global plugin settings

app/models/site_setting.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class SiteSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
+  has_settings
   include CssSanitize
 
   def get_theme_setting

lib/ansuz/plugin_manager.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-require "rubygems/gem_runner"
-
+require File.join( RAILS_ROOT, "lib", "ansuz", "plugin_settings.rb" )
 module Ansuz
   class PluginManager
+    include Ansuz::PluginSettings
     attr_accessor :plugins, :plugin_nav, :admin_plugin_nav, :admin_menu, :admin_menu_top_level_entries, :page_types
     ADMIN_MENU_TOP_LEVEL_ENTRIES = ["Create", "Manage", "Ansuz"]
 
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ def initialize
     # A plugin can call register_plugin(ClassName) to add itself to the plugins array
     def register_plugin klass
       self.plugins << klass
+      settings_name = klass.to_s.tableize.gsub(/\//,'_').to_sym
+      create_settings( settings_name )
     end
 
     # A plugin can call register_plugin_nav(title, link) to add itself to the
@@ -61,5 +63,14 @@ def setup_admin_menu
     def register_page_type name, modules=[]
       @page_types << [name, modules]
     end
+
+    protected
+    def create_settings(name)
+      site_setting = SiteSetting.first
+      unless( site_setting.settings[name])
+        site_setting.settings[name] = {}  
+        site_setting.save
+      end
+    end
   end
 end

lib/ansuz/plugin_settings.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module Ansuz
+  # Don't really know the best way to do this, just rolling with whatever works -james
+  module PluginSettings
+    class << self
+      def included base
+        base.extend ClassMethods
+      end
+    end
+
+    module ClassMethods
+      def plugin_settings
+        SiteSetting.first.settings[self.settings_name]
+      end
+
+      def settings_name
+        self.to_s.tableize.gsub(/\//,'_').to_sym
+      end
+
+      def modify_setting(name,val)
+        site_setting = SiteSetting.first
+        site_setting.settings[self.settings_name][name.to_sym] = val
+        site_setting.save
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

vendor/plugins/ansuz_content_section/app/models/ansuz/j_adams/content_section.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+require File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "lib", "ansuz", "plugin_settings.rb")
 module Ansuz
   module JAdams
     class ContentSection < ActiveRecord::Base
+      include Ansuz::PluginSettings
       before_save :set_default_content_section_type
+
       CONTENT_SECTION_TYPES = ["FCKeditor", "Markdown", "Textile"]
       has_settings
       # Prevent bad things ™ from happening on initial rake db:migrate -james
@@ -62,11 +65,16 @@ def to_html
           return self.contents
         end
       end
+
+      # Read the global setting or default to FCKeditor
+      def default_content_type
+        ContentSection.plugin_settings[:content_type] || "FCKeditor"
+      end
 
       protected
       def set_default_content_section_type
         if( self.content_type.nil? )
-          self.content_type = "FCKeditor"
+          self.content_type = default_content_type
         end
       end
     end