Module: BlogHelper

Included in:
ApplicationController, Blog::PostsController
Defined in:
app/helpers/blog_helper.rb

Overview

@Name: Blog helper @Use: defining helper methods to be used in controllers, models, views of blog posts @Created date: 08-06-2012 @Modified Date: 27-06-2012

@Company : Mindfire Solutions

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#blog_archive_list ⇒ Object

blog_archive_list



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# File 'app/helpers/blog_helper.rb', line 11

def blog_archive_list
  posts = BlogPost.select('published_at').all_previous
  return nil if posts.blank?
  html = '<section id="blog_archive_list" class="module-archives module"><h2>'
  html << t('blog.shared.archives')
  html << '</h2><nav><ul>'
  links = []
  super_old_links = []

  posts.each do |e|
    if e.published_at >= Time.now.end_of_year.advance(:years => -3)
      links << e.published_at.strftime('%m/%Y')
    else
      super_old_links << e.published_at.strftime('01/%Y')
    end
  end
  links.uniq!
  super_old_links.uniq!
  links.each do |l|
    year = l.split('/')[1]
    month = l.split('/')[0]
    count = BlogPost.by_archive(Time.parse(l)).size
    text = t("date.month_names")[month.to_i] + " #{year} (#{count})"
    html << "<li>"
    html << link_to(text, archive_blog_posts_path(:year => year, :month => month))
    html << "</li>"
  end
  super_old_links.each do |l|
    year = l.split('/')[1]
    count = BlogPost.by_year(Time.parse(l)).size
    text = "#{year} (#{count})"
    html << "<li>"
    html << link_to(text, archive_blog_posts_path(:year => year))
    html << "</li>"
  end
  html << '</ul></nav></section>'
  html.html_safe
end

#blog_post_teaser(post) ⇒ Object

blog post



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# File 'app/helpers/blog_helper.rb', line 56

def blog_post_teaser(post)
  if post.respond_to?(:custom_teaser) && post.custom_teaser.present?
   post.custom_teaser.html_safe
  else
   truncate(post.body, {
     :length => RefinerySetting.find_or_set(:blog_post_teaser_length, 250),
     :preserve_html_tags => true
    }).html_safe
  end
end

#next_or_previous?(post) ⇒ Boolean

next or previous posts

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'app/helpers/blog_helper.rb', line 51

def next_or_previous?(post)
  post.next.present? or post.prev.present?
end