Laravel 5.2 Model/Route/Controller (http://diydifm.com)

app.Controller.App.Term.TermController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\App\Term;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Models\App\Term\Term;
use App\Models\App\Term\TermExample;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Classes\Breadcrumbs;

/**
 * Class TermController
 * @package App\Http\Controllers
 */
class TermController extends Controller
{

	public function __construct()
	{
		// Set Base Breadcrumb

		Breadcrumbs::push('<i class="fa fa-home"></i>', route('marketing.index'));
	}

	public function index()
	{
		// Get All Terms
		$terms = Term::translated()->orderBy('slug')->get();

		// Get Most Popular Terms (Active Language)
		$topTerms = Term::join('terms_translations as t', 't.term_id', '=', 'terms.id')
					->where('locale', 'en')
					->where('t.stat_viewed', '>', '0')
					->groupBy('terms.id')
					->orderBy('t.stat_viewed', 'desc')
					->with('translations')
					->take(10)
					->get();

		// Specify Title
		$title = 'Glossary'; // @TODO: Translate

		// Set Breadcrumbs
		Breadcrumbs::push($title, route('app.term.index'));

		// Return View
		return view('app.term.index', compact('title', 'terms', 'topTerms'));
	}

	/**
	 * Display the specified resource.
	 *
	 * @param  int  $id
	 * @return Response
	 */
	public function show($slug)
	{
		// Get Term
		$term = Term::where('slug', $slug)->first();

		// Translate
		$translatedTerm = $term->translate();

		// Update View Count +1
		$update = $translatedTerm->increment('stat_viewed');

		// Get Examples
		$examples = TermExample::where('term_id', $term->id)->get();

		// Specify Title
		$parentTitle = 'Glossary'; // @TODO: Translate
		$title = $translatedTerm->title;

		// Set Breadcrumbs
		Breadcrumbs::push($parentTitle, route('app.term.index'));
		Breadcrumbs::push($title, route('app.term.show', $term->slug));

		// Return View
		return view('app.term.show', compact('title','term','examples'));
	}

	/**
	 * Search
	 */
	public function searchSuggest(Request $request)
	{
		$query = $request->input('query');

		if ($query) {
			$terms = Term::whereTranslationLike('title', '%'.$query.'%')->orWhere('slug', 'like', '%'.$query.'%')->translated()->take(15)->get();
		} else {
			$terms = NULL;
		}

		// Handle AJAX Requests
		if (\Request::ajax()) {
			return json_encode($terms);
		}

		return $terms;
	}


}

app.Http.Routes.App.Forum.php

<?php

/**
 * Forum Controllers
 */

Route::group(['middleware' => 'web'], function () {
	Route::group(['prefix' => 'forum', 'namespace' => 'Forum'], function() {
		Route::get('/', 'ForumController@index')->name('app.forum.index');
		Route::get('{topic}', 'ForumController@topic')->name('app.forum.topic');

		Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function () {
			Route::get('{topic}/create', 'ForumController@threadCreate')->name('app.forum.thread.create');
			Route::post('thread', 'ForumController@threadStore')->name('app.forum.thread.store');
		});

		Route::get('{topic}/{thread}', 'ForumController@threadShow')->name('app.forum.thread');

		Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function () {
			Route::post('thread/comment', 'ForumController@threadCommentStore')->name('app.forum.thread.comment');
		});

	});
});

app.Models.App.Forum.ForumThread.php

<?php

namespace App\Models\App\Forum;

use App\Models\Actor\User\User;
use Dimsav\Translatable\Translatable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class ForumThread extends Model
{
	use Translatable;

	protected $table = 'forum_threads';

	public $translatedAttributes = [
		'title', 'text',
	];

	public $useTranslationFallback = true;

	protected $fillable = [
		'user_id', 'brand_id', 'slug', 'featured', 'reportable', 'is_pinned',
	];

	public function getRouteKeyName()
	{
		return 'slug';
	}

	public function topic()
	{
		return $this->belongsTo(ForumTopic::class, 'forum_topic_id');
	}

	public function comments()
	{
		return $this->hasMany(ForumComment::class)->whereNull('parent_id');
	}

	public function user()
	{
		return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
	}
}