patch for site initialization

still finding bugs related to the big routing rewrite, this one being an
error when starting a new set up.

fortunately, it was just a matter of getting the redirects pointing to
where they should, so it's a small fix

app/Http/Controllers/FrontController.php

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use App\Services\Data\SortingService;
 use App\Services\Upkeep\InitService;
 use App\Http\Controllers\DashController;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;
 
 use function _\find;
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class FrontController extends Controller
                 $template = $currentTheme . '.index';
                 return view($template, $pageData);
             } else {
-                return response()->file('../public/index.html');
+                return view('back.init', ["status" => false, "title" => "Set Up"]);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -127,14 +128,20 @@ class FrontController extends Controller
 
     public static function items()
     {
-        //set permanent links
-        $items = ['archive', 'archives', 'tags'];
-        //grab menu items and set to array so router knows to look for them
-        $settings = json_decode(file_get_contents(env('SETTINGS_PATH')), true);
-        foreach ($settings['menu'] as $item) {
-            array_push($items, $item['slug']);
+        if (file_exists(env('SETTINGS_PATH'))) {
+            //set permanent links
+            $items = ['archive', 'archives', 'tags'];
+            //grab menu items and set to array so router knows to look for them
+            $settings = json_decode(file_get_contents(env('SETTINGS_PATH')), true);
+            foreach ($settings['menu'] as $item) {
+                array_push($items, $item['slug']);
+            }
+            return $items;
+        } else {
+            //return view('back.init', ["status" => false, "title" => "Set Up"]);
+            // return redirect()->route('start');
+            return [];
         }
-        return $items;
     }
 
     //setup up a new site or restore from back up

routes/web.php

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\RSSController;
 Route::prefix('/')
     ->controller(FrontController::class)
     ->group(function () {
-        Route::get("/", 'start');
+        Route::get("/", 'start')->name('start');
         Route::get("/{year}/{month}/{slug}", 'page')
             ->where(['year' => '[0-9]+', 'month' => '[0-9]+', 'slug' => '[A-Za-z0-9-]+']);
         Route::get("/{slug}/{option?}", 'menu')