Merge branch 'master' into bug97

15 files changed, 271 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 15b8d802..0375e009 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *.pyc
 *.swp
 *.log
+db
 cache/??
 run
 *.wsgi
diff --git a/askbot/__init__.py b/askbot/__init__.py
index b4889f92..ef784c3b 100644
--- a/askbot/__init__.py
+++ b/askbot/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import smtplib
 import sys
 import logging
 
-VERSION = (0, 7, 24)
+VERSION = (0, 7, 25)
 
 #necessary for interoperability of django and coffin
 try:
diff --git a/askbot/conf/__init__.py b/askbot/conf/__init__.py
index 1d2d7240..64fe41fb 100644
--- a/askbot/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/askbot/conf/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import askbot.conf.markup
 import askbot.conf.social_sharing
 import askbot.conf.badges
 import askbot.conf.login_providers
+import askbot.conf.site_modes
 
 #import main settings object
 from askbot.conf.settings_wrapper import settings
diff --git a/askbot/conf/settings_wrapper.py b/askbot/conf/settings_wrapper.py
index aac8f071..2e0d8db2 100644
--- a/askbot/conf/settings_wrapper.py
+++ b/askbot/conf/settings_wrapper.py
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ class ConfigSettings(object):
         """
         return getattr(self.__instance, key).value
 
+    def get_default(self, key):
+        """return the defalut value for the setting"""
+        return getattr(self.__instance, key).default
+
+    def reset(self, key):
+        """returns setting to the default value"""
+        self.update(key, self.get_default(key))
+
     def update(self, key, value):
         setting = config_get(self.__group_map[key], key) 
         setting.update(value)
diff --git a/askbot/conf/site_modes.py b/askbot/conf/site_modes.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e79169e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/askbot/conf/site_modes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+"""
+Site modes settings:
+    Support for site modes currently supports
+    Bootstrap - for sites that are starting and
+    Default - for sites that already have a momentum.
+"""
+from askbot.conf.settings_wrapper import settings
+from askbot.deps.livesettings import ConfigurationGroup, BooleanValue
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+
+BOOTSTRAP_MODE_SETTINGS = {
+    #minimum reputation settins.
+    'MIN_REP_TO_VOTE_UP': 5,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_VOTE_DOWN': 50,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_ANSWER_OWN_QUESTION': 5,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_ACCEPT_OWN_ANSWER': 20,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_FLAG_OFFENSIVE': 5,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_LEAVE_COMMENTS': 10,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_DELETE_OTHERS_COMMENTS': 200,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_DELETE_OTHERS_POSTS': 500,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_UPLOAD_FILES': 10,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_CLOSE_OWN_QUESTIONS': 25,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_RETAG_OTHERS_QUESTIONS': 50,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_REOPEN_OWN_QUESTIONS': 50,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_EDIT_WIKI': 75,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_EDIT_OTHERS_POSTS': 200,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_VIEW_OFFENSIVE_FLAGS': 200,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_CLOSE_OTHERS_QUESTIONS': 200,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_LOCK_POSTS': 400,
+    'MIN_REP_TO_HAVE_STRONG_URL': 25,
+    #badge settings
+    'NOTABLE_QUESTION_BADGE_MIN_VIEWS': 25,
+    'POPULAR_QUESTION_BADGE_MIN_VIEWS': 15,
+    'FAMOUS_QUESTION_BADGE_MIN_VIEWS': 50,
+    'ENTHUSIAST_BADGE_MIN_DAYS': 5,
+    'TAXONOMIST_BADGE_MIN_USE_COUNT': 5,
+    #moderation rule settings
+    'MIN_FLAGS_TO_HIDE_POST': 2,
+    'MIN_FLAGS_TO_DELETE_POST': 3,
+}
+
+def bootstrap_callback(current_value, new_value):
+    '''Callback to update settings'''
+
+    if current_value == new_value:
+        #do not overwrite settings in case that tha value 
+        #is the same
+        return new_value
+
+    if new_value == True:
+        for key, value in BOOTSTRAP_MODE_SETTINGS.items():
+            settings.update(key, value)
+
+    else:
+        for key in BOOTSTRAP_MODE_SETTINGS:
+            settings.reset(key)
+
+    return new_value
+
+
+SITE_MODES = ConfigurationGroup(
+                    'SITE_MODES',
+                    _('Site modes'),
+                )
+
+settings.register(
+    BooleanValue(
+        SITE_MODES,
+        'ACTIVATE_BOOTSTRAP_MODE',
+        default=False,
+        description=_(
+            'Activate a "Bootstrap" mode'),
+        help_text=_(
+            "Bootstrap mode lowers reputation and certain badge "
+            "thresholds, to values, more suitable "
+            "for the smaller communities, "
+            "<strong>WARNING:</strong> your current value for "
+            "Minimum reputation, "
+            "Bagde Settings and "
+            "Vote Rules will "
+            "be changed after you modify this setting."
+        ),
+        update_callback = bootstrap_callback
+    )
+)
diff --git a/askbot/doc/source/changelog.rst b/askbot/doc/source/changelog.rst
index 77ff4a45..d58b415f 100644
--- a/askbot/doc/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/askbot/doc/source/changelog.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 Changes in Askbot
 =================
 
-Development version (Not yet released)
---------------------------------------
+0.7.25 (Current Version)
+------------------------
 * RSS feed for individual question (Sayan Chowdhury)
+* Allow pre-population of tags via ask a questions link (Adolfo)
+* Make answering own question one click harder (Adolfo)
+* Bootstrap mode (Adolfo, Evgeny)
 
-0.7.24 (Current Version)
-------------------------
+0.7.24
+------
 * Made it possible to disable the anonymous user greeting alltogether (Raghu Udiyar)
 * Added annotations for the meanings of user levels on the "moderation" page. (Jishnu)
 * Auto-link patterns - e.g. to bug databases - are configurable from settings. (Arun SAG)
diff --git a/askbot/models/answer.py b/askbot/models/answer.py
index 6a2cceee..b9b28f89 100644
--- a/askbot/models/answer.py
+++ b/askbot/models/answer.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class Answer(content.Content, DeletableContent):
         return self.question.title
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return u'%(base)s%(slug)s?answer=%(id)d#%(id)d' % \
+        return u'%(base)s%(slug)s?answer=%(id)d#answer-container-%(id)d' % \
                 {
                     'base': reverse('question', args=[self.question.id]),
                     'slug': django_urlquote(slugify(self.question.title)),
diff --git a/askbot/skins/default/media/js/jquery.animate-colors.js b/askbot/skins/default/media/js/jquery.animate-colors.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07d8ac9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/askbot/skins/default/media/js/jquery.animate-colors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/**!

+ * @preserve Color animation jQuery-plugin

+ * http://www.bitstorm.org/jquery/color-animation/

+ * Copyright 2011 Edwin Martin <edwin@bitstorm.org>

+ * Released under the MIT and GPL licenses.

+ */

+

+(function($) {

+	/**

+	 * Check whether the browser supports RGBA color mode.

+	 *

+	 * Author Mehdi Kabab <http://pioupioum.fr>

+	 * @return {boolean} True if the browser support RGBA. False otherwise.

+	 */

+	function isRGBACapable() {

+		var $script = $('script:first'),

+				color = $script.css('color'),

+				result = false;

+		if (/^rgba/.test(color)) {

+			result = true;

+		} else {

+			try {

+				result = ( color != $script.css('color', 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)').css('color') );

+				$script.css('color', color);

+			} catch (e) {

+			}

+		}

+

+		return result;

+	}

+

+	$.extend(true, $, {

+		support: {

+			'rgba': isRGBACapable()

+		}

+	});

+

+	var properties = ['color', 'backgroundColor', 'borderBottomColor', 'borderLeftColor', 'borderRightColor', 'borderTopColor', 'outlineColor'];

+	$.each(properties, function(i, property) {

+		$.fx.step[property] = function(fx) {

+			if (!fx.init) {

+				fx.begin = parseColor($(fx.elem).css(property));

+				fx.end = parseColor(fx.end);

+				fx.init = true;

+			}

+

+			fx.elem.style[property] = calculateColor(fx.begin, fx.end, fx.pos);

+		}

+	});

+

+	// borderColor doesn't fit in standard fx.step above.

+	$.fx.step.borderColor = function(fx) {

+		if (!fx.init) {

+			fx.end = parseColor(fx.end);

+		}

+		var borders = properties.slice(2, 6); // All four border properties

+		$.each(borders, function(i, property) {

+			if (!fx.init) {

+				fx[property] = {begin: parseColor($(fx.elem).css(property))};

+			}

+

+			fx.elem.style[property] = calculateColor(fx[property].begin, fx.end, fx.pos);

+		});

+		fx.init = true;

+	}

+

+	// Calculate an in-between color. Returns "#aabbcc"-like string.

+	function calculateColor(begin, end, pos) {

+		var color = 'rgb' + ($.support['rgba'] ? 'a' : '') + '('

+				+ parseInt((begin[0] + pos * (end[0] - begin[0])), 10) + ','

+				+ parseInt((begin[1] + pos * (end[1] - begin[1])), 10) + ','

+				+ parseInt((begin[2] + pos * (end[2] - begin[2])), 10);

+		if ($.support['rgba']) {

+			color += ',' + (begin && end ? parseFloat(begin[3] + pos * (end[3] - begin[3])) : 1);

+		}

+		color += ')';

+		return color;

+	}

+

+	// Parse an CSS-syntax color. Outputs an array [r, g, b]

+	function parseColor(color) {

+		var match, triplet;

+

+		// Match #aabbcc

+		if (match = /#([0-9a-fA-F]{2})([0-9a-fA-F]{2})([0-9a-fA-F]{2})/.exec(color)) {

+			triplet = [parseInt(match[1], 16), parseInt(match[2], 16), parseInt(match[3], 16), 1];

+

+			// Match #abc

+		} else if (match = /#([0-9a-fA-F])([0-9a-fA-F])([0-9a-fA-F])/.exec(color)) {

+			triplet = [parseInt(match[1], 16) * 17, parseInt(match[2], 16) * 17, parseInt(match[3], 16) * 17, 1];

+

+			// Match rgb(n, n, n)

+		} else if (match = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*\)/.exec(color)) {

+			triplet = [parseInt(match[1]), parseInt(match[2]), parseInt(match[3]), 1];

+

+		} else if (match = /rgba\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9\.]*)\s*\)/.exec(color)) {

+			triplet = [parseInt(match[1], 10), parseInt(match[2], 10), parseInt(match[3], 10),parseFloat(match[4])];

+

+			// No browser returns rgb(n%, n%, n%), so little reason to support this format.

+		} else if (color == 'transparent'){

+            triplet = [0,0,0,0]

+        }

+		return triplet;

+	}

+})(jQuery);

diff --git a/askbot/skins/default/media/js/utils.js b/askbot/skins/default/media/js/utils.js
index ec55e535..f80f906b 100644
--- a/askbot/skins/default/media/js/utils.js
+++ b/askbot/skins/default/media/js/utils.js
@@ -389,3 +389,4 @@ if(!this.JSON){this.JSON={}}(function(){function f(n){return n<10?"0"+n:n}if(typ
 (function(){var a={getSelection:function(){var b=this.jquery?this[0]:this;return(("selectionStart" in b&&function(){var c=b.selectionEnd-b.selectionStart;return{start:b.selectionStart,end:b.selectionEnd,length:c,text:b.value.substr(b.selectionStart,c)}})||(document.selection&&function(){b.focus();var d=document.selection.createRange();if(d==null){return{start:0,end:b.value.length,length:0}}var c=b.createTextRange();var e=c.duplicate();c.moveToBookmark(d.getBookmark());e.setEndPoint("EndToStart",c);return{start:e.text.length,end:e.text.length+d.text.length,length:d.text.length,text:d.text}})||function(){return{start:0,end:b.value.length,length:0}})()},replaceSelection:function(){var b=this.jquery?this[0]:this;var c=arguments[0]||"";return(("selectionStart" in b&&function(){b.value=b.value.substr(0,b.selectionStart)+c+b.value.substr(b.selectionEnd,b.value.length);return this})||(document.selection&&function(){b.focus();document.selection.createRange().text=c;return this})||function(){b.value+=c;return this})()}};jQuery.each(a,function(b){jQuery.fn[b]=this})})();
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diff --git a/askbot/skins/default/media/style/style.css b/askbot/skins/default/media/style/style.css
index 478f5116..6297721b 100644
--- a/askbot/skins/default/media/style/style.css
+++ b/askbot/skins/default/media/style/style.css
@@ -887,6 +887,7 @@ a:hover.medal {
     margin: 5px 0 0 4px;
     padding: 0 2px;
     text-decoration: none;
+    font-size: 12.5px;
 }
 
 .tabsA .label, .tabsC .label {
diff --git a/askbot/skins/default/templates/macros.html b/askbot/skins/default/templates/macros.html
index c56d1cc4..282553e4 100644
--- a/askbot/skins/default/templates/macros.html
+++ b/askbot/skins/default/templates/macros.html
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ poor design of the data or methods on data objects #}
 {%- endmacro -%}
 
 {%- macro question_summary(question, extra_class=None) -%}
-    <div class="short-summary{% if extra_class %} {{extra_class}}{% endif %}">
+      <div class="short-summary{% if extra_class %} {{extra_class}}{% endif %}" id="question-{{question.id}}">
         <div class="counts">
             <div class="views
                  {% if question.view_count == 0 -%}
diff --git a/askbot/skins/default/templates/main_page/javascript.html b/askbot/skins/default/templates/main_page/javascript.html
index 14dfe3cd..e7479e63 100644
--- a/askbot/skins/default/templates/main_page/javascript.html
+++ b/askbot/skins/default/templates/main_page/javascript.html
@@ -13,7 +13,19 @@
             var today = new Date();{#add timestamp to prevent browser caching #}
             $.getJSON('{% url user_update_has_custom_avatar %}?t=' + today.getTime());
         {% endif %}
+        animate_hashes();
     });
+    $(window).bind('hashchange', animate_hashes);
+    function animate_hashes(){
+      var id_value = window.location.hash;
+      if (id_value != ""){
+        var previous_color = $(id_value).css('background-color');
+        $(id_value).css('backgroundColor', '#FFF8C6');
+        $(id_value).animate({backgroundColor: '#ff7f2a'}, 1000).animate({backgroundColor: '#FFF8C6'}, 1000, function(){
+            $(id_value).css('backgroundColor', previous_color);
+        });
+      }
+    }
     askbot['urls']['mark_interesting_tag'] = scriptUrl + '{% url mark_interesting_tag %}';
     askbot['urls']['mark_ignored_tag'] = scriptUrl + '{% url mark_ignored_tag %}';
     askbot['urls']['unmark_tag'] = scriptUrl + '{% url unmark_tag %}';
diff --git a/askbot/skins/default/templates/question.html b/askbot/skins/default/templates/question.html
index 91287bdb..3b07bddb 100644
--- a/askbot/skins/default/templates/question.html
+++ b/askbot/skins/default/templates/question.html
@@ -305,7 +305,12 @@
         <a href="mailto:?subject={{ settings.APP_SHORT_NAME|urlencode }}&amp;body={{ question_url }}">{% trans %}email{% endtrans %}</a>.
     </h2>
 {% endif %}
-<form id="fmanswer" action="{% url answer question.id %}" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
+<form 
+    id="fmanswer"
+    {% if user == question.author %}style="display:none"{% endif %}
+    action="{% url answer question.id %}"
+    method="post"
+>{% csrf_token %}
     {% if request.user.is_authenticated() %}
         <p style="padding-left:3px">
         {{ answer.email_notify }} 
@@ -380,6 +385,9 @@
         {% endif %}
     {% endif %}
     </form>
+    {% if request.user == question.author %}
+    <input type="button" class="submit after-editor" id="fmanswer_button"  value="{% trans %}Answer Your Own Question{% endtrans %}"/>
+    {%endif%}
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block sidebar %}
@@ -535,7 +543,30 @@
                 $('#fmanswer textarea').focus();
             }
             {% if settings.ENABLE_SHARING_GOOGLE %}$.getScript("http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"){% endif %}
+
+            animate_hashes();
+            
+            {% if request.user == question.author %}
+                $("#fmanswer_button").click(function() {
+                    $("#fmanswer").show();
+                    $("#fmanswer_button").hide();
+                });
+            {%endif%}
         });
+
+        $(window).bind('hashchange', animate_hashes);
+
+        function animate_hashes(){
+          var id_value = window.location.hash;
+          if (id_value != ""){
+            var previous_color = $(id_value).css('background-color');
+            $(id_value).css('backgroundColor', '#FFF8C6');
+            $(id_value).animate({backgroundColor: '#ff7f2a'}, 1000).animate({backgroundColor: '#FFF8C6'}, 1000, function(){
+                $(id_value).css('backgroundColor', previous_color);
+            });
+          }
+        }
+
         
         function initEditor(){
             $('#editor').TextAreaResizer();
diff --git a/askbot/skins/default/templates/users.html b/askbot/skins/default/templates/users.html
index 750b3abb..1d7d02dd 100644
--- a/askbot/skins/default/templates/users.html
+++ b/askbot/skins/default/templates/users.html
@@ -10,25 +10,25 @@
             id="sort_reputation"
             href="{% url users %}?sort=reputation"
             {% if tab_id == 'reputation' %}class="on"{% endif %}
-            title="{% trans %}reputation{% endtrans %}"
+            title="{% trans %}see people with the highest reputation{% endtrans %}"
         ><span>{% trans %}reputation{% endtrans %}</span></a>
         <a 
             id="sort_newest"
             href="{% url users %}?sort=newest"
             {% if tab_id == 'newest' %}class="on"{% endif %}
-            class="off" title="{% trans %}recent{% endtrans %}"
+            class="off" title="{% trans %}see people who joined most recently{% endtrans %}"
         ><span>{% trans %}recent{% endtrans %}</span></a>
         <a 
             id="sort_last"
             href="{% url users %}?sort=last"
             {% if tab_id == 'last' %}class="on"{% endif %}
-            class="off" title="{% trans %}oldest{% endtrans %}"
+            class="off" title="{% trans %}see people who joined the site first{% endtrans %}"
         ><span>{% trans %}oldest{% endtrans %}<span></a>
         <a 
             id="sort_user"
             href="{% url users %}?sort=user"
             {% if tab_id == 'user' %}class="on"{% endif %}
-            title="{% trans %}by username{% endtrans %}"
+            title="{% trans %}see people sorted by name{% endtrans %}"
         ><span>{% trans %}by username{% endtrans %}</span></a>
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/askbot/views/writers.py b/askbot/views/writers.py
index d64c9c02..8b07681a 100644
--- a/askbot/views/writers.py
+++ b/askbot/views/writers.py
@@ -267,6 +267,17 @@ def ask(request):#view used to ask a new question
                 query = search_state.query
                 form.initial['title'] = query
 
+        if 'tags' in request.GET:
+            #pre-populate tags.
+            clean_tags = request.GET['tags'].replace(',', ' ')
+            form.initial['tags'] = clean_tags
+        else:
+            #attemp to get tags from search state
+            search_state = request.session.get('search_state', None)
+            if search_state.tags:
+                tags = ' '.join(search_state.tags)
+                form.initial['tags'] = tags
+
     data = {
         'active_tab': 'ask',
         'page_class': 'ask-page',