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.

database/migrations/2022_12_14_083707_create_settings_table.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::create(config('settings.repositories.database.table') ?? 'settings', function (Blueprint $table): void {
+            $table->id();
+
+            $table->string('group');
+            $table->string('name');
+            $table->boolean('locked')->default(false);
+            $table->json('payload');
+
+            $table->timestamps();
+
+            $table->unique(['group', 'name']);
+        });
+    }
+};