helpers.js (client/server); closes #1275

public/src/helpers.js

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"use strict";
+/*global templates*/
+
+
+(function(module) {
+	var helpers = {},
+		templates = templates || require('./templates');
+
+
+	helpers.displayUsersLink = function(config) {
+		return (config.isLoggedIn && !config.privateUserInfo);
+	};
+
+
+
+
+
+	if ('undefined' !== typeof window) {
+		$(document).ready(module.exports);
+	}
+
+	module.exports = function() {
+		templates.registerHelper('displayUsersLink', helpers.displayUsersLink);
+	};
+
+})('undefined' === typeof module ? {
+	module: {
+		exports: {}
+	}
+} : module);

public/src/templates.js

@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@
 		return template;
 	}
 
+	function checkConditionalHelper(template, obj) {
+		var func = /IF function.([\S]*)/gi.exec(template);
+
+		if (func && helpers[func[1]]) {
+			template = checkConditional(template, 'function.' + func[1], helpers[func[1]](obj));
+		}
+
+		return template;
+	}
+
 	function callMethod(method, parameters) {
 		return method.apply(templates, [parameters.data, parameters.iterator, parameters.numblocks]);
 	}
@@ -249,6 +259,9 @@
 		namespace = namespace || '';
 		originalObj = originalObj || obj;
 
+
+		template = checkConditionalHelper(template, obj);
+
 		for (var key in obj) {
 			if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
 				if (typeof obj[key] === 'undefined' || typeof obj[key] === 'function') {

src/meta.js

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 			'src/variables.js',
 			'src/widgets.js',
 			'src/translator.js',
+			'src/helpers.js',
 			'src/overrides.js',
 			'src/utils.js'
 		],

src/webserver.js

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ var path = require('path'),
 	plugins = require('./plugins'),
 	middleware = require('./middleware'),
 	routes = require('./routes'),
-	emitter = require('./emitter');
+	emitter = require('./emitter'),
+
+	helpers = require('./../public/src/helpers')();
 
 if(nconf.get('ssl')) {
 	server = require('https').createServer({