ -67,4 +67,20 @@ public function getArticleByAuthor(Author $author, array $params): DoctrinePagin
 
         return new DoctrinePaginator($qb->getQuery());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<int, Post>
+     */
+    public function getRecentPosts(int $limit = 5): array
+    {
+        $qb = $this->getQueryBuilder()
+            ->select('articles')
+            ->from(Post::class, 'articles')
+            ->where('articles.status = :published')
+            ->setParameter('published', PostStatusEnum::Published)
+            ->orderBy('articles.postDate', 'DESC')
+            ->setMaxResults($limit);
+
+        return $qb->getQuery()->getResult();
+    }
 }