Improve templates

app/Http/Controllers/BrowseGroupController.php

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class BrowseGroupController extends BasePageController
     /**
      * @throws \Exception
      */
-    public function show(Request $request): void
+    public function show(Request $request)
     {
         // Get the search term from the request
         $search = $request->get('search', '') ?? '';
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ class BrowseGroupController extends BasePageController
         // Get groups based on search term
         $groupList = UsenetGroup::getGroupsRange($search, true);
 
-        // Pass data to the view
-        $this->smarty->assign('results', $groupList);
-        $this->smarty->assign('search', $search);
-
+        // Set meta data
         $meta_title = 'Browse Groups';
         $meta_keywords = 'browse,groups,description,details';
         $meta_description = 'Browse groups';
@@ -30,8 +27,21 @@ class BrowseGroupController extends BasePageController
             $meta_description = 'Browse groups search results for '.$search;
         }
 
-        $content = $this->smarty->fetch('browsegroup.tpl');
-        $this->smarty->assign(compact('content', 'meta_title', 'meta_keywords', 'meta_description'));
-        $this->pagerender();
+        // Render the content view
+        $content = view('browsegroup', [
+            'results' => $groupList,
+            'search' => $search,
+            'site' => $this->settings,
+        ])->render();
+
+        // Prepare view data for main layout
+        $this->viewData = array_merge($this->viewData, [
+            'content' => $content,
+            'meta_title' => $meta_title,
+            'meta_keywords' => $meta_keywords,
+            'meta_description' => $meta_description,
+        ]);
+
+        return $this->pagerender();
     }
 }