Static controller multiple routes/single controller - laravel

Question

I tried to find an answer that does the job, but the ones I found didn't really feel right to me, I have a static part of my site which I can arrange the route normally as in the code below.
it seems so messy to repeat the same route for more 7 pages, there got to be a smarter way to do it, I need to some opinions, maybe a controller with a slug or something, but I don't quite understand how to do it with a static part of the site like this.
Thanks.
Route::get('/first/home', function()
{
return View::make('/first.home');
});
Route::get('/first/aboutus', function()
{
return View::make('/first.aboutus');
});
Route::get('/first/contact', function()
{
return View::make('/first.contact');
});

Answer 1

I have a feeling your coming from WP, or maybe i'm wrong. In anycase, Laravel has a diff. ballgame in terms of serving static pages.
Now after your clarification, I would recommend you group your routes, as follows:
Route::group(['prefix' => 'first'], function () {
Route::get('(.*)', 'HomeController#getPageByName');
});
in HomeController You can write the following function:
function getPageByName(Request $request)
{
$pageName = $request->path();
//since your url does not begin with the page but with 'first',
//best is to turn this into an array.
$parsedPath = explode("/",$pageName)
$data = 'any data you want to pass';
if(View::exists($pageName[1] ){
return view($pageName[1] , compact($data));
} else {
abort(404)
}
}
Essentially your url would look like this, if you want page one:
http://example.com/first/home
Now Laravel will look for views/home.blade
Let me know if this helps your issue.