Time zones are now localized & relative now, fixes #582.

Added feed support to config.json so that frontend can now render latest news from the supplied feed.
Implemented /help/faq page.
Moved terms of service page to /tos.
Removed social-icons section from config.json, social icons can now just rendered by editing navbar.cshtml - fixes #572.
Improved error handling for NetworkInfo.cs:DetectSubmitBlockSupport().
Pool pages do now render an error message when daemon connection is un-healthy.
Fixed #580.
Improved pools list & per-pool pages, they do now show the date of the last found block.

src/CoiniumServ/CoiniumServ.csproj

@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Coin\Config\CoinOptions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Coin\Config\IBlockExplorerOptions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Coin\Config\ICoinOptions.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Server\Web\Modules\TosModule.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utils\Helpers\Humanize.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\IJsonConfigReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Daemon\Converters\DifficultyConverter.cs" />
@@ -527,6 +528,8 @@
     <None Include="web\default\views\algorithm\algorithm.cshtml">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
+    <None Include="web\default\views\help\faq.cshtml" />
+    <None Include="web\default\views\tos\tos.cshtml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="App.config" />
@@ -799,7 +802,10 @@
     <None Include="web\default\views\help\gettingstarted\pool.cshtml">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
-    <None Include="web\default\views\help\miningsoftware\index.cshtml">
+    <None Include="web\default\views\help\miningsoftware.cshtml">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+    <None Include="web\default\views\layout\news.cshtml">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
     <None Include="web\default\views\layout\header.cshtml">
@@ -958,9 +964,6 @@
     <None Include="web\default\views\pool\workers.cshtml">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
-    <None Include="web\default\views\help\termsofservice.cshtml">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </None>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\deps\csredis\CSRedis\CSRedis.csproj">
@@ -977,7 +980,10 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="Coinium.ico" />
-    <None Include="web\default\Content\js\interface.js">
+    <Content Include="web\default\Content\js\jquery.timeago.js">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+    <None Include="web\default\Content\js\frontend.js">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
     <None Include="web\default\Content\img\coins\icon\21.png">

src/CoiniumServ/Pools/NetworkInfo.cs

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public void Recache()
             }
             catch (RpcException e)
             {
-                _logger.Error("Can not read mininginfo() - the coin may not support the request: {0:l}", e.Message);
+                _logger.Error("Can not read mininginfo(): {0:l}", e.Message);
                 Hashrate = 0;
                 Difficulty = 0;
                 Round = -1;
@@ -141,14 +141,26 @@ private void DetectSubmitBlockSupport()
             {
                 var response = _daemonClient.SubmitBlock(string.Empty);
             }
-            catch (RpcErrorException e)
+            catch(RpcException e)
             {
-                if (e.Code == (int)RpcErrorCode.RPC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND) // 'Method not found' error.
-                    _poolConfig.Coin.Options.SubmitBlockSupported = false; // the coin doesn't support submitblock().
-                else if (e.Code == (int)RpcErrorCode.RPC_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR) // 'Block decode failed' error.
-                    _poolConfig.Coin.Options.SubmitBlockSupported = true; // the coin supports submitblock().
-                else // we shouldn't be really recieving any other errors.
-                    _logger.Error("Recieved an unexpected response for DetectSubmitBlockSupport() - {0}, {1:l}", e.Code, e.Message);
+                if (e is RpcErrorException)
+                {
+                    var error = e as RpcErrorException;
+                    switch (error.Code)
+                    {
+                        case (int)RpcErrorCode.RPC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND:
+                            _poolConfig.Coin.Options.SubmitBlockSupported = false; // the coin doesn't support submitblock().
+                            break;
+                        case (int)RpcErrorCode.RPC_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR:
+                            _poolConfig.Coin.Options.SubmitBlockSupported = true; // the coin supports submitblock().
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            _logger.Error("Recieved an unexpected response for DetectSubmitBlockSupport() - {0}, {1:l}", error.Code, e.Message);
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                    _logger.Error("Can not probe submitblock() support: {0:l}", e.Message);
             }
         }
 

src/CoiniumServ/Server/Web/Config/IWebServerConfig.cs

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public interface IWebServerConfig : IServerConfig
     {
         string Template { get; }
 
+        string Feed { get; }
+
         IBackendConfig Backend { get; }
     }
 }

src/CoiniumServ/Server/Web/Config/WebServerConfig.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public class WebServerConfig : IWebServerConfig
 
         public string Template { get; private set; }
 
+        public string Feed { get; private set; }
+
         public IBackendConfig Backend { get; private set; }
 
         public bool Valid { get; private set; }
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ public WebServerConfig(dynamic config)
                 BindInterface = string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.bind) ? "localhost" : config.bind;
                 Port = config.port == 0 ? 80 : config.port;
                 Template = string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.template) ? "default" : config.template;
+                Feed = string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.feed) ? "" : config.feed;
                 Backend = new BackendConfig(config.backend);
                 Valid = true;
             }

src/CoiniumServ/Server/Web/Modules/HelpModule.cs

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ public class HelpModule:NancyModule
         public HelpModule(IPoolManager poolManager, IConfigManager configManager, ISoftwareRepository softwareRepository)
             :base("/help")
         {
-            Get["/termsofservice"] = _ =>
+            Get["/faq"] = _ =>
             {
-                ViewBag.Header = "Terms of Service";
+                ViewBag.Header = "Frequently Asked Questions";
 
-                return View["termsofservice"];
+                return View["faq"];
             };
 
             Get["/gettingstarted/"] = _ =>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public HelpModule(IPoolManager poolManager, IConfigManager configManager, ISoftw
 
             Get["/miningsoftware/"] = _ =>
             {
-                return View["miningsoftware/index", softwareRepository];
+                return View["miningsoftware", softwareRepository];
             };
         }
     }

src/CoiniumServ/Server/Web/Modules/TosModule.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#region License
+// 
+//     CoiniumServ - Crypto Currency Mining Pool Server Software
+//     Copyright (C) 2013 - 2014, CoiniumServ Project - http://www.coinium.org
+//     http://www.coiniumserv.com - https://github.com/CoiniumServ/CoiniumServ
+// 
+//     This software is dual-licensed: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//     (at your option) any later version.
+// 
+//     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//     GNU General Public License for more details.
+//    
+//     For the terms of this license, see licenses/gpl_v3.txt.
+// 
+//     Alternatively, you can license this software under a commercial
+//     license or white-label it as set out in licenses/commercial.txt.
+// 
+#endregion
+
+using Nancy;
+
+namespace CoiniumServ.Server.Web.Modules
+{
+    public class TosModule : NancyModule
+    {
+        public TosModule()
+            : base("/tos")
+        {
+            Get["/"] = _ =>
+            {
+                // include common data required by layout.
+                ViewBag.Header = "Terms of Service";
+
+                // return our view
+                return View["tos"];
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}

src/CoiniumServ/Server/Web/NancyBootstrapper.cs

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ protected override void ApplicationStartup(TinyIoCContainer container, IPipeline
                     ctx.ViewBag.SubHeading = "";
 
                 ctx.ViewBag.Pools = _poolManager;
+                ctx.ViewBag.Feed = _configManager.WebServerConfig.Feed;
                 ctx.ViewBag.LastUpdate = _statisticsManager.LastUpdate.ToString("HH:mm:ss tt zz"); // last statistics update.
             };
 

src/CoiniumServ/config/config-example.json

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         "bind": "",
         "port": 80,
         "template": "default",
+        "feed": "",
         "backend": {
             "metrics": {
                 "enabled": false

src/CoiniumServ/web/default/Content/js/interface.js → src/CoiniumServ/web/default/Content/js/frontend.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-$(function() {
+$(function () {
+    // process the search boxes
     $('#block-search').submit(function () {
         var height = $("#block-height").val();
         $("#block-search").attr("action", $(location).attr('pathname') + 'block/' + height);
@@ -7,4 +8,6 @@
         var address = $("#address").val();
         $("#address-search").attr("action", $(location).attr('pathname') + 'account/address/' + address);
     });
+
+    $('time.timeago').timeago(); // parse date & time's as time-ago texts.
 });