Implemented random questions on home pages. Also consolidated the index pages into a single template.

java/solr/server/solr/conf/schema.xml

@@ -565,8 +565,10 @@
    <dynamicField name="ignored_*" type="ignored" multiValued="true"/>
    <dynamicField name="attr_*" type="text_general" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="true"/>
 
-   <dynamicField name="random_*" type="random" />
    -->
+   <!-- this random field allows retrieval of random records by sorting by a
+        field named random_* where the * is a random number/string. -->
+   <dynamicField name="random_*" type="random" indexed="true" stored="false" />
    
    <!-- uncomment the following to ignore any fields that don't already match an existing 
         field name or dynamic field, rather than reporting them as an error. 

python/media/css/main.css

@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ pre code {
     float: right;
 }
 
+.post-tags {
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
+
 .question h1 {
     border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
     padding-bottom: 7px;

python/src/stackdump/app.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import threading
 import functools
 import re
 import math
+import random
 
 try:
     # For Python < 2.6 or people using a newer version of simplejson
@@ -192,27 +193,33 @@ def serve_static(filename):
 
 @get('/')
 @uses_templates
+@uses_solr
 @uses_db
 def index():
     context = { }
-    context['site_root_path'] = ''
     context['sites'] = Site.select()
+    
+    context['random_questions'] = get_random_questions()
+    
     return render_template('index.html', context)
 
 @get('/:site_key#[\w\.]+#')
 @get('/:site_key#[\w\.]+#/')
 @uses_templates
+@uses_solr
 @uses_db
 def site_index(site_key):
     context = { }
-    context['site_root_path'] = '%s/' % site_key
+    context['sites'] = Site.select()
     
     try:
         context['site'] = Site.selectBy(key=site_key).getOne()
     except SQLObjectNotFound:
         raise HTTPError(code=404, output='No site exists with the key %s.' % site_key)
     
-    return render_template('site_index.html', context)
+    context['random_questions'] = get_random_questions(site_key=site_key)    
+    
+    return render_template('index.html', context)
 
 @get('/search')
 @uses_templates
@@ -220,7 +227,6 @@ def site_index(site_key):
 @uses_db
 def search():
     context = { }
-    context['site_root_path'] = ''
     context['sites'] = Site.select()
     
     search_context = perform_search()
@@ -237,7 +243,6 @@ def search():
 @uses_db
 def site_search(site_key):
     context = { }
-    context['site_root_path'] = '%s/' % site_key
     # the template uses this to allow searching on other sites
     context['sites'] = Site.select()
     
@@ -261,7 +266,6 @@ def site_search(site_key):
 @uses_db
 def view_question(site_key, question_id):
     context = { }
-    context['site_root_path'] = '%s/' % site_key
     
     try:
         context['site'] = Site.selectBy(key=site_key).getOne()
@@ -533,6 +537,19 @@ def perform_search(site_key=None):
     
     return context
 
+def get_random_questions(site_key=None, count=3):
+    random_field_name = 'random_%d %s' % (random.randint(1000, 9999), random.choice(['asc', 'desc']))
+    query = '*:*'
+    if site_key:
+        query = ' siteKey:%s' % site_key
+        
+    results = solr_conn().search(query, rows=count, sort=random_field_name)
+    decode_json_fields(results)
+    retrieve_users(results, question_only=True, ignore_comments=True)
+    retrieve_sites(results)
+    
+    return results
+
 # END VIEW HELPERS
 
 # INITIALISATION

python/src/stackdump/templates/base.html

@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
                     <a href="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}">Stackdump</a>
                     {% if site %}
                     <span class="topbar-divider">//</span>
-                    <a href="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}{{ site_root_path }}">{{ site.name }}</a>
+                    <a href="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}{{ site.key }}">{{ site.name }}</a>
                     from {{ site.dump_date }}
                     {% endif %}
                 </span>
                 
                 
-                <form method="get" action="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}{{ site_root_path }}search" class="pull-right"> 
+                <form method="get" action="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}{% if site %}{{ site.key }}/{% endif %}search" class="pull-right"> 
                     <input type="text" placeholder="Search {% if site %}{{ site.name }}{% endif %}" />
                 </form> 
             </div> 

python/src/stackdump/templates/includes/results.html.inc

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     </li>
     {% endfor %}
 </ul>
+{% if total_pages and total_pages > 1 %}
 <div class="pagination">
     <ul>
         {% if current_page > 1 %}
@@ -63,4 +64,5 @@
     {% endif %}
     </ul>
 </div>
+{% endif %}
 {% endif %}

python/src/stackdump/templates/index.html

@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 
-{% block title %}Stackdump Home{% endblock %}
+{% block title %}
+{% if site %}
+Stackdump // {{ site.name }} Home
+{% else %}
+Stackdump Home
+{% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
 
 {% block body %}
     <div class="row">
         <div class="span12">
             <div class="search-container">
+                {% if site %}
+                <img class="site-logo" src="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}media/logos/{{ site.key }}.png" alt="{{ site.name }} logo" />
+                <h1 class="site-title">
+                    {{ site.name }}
+                    <small class="tagline">{{ site.desc }}</small>
+                </h1>
+                {% else %}
                 <h1>
                     Welcome to Stackdump,
                     <small class="tagline">the offline browser for StackExchange sites.</small>
                 </h1>
-                <form id="search" method="get" action="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}search">
+                {% endif %}
+                <form id="search" method="get" action="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}{% if site %}{{ site.key }}/{% endif %}search">
                     <input type="text" class="xlarge" name="q" />
                     <input type="submit" class="btn primary" value="Search" />
                 </form>
@@ -18,17 +32,8 @@
             
             <div class="random-questions-container">
                 <h3>Random questions</h3>
-                <ul class="random-questions">
-                    <li>
-                        Question 1
-                    </li>
-                    <li>
-                        Question 2
-                    </li>
-                    <li>
-                        Question 3
-                    </li>
-                </ul>
+                {% set results = random_questions %}
+                {% include 'includes/results.html.inc' %}
             </div>
         </div>
         <div class="span4">

python/src/stackdump/templates/site_index.html

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{% extends 'base.html' %}
-
-{% block title %}Stackdump // {{ site.name }} Home{% endblock %}
-
-{% block body %}
-    <div class="row">
-        <div class="span16">
-            <div class="search-container">
-                <img class="site-logo" src="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}media/logos/{{ site.key }}.png" alt="{{ site.name }} logo" />
-                <h1 class="site-title">
-                    {{ site.name }}
-                    <small class="tagline">{{ site.desc }}</small>
-                </h1>
-                <form id="search" method="get" action="{{ SETTINGS.APP_URL_ROOT }}{{ site_root_path }}search">
-                    <input type="text" class="xlarge" name="q" />
-                    <input type="submit" class="btn primary" value="Search" />
-                </form>
-            </div>
-            
-            <div class="random-questions-container">
-                <h3>Random questions</h3>
-                <ul class="random-questions">
-                    <li>
-                        Question 1
-                    </li>
-                    <li>
-                        Question 2
-                    </li>
-                    <li>
-                        Question 3
-                    </li>
-                </ul>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div> 
-{% endblock %}