So haven looked at that, i noticed the same, surely my postings route should work in this instances. But is it because i have a route defined already for my welcome view (Route::get('/', 'PageController@index');) that i cant duplicate the route ?

does your postings route not work?

unfortunately not, even after trying what you advised above.

ok, I'll try and be really simple about the question.

You visit /postings in your browser

What happens?

So i do fyp.test/postings which is for some reason taking me to the login page. I had this slight error before where my login page would appear instead.

Also when i change my route to Route::get('/', 'HomeController@index'); this directs me to log in page

because you have auth middleware in your HomeController constructor.

Strewth!

But the auth middleware is required for the login requests right, so how would i overcome this issue

Also is it worth creating a new controller say 'WelcomeController' and see if that works

So i do fyp.test/postings which is for some reason taking me to the login page.

What did you expect? You have made the postings only accessible to logged in users.

I'll ask again, what are you trying to achieve?

Ive got it working !!!!!

I simply created a new controller called WelcomeController, In my routes i did Route::get('/', 'WelcomeController@index'); and now my posts are appearing.

Id first like to apologies for the confusion i have called, but also thank for you for the help, i have only been learning laravel as of February so its a start for some.

Please mark this epic as answered.

I hope you now appreciate that routes control what your site responds to, and views have nothing to do with routes, they are just the layout that any controller can use.

how do i mark answers on here

hover over an answer you like. click 'Best Answer'

Wow, just wow :)

Is it possible to have watched any videos on Laracasts and be a Level 1? Asking for a friend.

yo safe can you help me on another issue i have