* Stick / Unstick buttons at the bottom of the page for the admin (fi…

…rst name in 'mods.txt')

(some finishing off and polishing remains)
* Updated the image generation script for the above change as well as a little re-organisation

HISTORY.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 v26	
+*	Stick and Unstick thread buttons when logged in as the Admin (the admin is now the first person listed in mods.txt)
+	NOTE: the lock and unlock links have been changed into buttons, make sure to update custom translations / CSS!
+*	Windows 8 snap-view
 *	Apache version is now verified (1&1 are still using v1.3!)
 *	Updated to DOMTemplate v17, fix for major bug corrupting querystrings and attributes,
 	with thanks to Bruno Héridet for narrowing down and Zegnat for suggesting a fix

index.php

@@ -76,18 +76,13 @@
 	//order by last modified date
 	array_multisort (array_map ('filemtime', $threads), SORT_DESC, $threads);
 
-	//get sticky list, trimming any files that no longer exist
+	//get sticky list (see 'lib/functions.php')
 	//(the use of `array_intersect` will only return filenames in `sticky.txt` that were also in the directory)
-	if ($stickies = array_intersect (
-		//`file` returns NULL on failure, so we can cast it to an array to get an array with one blank item,
-		//then `array_filter` removes blank items. this way saves having to check if the file exists first
-		array_filter ((array) @file ('sticky.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES)), $threads
-	)) {
-		//order the stickies by reverse date order
-		array_multisort (array_map ('filemtime', $stickies), SORT_DESC, $stickies);
-		//remove the stickies from the thread list
-		$threads = array_diff ($threads, $stickies);
-	}
+	$stickies = array_intersect (getStickies (), $threads);
+	//order the stickies by reverse date order
+	array_multisort (array_map ('filemtime', $stickies), SORT_DESC, $stickies);
+	//remove the stickies from the thread list
+	$threads = array_diff ($threads, $stickies);
 
 	//handle a rounding problem with working out the number of pages (PHP 5.3 has a fix for this)
 	$PAGES = count ($threads) % FORUM_THREADS == 1	? floor (count ($threads) / FORUM_THREADS)

lib/functions.php

@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ function prepareTemplate (
 
 /* ====================================================================================================================== */
 
+//the first mod on the list is the site administrator and has extra privileges such as stickying threads
+function isAdmin ($name) {
+	global $MODS;	 return strtolower ($name) === strtolower ((string) @$MODS['GLOBAL'][0]);
+}
 //check to see if a name is a known moderator
 function isMod ($name) {
 	global $MODS;    return in_array (strtolower ($name), array_map ('strtolower', $MODS['GLOBAL'] + $MODS['LOCAL']));
@@ -152,6 +156,13 @@ function isMember ($name) {
 	global $MEMBERS; return in_array (strtolower ($name), array_map ('strtolower', $MEMBERS));
 }
 
+//get the list of sticky threads in the current forum / sub-forum
+function getStickies () {
+	//`file` returns NULL on failure, so we can cast it to an array to get an array with one blank item,
+	//then `array_filter` removes blank items. this way saves having to check if the file exists first
+	return array_filter ((array) @file ('sticky.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES));
+}
+
 /* ====================================================================================================================== */
 
 //take the author's message, process markup, and encode it safely for the RSS feed

start.php

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 				see section 5 in the README file
 	$MODS			array of the names of moderators for the whole forum, and the current sub-forum
 	$MEMBERS		array of the names of members for the current sub-forum
+	IS_ADMIN	b	if the current viewer is the site admin (first name in 'mods.txt')
 	IS_MOD		b	if the current viewer is a moderator for the current forum
 	IS_MEMBER	b	if the current viewer is a member of the current forum
 	
@@ -232,6 +233,8 @@
 //get the list (if any) of users allowed to access this current forum
 $MEMBERS = array_filter ((array) @file ('members.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES));
 
+//is the current user the site admin? (first name in the root 'mods.txt')
+define ('IS_ADMIN',  AUTH && isAdmin (NAME));
 //is the current user a moderator in this forum?
 define ('IS_MOD',    AUTH && isMod (NAME));
 //is the current user a member of this forum?