Some basic news functionality

app/controllers/news_controller.rb

@@ -81,5 +81,14 @@ def destroy
       render :text => 'You cannot delete this news item.', :layout => true, :status => 401
     end
   end
-
-end
+
+  def create
+    @news_item = NewsItem.new(params[:news_item])
+    if @news_item.save
+      flash[:notice] = 'Your news has been submitted.'
+      redirect_to news_path
+    else
+      render :action => 'new'
+    end
+  end
+end

app/models/news_item.rb

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ class NewsItem < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def name; title; end
 
+  before_save :update_published_date
+  def update_published_date
+   self.published = Time.now if published.nil?
+  end
+
   class << self
     def update_from_feed
       if raw_items = get_feed_items

app/models/person.rb

@@ -610,4 +610,4 @@ def self.custom_types
     class_eval "include Person::#{mod_name}"
   end
 
-end
+end

app/views/news/_form.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<% form_for @news_item, :url => @news_item.new_record? ? news_path : news_item_path(@news_item) do |form| %>
+  <p>
+    <%= form.label :title, 'Give your post a concise title:' %>
+    <%= form.text_field :title %>
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    <%= form.label :body, 'Share your announcement, information, or news here:' %>
+    <%= form.text_area :body, :rows => 5, :cols => 80 %>
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    <%= form.submit 'Submit News' %>
+  </p>
+<% end %>

app/views/news/new.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<h2>Submit News</h2>
+
+<%= render :partial => 'form' %>

config/environments/test.rb

@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@
 config.action_controller.session = {
   :session_key => "_onebody_session",
   :secret      => "not so secret - this is only here for the test environment"
-} 
+}
+
+config.threadsafe!

db/migrate/20090508010501_update_news_items.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class UpdateNewsItems < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    change_table :news_items do |t|
+      t.integer :person_id
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    change_table :news_items do |t|
+      t.remove :person_id, :created_at, :updated_at
+    end
+  end
+end

features/news/submit.feature

@@ -6,24 +6,25 @@ Feature: Users Submit News
   Background:
     Given I am signed in as a user
 
-  Scenario: User sees no news when there are no submissions
+  Scenario: User sees no news when there are no posts
     Given there are no news items
     When I go to news
     Then I should see "No news is available at this time."
 
-  Scenario: User sees news when there is a submission
+  Scenario: User sees news when there is a post
     Given there is a news item with title "A News Post" and body "This is the first news post."
     When I go to news
     Then I should see "A News Post"
     And I should see "This is the first news post."
 
-  Scenario: User submit news
+  Scenario: User submits news
     When I go to new news submission
-    Then I should see "Title"
-    And I should see "Body"
-    When I fill in "Title" with "My News Item"
-    And I fill in "Body" with "This is my first news post."
+    And I fill in "Give your post a concise title" with "My News Item"
+    And I fill in "Share your announcement, information, or news here" with "This is my first news post."
     And I press "Submit News"
-    Then I should see "Your news post has been submitted."
+    Then I should see "Your news has been submitted."
+    When I go to news
+    Then I should see "My News Item"
+    And I should see "This is my first news post."
 
   # Scenario: User edit items they have submitted

features/support/env.rb

@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 require 'cucumber/rails/rspec'
 require 'webrat/core/matchers'
 
-require 'spec/mocks/framework'
-require 'spec/mocks/extensions'
-
-World(Spec::Mocks::ExampleMethods)
-
-Before do
-  $rspec_stubs ||= Spec::Mocks::Space.new
-end
-
-After do
-  $rspec_stubs.reset_all
-end
+# require 'spec/mocks/framework'
+# require 'spec/mocks/extensions'
+# 
+# World(Spec::Mocks::ExampleMethods)
+# 
+# Before do
+#   $rspec_stubs ||= Spec::Mocks::Space.new
+# end
+# 
+# After do
+#   $rspec_stubs.reset_all
+# end

features/support/paths.rb

@@ -8,23 +8,20 @@ module NavigationHelpers
   def path_to(page_name)
     case page_name
 
-    when /the homepage/
-      '/'
+      when 'news'
+        news_path
+      when 'new news submission'
+        new_news_item_path
 
-    when 'news'
-      news_path
-    when 'new news submission'
-      new_news_item_path
-
-    # Add more mappings here.
-    # Here is a more fancy example:
-    #
-    #   when /^(.*)'s profile page$/i
-    #     user_profile_path(User.find_by_login($1))
+      # Add more mappings here.
+      # Here is a more fancy example:
+      #
+      #   when /^(.*)'s profile page$/i
+      #     user_profile_path(User.find_by_login($1))
 
-    else
-      raise "Can't find mapping from \"#{page_name}\" to a path.\n" +
-        "Now, go and add a mapping in #{__FILE__}"
+      else
+        raise "Can't find mapping from \"#{page_name}\" to a path.\n" +
+          "Now, go and add a mapping in #{__FILE__}"
     end
   end
 end