Merge pull request #682 from poppastring/pin-to-home

Pin to home - Allows you to pin a single post to the home page for a more static entry point in the site.

Author: poppastring

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pool:
 
 variables:
   buildConfiguration: 'Release'
-  version: 3.3
+  version: 3.4
 
 steps:
 - task: UseDotNet@2

source/DasBlog.Services/ConfigFile/Interfaces/ISiteConfig.cs

@@ -370,5 +370,7 @@ public interface ISiteConfig
 		bool EnableRewritingHashtagsToCategoryLinks { get; set; }
 		bool EnableRewritingBareLinksToEmbeddings { get; set; }
 		bool EnableRewritingBareLinksToIcons { get; set; }
+
+		string PostPinnedToHomePage { get; set; }
 	}
 }

source/DasBlog.Services/ConfigFile/SiteConfig.cs

@@ -251,6 +251,6 @@ public string Root {
 		public string MastodonServerUrl { get; set; }
 
 		public string MastodonAccount { get; set; }
-
+		public string PostPinnedToHomePage { get; set; }
 	}
 }

source/DasBlog.Tests/UnitTests/SiteConfigTest.cs

@@ -173,5 +173,6 @@ public class SiteConfigTest : ISiteConfig
 		public bool EnableRewritingHashtagsToCategoryLinks { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); set => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
 		public bool EnableRewritingBareLinksToEmbeddings { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); set => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
 		public bool EnableRewritingBareLinksToIcons { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); set => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
+		public string PostPinnedToHomePage { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); set => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
 	}
 }

source/DasBlog.Web.Repositories/BlogManager.cs

@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ public void DeleteEntry(string postid)
 			LogEvent(EventCodes.EntryDeleted, entry);
 		}
 
+		public EntryCollection GetAllEntries()
+		{
+			return dataService.GetEntries(false);
+		}
+
 		private static StringCollection GetSearchWords(string searchString)
 		{
 			var searchWords = new StringCollection();

source/DasBlog.Web.Repositories/Interfaces/IBlogManager.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public interface IBlogManager
 
         EntryCollection GetEntriesForPage(int pageIndex, string acceptLanguageHeader);
 
+		EntryCollection GetAllEntries();
+
 		EntrySaveState CreateEntry(Entry entry);
 
 		EntrySaveState UpdateEntry(Entry entry);

source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Controllers/AdminController.cs

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public IActionResult Settings()
 			var dbsvm = new DasBlogSettingsViewModel();
 			dbsvm.MetaConfig = mapper.Map<MetaViewModel>(dasBlogSettings.MetaTags);
 			dbsvm.SiteConfig = mapper.Map<SiteViewModel>(dasBlogSettings.SiteConfiguration);
+			dbsvm.Posts = blogManager.GetAllEntries()
+								.Select(entry => mapper.Map<PostViewModel>(entry)).ToList();
 
 			return View(dbsvm);
 		}

source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Controllers/HomeController.cs

@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Quartz.Util;
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace DasBlog.Web.Controllers
 {
@@ -47,9 +48,7 @@ public IActionResult Index()
 			{
 				lpvm = new ListPostsViewModel
 				{
-					Posts = blogManager.GetFrontPagePosts(Request.Headers["Accept-Language"])
-								.Select(entry => mapper.Map<PostViewModel>(entry))
-								.Select(editentry => editentry).ToList()
+					Posts = HomePagePosts()
 				};
 
 				foreach( var post in lpvm.Posts )
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ public IActionResult Page(int index)
 				return Index();
 			}
 
-
 			var lpvm = new ListPostsViewModel
 			{
 				Posts = blogManager.GetEntriesForPage(index, Request.Headers["Accept-Language"])
@@ -157,6 +155,29 @@ private ListPostsViewModel AddComments(ListPostsViewModel listPostsViewModel)
 
 			return listPostsViewModel;
 		}
+
+		private IList<PostViewModel> HomePagePosts()
+		{
+			IList<PostViewModel> posts = new List<PostViewModel>();
+
+			if (!dasBlogSettings.SiteConfiguration.PostPinnedToHomePage.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() &&
+				Guid.TryParse(dasBlogSettings.SiteConfiguration.PostPinnedToHomePage, out var results))
+			{
+				var entry = blogManager.GetBlogPostByGuid(results);
+
+				if (entry != null)
+				{
+					posts.Add(mapper.Map<PostViewModel>(entry));
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				posts = blogManager.GetFrontPagePosts(Request.Headers["Accept-Language"])
+							.Select(entry => mapper.Map<PostViewModel>(entry)).ToList();
+			}
+
+			return posts;
+		}
 	}
 }
 

source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Models/AdminViewModels/BlogPostListViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using DasBlog.Web.Models.BlogViewModels;
+
+namespace DasBlog.Web.Models.AdminViewModels
+{
+	public class BlogPostListViewModel
+	{
+		public string Name { get; set; }
+
+		public string Id { get; set; }
+
+		public List<BlogPostListViewModel> Init(List<PostViewModel> posts)
+		{
+			var allposts = posts.Select(p => new BlogPostListViewModel { Name = p.Title, Id = p.EntryId }).ToList();
+
+			allposts.Insert(0, new BlogPostListViewModel { Name = "--Disable Pinning--", Id = "" });
+
+			return allposts;
+		}
+	}
+}

source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Models/AdminViewModels/DasBlogSettingsViewModel.cs

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using DasBlog.Web.Models.BlogViewModels;
 
 namespace DasBlog.Web.Models.AdminViewModels
 {
 	public class DasBlogSettingsViewModel
 	{
 		public MetaViewModel MetaConfig { get; set; }
 		public SiteViewModel SiteConfig { get; set; }
+		public List<PostViewModel> Posts { get; set; }
 	}
 }

source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Models/AdminViewModels/SiteViewModel.cs

@@ -302,21 +302,25 @@ public class SiteViewModel
 		[Description("Help meet some of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements")]
 		public bool CookieConsentEnabled { get; set; }
 
-		[DisplayName("Default Sources (seperated by semi colon")]
+		[DisplayName("Default Sources (separated by semi colon")]
 		[Description("")]
 		[StringLength(50, MinimumLength = 1, ErrorMessage = "{0} should be between 1 to 50 characters")]
 		public string DefaultSources { get; set; }
 
-		[DisplayName("Mastadon Server")]
+		[DisplayName("Mastodon Server")]
 		[Description("")]
 		[DataType(DataType.Url, ErrorMessage = "Invalid URL format")]
 		public string MastodonServerUrl { get; set; }
 
-		[DisplayName("Mastadon Account (@username)")]
+		[DisplayName("Mastodon Account (@username)")]
 		[Description("")]
 		[RegularExpression("(@)((?:[A-Za-z0-9-_]*))")]
 		public string MastodonAccount { get; set; }
 
+		[DisplayName("Pin this Post to the Home Page")]
+		[Description("")]
+		[DataType(DataType.Text, ErrorMessage = "Invalid Guid format")]
+		public string PostPinnedToHomePage { get; set; }
 
 		public bool EntryTitleAsLink { get; set; }
 		public bool ObfuscateEmail { get; set; }

source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Views/Admin/Settings.cshtml

@@ -157,6 +157,21 @@
 
     </div>
 
+    <div class="form-group row mb-3">
+
+        @Html.LabelFor(m => @Model.SiteConfig.PostPinnedToHomePage, null, new { @class = "col-form-label col-sm-2" })
+        
+        <div class="col-sm-3">
+            @Html.DropDownListFor(n => n.SiteConfig.PostPinnedToHomePage,
+            new SelectList(new BlogPostListViewModel().Init(Model.Posts), "Id", "Name"),
+            new { @class = "form-select col-1" })
+        </div>
+
+
+        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.SiteConfig.PostPinnedToHomePage, null, new { @class = "text-danger" })
+
+    </div>
+
     <div class="form-check row mb-3">
         <div class="col-sm-10 offset-sm-2">
             <div class="col-sm-2">