module Shinmun module Helpers # taken form ActionView::Helpers def distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, to_time = 0, include_seconds = false) from_time = from_time.to_time if from_time.respond_to?(:to_time) to_time = to_time.to_time if to_time.respond_to?(:to_time) distance_in_minutes = (((to_time - from_time).abs)/60).round distance_in_seconds = ((to_time - from_time).abs).round case distance_in_minutes when 0..1 return (distance_in_minutes == 0) ? 'less than a minute' : '1 minute' unless include_seconds case distance_in_seconds when 0..4 then 'less than 5 seconds' when 5..9 then 'less than 10 seconds' when 10..19 then 'less than 20 seconds' when 20..39 then 'half a minute' when 40..59 then 'less than a minute' else '1 minute' end when 2..44 then "#{distance_in_minutes} minutes" when 45..89 then 'about 1 hour' when 90..1439 then "about #{(distance_in_minutes.to_f / 60.0).round} hours" when 1440..2879 then '1 day' when 2880..43199 then "#{(distance_in_minutes / 1440).round} days" when 43200..86399 then 'about 1 month' when 86400..525599 then "#{(distance_in_minutes / 43200).round} months" when 525600..1051199 then 'about 1 year' else "over #{(distance_in_minutes / 525600).round} years" end end def post_path(post) "#{base_path}/#{post.year}/#{post.month}/#{post.name}" end def archive_path(year, month) "#{base_path}/#{year}/#{month}" end # Render a link to a post def post_link(post) link_to post.title, post_path(post) end # Render a link to an archive page. def archive_link(year, month) link_to "#{Date::MONTHNAMES[month]} #{year}", archive_path(year, month) end # Render a date or time in a nice human readable format. def human_date(time) "%s %d, %d" % [Date::MONTHNAMES[time.month], time.day, time.year] end # Render a date or time in rfc822 format. def rfc822(time) time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z") end # Render a link for the navigation bar. If the text of the link # matches the @header variable, the css class will be set to acitve. def navi_link(text, path) link_to text, path, :class => (request.path_info == path) ? 'active' : nil end def html_escape(s) s.to_s.gsub(/>/, '>').gsub(/