If there is a partial/footer.blade.php why not a header.blade.php? editted main.blade.php and removed header part with <html> and nav - added it to header. Removed body closing tags and moved to footer. Now the main.blade.php file is super clean
Delete main.blade.php~

gedit temp file
Delete footer.blade.php~

gedit temp file
Delete header.blade.php~

gedit temp file
Merge pull request #17 from 0dp/master

If there is a partial/footer.blade.php why not a header.blade.php?