Initial baseline: LaraBlog core with plugin commerce surface.

Captures the current working tree after theme slots, ArticleAccess, and the payment / paid-content plugins so subsequent work has a reviewable git history.

bootstrap/app.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Exceptions;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware;
+
+return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
+    ->withRouting(
+        web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
+        api: __DIR__.'/../routes/api.php',
+        commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
+        health: '/up',
+        apiPrefix: 'api',
+    )
+    // legacy.php is required from web.php
+    ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware): void {
+        $middleware->redirectGuestsTo('/login.shtml');
+    })
+    ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions): void {
+        //
+    })->create();