Revamp latest stuff on frontpage

[blerg.git] / www / js / blerg.js

diff --git a/www/js/blerg.js b/www/js/blerg.js
index eae9cbc..96f6cb2 100644 (file)
--- a/www/js/blerg.js
+++ b/www/js/blerg.js
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ var recordTemplate = new Template(
     '<div class="record">#{data}<div class="info">Posted #{date}</div></div>'
 );
 var tagRecordTemplate = new Template(
-    '<div class="record">#{data}<div class="info">Posted by <a href="/\##{author}">@#{author}</a> on #{date}</div></div>'
+    '<div class="record">#{data}<div class="info">Posted by <a class="author" href="/\##{author}">@#{author}</a> on #{date}</div></div>'
+);
+var latestRecordsTemplate = new Template(
+    '<div class="record"><a class="author" href="/\##{author}">@#{author}</a> #{data}</div>'
 );
 
 // Page elements
@@ -402,34 +405,85 @@ function resizePostContent() {
     }, 150);
 }
 
-function loadNewThings() {
-    new Ajax.Request(baseURL + '/newtags.json', {
+var tickerTimer = null;
+var tickerHead, tickerTail;
+
+function tickerFader(a, b, p) {
+    var p2 = 1 - p;
+
+    a.style.opacity = p;
+    a.style.lineHeight = (100 * p) + '%';
+
+    b.style.opacity = p2;
+    b.style.lineHeight = (100 * p2) + '%';
+    if (p == 1.0)
+        b.hide();
+}
+
+function fadeOut(p) {
+}
+
+function ticker() {
+    tickerHead.show();
+    Bytex64.FX.run(tickerFader.curry(tickerHead, tickerTail), 0.5);
+    tickerHead = tickerHead.nextSibling;
+    tickerTail = tickerTail.nextSibling;
+    if (tickerHead == null) {
+        stopTicker();
+        loadLatest.delay(10);
+    }
+}
+
+function startTicker() {
+    stopTicker();
+    for (var elem = $('latest-posts').firstChild; elem != null; elem = elem.nextSibling) {
+        elem.hide();
+    }
+
+    // Show the first five
+    tickerHead = $('latest-posts').firstChild;
+    for (var i = 0; i < 5 && tickerHead; i++) {
+        tickerHead.show();
+        tickerHead = tickerHead.nextSibling;
+    }
+    tickerTail = $('latest-posts').firstChild;
+    tickerTimer = setInterval(ticker, 5000);
+}
+
+function stopTicker() {
+    if (tickerTimer)
+        clearInterval(tickerTimer);
+    tickerTimer = null;
+}
+
+function loadLatest() {
+    new Ajax.Request(baseURL + '/latest.json', {
         onSuccess: function(r) {
-            $('newtags').update();
-            r.responseText.evalJSON().each(function(v) {
+            var j = r.responseText.evalJSON();
+
+            $('latest-tags').update();
+            j.tags.each(function(v) {
                 var a = new Element('a', {href: '/#tag/' + v});
                 a.insert('#' + v);
-                $('newtags').insert(a);
-                $('newtags').insert(new Element('br'));
+                $('latest-tags').insert(a);
+                $('latest-tags').appendChild(document.createTextNode(' '));
             });
-        }
-    });
 
-    new Ajax.Request(baseURL + '/newusers.json', {
-        onSuccess: function(r) {
-            $('newusers').update();
-            r.responseText.evalJSON().each(function(v) {
-                var a = new Element('a', {href: '/#' + v});
-                a.insert('@' + v);
-                $('newusers').insert(a);
-                $('newusers').insert(new Element('br'));
+            $('latest-posts').update();
+            j.records.each(function(v) {
+                v.data = v.data.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+                v.date = (new Date(v.timestamp * 1000)).toString();
+                var html = latestRecordsTemplate.evaluate(v);
+                $('latest-posts').insert(html);
             });
+            startTicker();
         }
     });
 }
 
 function hashSwitch() {
     var m;
+    stopTicker();
     if (m = location.search.match(/^\?post\/([^/]+)\/(.+)/)) {
         $('post').show();
         $('post.content').value = '[' + decodeURIComponent(m[1]).replace(']','').replace('[','') + '](' + decodeURIComponent(m[2]) + ')';
@@ -463,7 +517,7 @@ function hashSwitch() {
         $('older_link').hide();
         $('welcome').show();
         $('rss').hide();
-        loadNewThings();
+        loadLatest();
     }
 }