Separate webinars from meetings and add conference billing.

Add restart meeting actions, a dedicated webinar sidebar flow billed at GHS 0.30 per participant, and reserve speaker-line space with a placeholder to prevent layout shift.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

app/Http/Controllers/Meet/MeetingRoomController.php

@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ class MeetingRoomController extends Controller
 
         $this->sessions->end($session, $participant->user_ref ?? $participant->uuid);
 
-        return redirect()->route('meet.rooms.show', $session->room)
-            ->with('success', 'Meeting ended.');
+        $room = $session->room;
+        $route = $room->isWebinar() ? 'meet.webinars.show' : 'meet.rooms.show';
+
+        return redirect()->route($route, $room)
+            ->with('success', $room->isWebinar() ? 'Webinar ended.' : 'Meeting ended.');
     }
 
     public function leave(Request $request, Session $session): RedirectResponse

app/Http/Controllers/Meet/RoomController.php

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class RoomController extends Controller
         $organization = $this->organization($request);
         $owner = $this->ownerRef($request);
 
-        $query = Room::owned($owner)->where('organization_id', $organization->id);
+        $query = Room::owned($owner)->where('organization_id', $organization->id)
+            ->where('type', '!=', 'webinar');
         $this->scopeToBranch($request, $query);
 
         $rooms = $query->orderByDesc('scheduled_at')->paginate(20);
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class RoomController extends Controller
         $validated = $request->validate([
             'title' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
             'description' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:2000'],
-            'type' => ['nullable', 'string', 'in:scheduled,webinar,town_hall'],
+            'type' => ['nullable', 'string', 'in:scheduled,town_hall'],
             'scheduled_at' => ['nullable', 'date'],
             'duration_minutes' => ['nullable', 'integer', 'min:15', 'max:480'],
             'timezone' => ['nullable', 'timezone'],
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ class RoomController extends Controller
             'auto_record' => $request->boolean('auto_record'),
             'live_captions' => $request->boolean('live_captions'),
             'webinar_auto_approve' => $request->boolean('webinar_auto_approve'),
-            'stage_mode' => ($validated['type'] ?? '') === 'webinar',
+            'stage_mode' => false,
         ];
 
         $data = array_merge($validated, [
@@ -121,12 +122,6 @@ class RoomController extends Controller
 
         if (! empty($validated['recurrence_rule']) && ! $isInstant) {
             $room = $this->recurring->createSeries($request->user(), $organization, $data);
-        } elseif (($validated['type'] ?? '') === 'webinar') {
-            abort_if($isInstant, 422, 'Webinars must be scheduled.');
-            $room = $this->rooms->create($request->user(), $organization, array_merge($data, [
-                'type' => 'webinar',
-                'status' => 'scheduled',
-            ]));
         } elseif (($validated['type'] ?? '') === 'town_hall') {
             abort_if($isInstant, 422, 'Town halls must be scheduled.');
             $room = $this->rooms->create($request->user(), $organization, array_merge($data, [
@@ -163,6 +158,10 @@ class RoomController extends Controller
         $this->authorizeAbility($request, 'meetings.view');
         $this->authorizeOwner($request, $room);
 
+        if ($room->isWebinar()) {
+            return redirect()->route('meet.webinars.show', $room);
+        }
+
         $room->load(['sessions.participants', 'invitations', 'sessions.recordings', 'sessions.aiSummaries', 'sessionFiles', 'webinarRegistrations']);
 
         return view('meet.rooms.show', compact('room'));

app/Http/Controllers/Meet/WebinarController.php

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Meet;
+
+use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use App\Http\Controllers\Meet\Concerns\ScopesToAccount;
+use App\Models\Room;
+use App\Models\Template;
+use App\Services\Meet\CalendarService;
+use App\Services\Meet\InvitationService;
+use App\Services\Meet\RoomService;
+use App\Services\Meet\SessionService;
+use App\Services\Meet\TemplateService;
+use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\View\View;
+
+class WebinarController extends Controller
+{
+    use ScopesToAccount;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        protected RoomService $rooms,
+        protected SessionService $sessions,
+        protected TemplateService $templates,
+        protected InvitationService $invitations,
+        protected CalendarService $calendar,
+    ) {}
+
+    public function index(Request $request): View
+    {
+        $this->authorizeAbility($request, 'meetings.view');
+        $organization = $this->organization($request);
+        $owner = $this->ownerRef($request);
+
+        $query = Room::owned($owner)
+            ->where('organization_id', $organization->id)
+            ->where('type', 'webinar');
+
+        $this->scopeToBranch($request, $query);
+
+        $webinars = $query->orderByDesc('scheduled_at')->paginate(20);
+
+        return view('meet.webinars.index', compact('webinars', 'organization'));
+    }
+
+    public function create(Request $request): View
+    {
+        $this->authorizeAbility($request, 'meetings.create');
+        $organization = $this->organization($request);
+
+        $templates = Template::owned($this->ownerRef($request))
+            ->where('organization_id', $organization->id)
+            ->orderBy('name')
+            ->get();
+
+        return view('meet.webinars.create', [
+            'organization' => $organization,
+            'templates' => $templates,
+            'timezones' => timezone_identifiers_list(),
+            'defaultSettings' => config('meet.default_settings'),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse
+    {
+        $this->authorizeAbility($request, 'meetings.create');
+        $organization = $this->organization($request);
+
+        $validated = $request->validate([
+            'title' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
+            'description' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:2000'],
+            'scheduled_at' => ['required', 'date'],
+            'duration_minutes' => ['nullable', 'integer', 'min:15', 'max:480'],
+            'timezone' => ['nullable', 'timezone'],
+            'passcode' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:20'],
+            'template_id' => ['nullable', 'integer', 'exists:meet_templates,id'],
+            'invite_emails' => ['nullable', 'string'],
+            'waiting_room' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
+            'join_before_host' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
+            'mute_on_join' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
+            'auto_record' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
+            'live_captions' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
+            'webinar_auto_approve' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
+        ]);
+
+        $settings = [
+            'waiting_room' => $request->boolean('waiting_room', true),
+            'join_before_host' => $request->boolean('join_before_host'),
+            'mute_on_join' => $request->boolean('mute_on_join', true),
+            'auto_record' => $request->boolean('auto_record'),
+            'live_captions' => $request->boolean('live_captions'),
+            'webinar_auto_approve' => $request->boolean('webinar_auto_approve'),
+            'stage_mode' => true,
+        ];
+
+        $data = array_merge($validated, [
+            'settings' => $settings,
+            'timezone' => $validated['timezone'] ?? $organization->timezone,
+            'type' => 'webinar',
+            'status' => 'scheduled',
+        ]);
+
+        if (! empty($validated['template_id'])) {
+            $template = Template::findOrFail($validated['template_id']);
+            $data = $this->templates->applyToRoomData($template, $data);
+        }
+
+        $room = $this->rooms->create($request->user(), $organization, $data);
+
+        if ($emails = trim((string) ($validated['invite_emails'] ?? ''))) {
+            $invites = collect(preg_split('/[\s,;]+/', $emails))
+                ->filter()
+                ->map(fn ($email) => ['email' => $email])
+                ->all();
+            $this->invitations->inviteToRoom($room, $invites, $request->user());
+        }
+
+        if ($room->scheduled_at) {
+            $this->calendar->syncRoomCreated($room, $request->user());
+        }
+
+        return redirect()->route('meet.webinars.show', $room)->with('success', 'Webinar created.');
+    }
+
+    public function show(Request $request, Room $room): View
+    {
+        $this->authorizeAbility($request, 'meetings.view');
+        $this->authorizeOwner($request, $room);
+        abort_unless($room->isWebinar(), 404);
+
+        $room->load(['sessions.participants', 'invitations', 'sessions.recordings', 'sessions.aiSummaries', 'sessionFiles', 'webinarRegistrations']);
+
+        return view('meet.webinars.show', compact('room'));
+    }
+
+    public function start(Request $request, Room $room): RedirectResponse
+    {
+        $this->authorizeAbility($request, 'meetings.host');
+        $this->authorizeOwner($request, $room);
+        abort_unless($room->isWebinar(), 404);
+
+        if ($room->status === 'cancelled') {
+            return redirect()->route('meet.webinars.show', $room)
+                ->withErrors(['start' => 'Webinar was cancelled.']);
+        }
+
+        $session = $this->sessions->start($room, $request->user());
+
+        $participant = $this->sessions->joinedParticipantForUser($session, $request->user());
+        abort_unless($participant, 500, 'Unable to join as host.');
+
+        $this->sessions->rememberParticipantSession($request, $participant, $session);
+
+        return redirect()->route('meet.room', $session);
+    }
+}