choosing a random image is essentially a function on an item collection.
Also implemented a bunch of other query filters for item collections.
Created item::random_query() as a way of generating a reasonable
starting point for random queries.
1) Simplify gallery_rest to return flat models, no children and do no
validation for now.
2) Flatten the REST replies and use HTTP codes to indicate
success/failure instead of additional status messages.
3) Use the message and error code support in the base Exception class,
instead of brewing our own in Rest_Exception.
4) Get rid of rest::success() and rest::fail() -- we only need
rest::reply() since all failures are covered by throwing an
exception.
5) Get rid of /rest/access_key and just use /rest for authentication.
6) Inline and simplify rest::normalize_request since we only use it once
7) Change rest::set_active_user to succeed or throw an exception
8) Extract Rest_Exception::sendHeaders into rest::send_headers()
Here's what's currently broken:
1) Data validation. There currently is none
2) Logging. That's gone too
3) image block and tag code is broken
4) Tests are broken
5) No movie support
* Extend block_manager to handle sidebar blocks. get_available has become get_available_admin_blocks, get_list becomes get_admin_list.
* Create new functions get_available_site_blocks which will look for gallery_block get_available_site_blocks.
* Refactor sidebar_blocks into a separate function and then call block_manager::get_html(site.sidebar). Convert image_block to use block management instead of theme::sidebar_blocks
* Change the block_manager api so that the theme is passed into the get method. convert info to the new sidebar block approach
* Convert the user module to use the new sidebar block structure. remove the installers for info and image_block modules.
* Convert tag and rss modules to the new sidebar framework. reset the version number to 1 for info and image_block modules.
* Change the get_html method to ignore empty blocks and change the individual handlers to return an empty string if no block is generated
* Add a warning message if no sidebar blocks are active and provide a link to the admin page that configures the sidebar.
install() function if all you're going to do is to set the version of
the module from module.info into the database. This means that for some
simple modules, you don't need an install.php file at all.
Add xxx_installer::upgrade($version) method so that upgrade stanzas
are separate from install stanzas. In the old code, to do an upgrade
meant that you had to re-evolve everything from the initial install
because we'd step through each version's changes. But what we really
want is for the initial install to start off in the perfect initial
state, and the upgrades to do the work behind the scenes. So now the
install() function gets things set up properly the first time, and the
upgrade() function does any work to catch you up to the latest code.
See gallery_installer.php for a good example.
Install: <module>_installer::install() is called, any necessary tables
are created.
Activate: <module>_installer::activate() is called. Module
controllers are routable, helpers are accessible, etc. The module is
in use.
Deactivate: <module>_installer::deactivate() is called. Module code
is not accessible or routable. Module is *not* in use, but its tables
are still around.
Uninstall: <module>_installer::uninstall() is called. Module is
completely removed from the database.
Admin > Modules will install and activate modules, but will only
deactivate (will NOT uninstall modules).
