Random blog button and navbar cleanup

Author: symkat

Web/lib/BlogDB/Web.pm

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ sub startup ($self) {
     $r->post   ( '/blog/new/:id'          )->to( 'Blog#post_edit_new_blog'   )->name( 'do_edit_new_blog'    ); # Update a new blog.
     $auth->post( '/blog/publish/:id'      )->to( 'Blog#post_publish_new_blog')->name( 'do_publish_new_blog' ); # Publish (PendingBlog -> Blog.)
     $r->get    ( '/blog/v/:slug'          )->to( 'Blog#get_view_blog'        )->name( 'view_blog'           ); # View specific blog
+    $r->get    ( '/blog/r'                )->to( 'Blog#get_view_random_blog' )->name( 'view_random_blog'    ); # 302 redirect the user to a random blog.
     $auth->get ( '/blog/e/:slug'          )->to( 'Blog#get_edit_blog'        )->name( 'edit_blog'           ); # View edit page
     $auth->post( '/blog/e/:slug'          )->to( 'Blog#post_edit_blog'       )->name( 'do_edit_blog'        ); # Post edits to blog
     $auth->post( '/blog/follow'           )->to( 'Blog#post_blog_follow'     )->name( 'do_follow_blog'      ); # Follow a blog

Web/lib/BlogDB/Web/Controller/Blog.pm

@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ sub get_view_blog ($c) {
     );
 }
 
+sub get_view_random_blog ( $c ) {
+    my @blogs = $c->db->resultset('Blog')->all;
+
+    my $blog = $blogs[int rand scalar @blogs];
+
+    $c->redirect_to( $c->url_for( 'view_blog', { slug => $blog->slug }));
+}
+
 sub get_edit_blog ($c) {
     $c->set_template( 'blog/edit' );
 

Web/templates/simple/_/layout.tx

@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
                 <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation"><span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span></button>
                 <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
                     <ul class="navbar-nav ms-auto mb-2 mb-lg-0">
-                        <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a></li>
-                        <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="[% $c.url_for('register') %]">Register</a></li>
 %%                      if ( $person ) {
                         <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="[% $c.url_for('tags') %]">Tags Manager</a></li>
-%%                      }
+%%                      } else {
+                        <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" aria-current="page" href="[% $c.url_for( 'homepage' ) %]">Home</a></li>
+                        <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="[% $c.url_for('register') %]">Register</a></li>
                         <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#!">Contact</a></li>
-                        <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Blog</a></li>
+%%                      }
+                        <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link active" href="[% $c.url_for( 'view_random_blog' ) %]">Random Blog Button</a></li>
                     </ul>
                 </div>
             </div>