app/models/spotlight/feature_page.rb in blacklight-spotlight-0.0.1 vs app/models/spotlight/feature_page.rb in blacklight-spotlight-0.0.2

@@ -2,7 +2,30 @@
   class FeaturePage < Spotlight::Page
     has_many   :child_pages, :class_name  => "Spotlight::FeaturePage",
                              :foreign_key => "parent_page_id"
 
     belongs_to :parent_page, :class_name  => "Spotlight::FeaturePage"
+    after_save do
+      display_sidebar_for_page_with_published_children
+      display_parent_page_sidebar_when_published
+    end
+    private
+    # Parent pages with published children need
+    # to have their show_sidebar forced to true
+    def display_sidebar_for_page_with_published_children
+      if child_pages.published.present? and !display_sidebar
+        self.display_sidebar = true
+        self.save
+      end
+    end
+    # Force a parent page's display_sidebar
+    # to true for published child pages.
+    def display_parent_page_sidebar_when_published
+      if parent_page and parent_page.published and !parent_page.display_sidebar
+        if published
+          parent_page.display_sidebar = true
+          parent_page.save
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end