small refactor plus breadcrumbs for all ur pages

public/templates/category.tpl

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+<div class="container">
+	<ul class="breadcrumb">
+		<li><a href="/">Home</a><span class="divider">/</span></li>
+		<li class="active">{category_name}</li>
+		<div id="category_active_users"></div>
+	</ul>
+</div>
+
 <button id="new_post" class="btn btn-primary btn-large {show_topic_button}">New Topic</button>
 <ul class="topic-container">
 <!-- BEGIN topics -->

public/templates/topic.tpl

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <div class="container">
 	<ul class="breadcrumb">
 		<li><a href="/">Home</a><span class="divider">/</span></li>
+		<li><a href="/category/{category_slug}">{category_name}</a><span class="divider">/</span></li>
 		<li class="active">{topic_name}</li>
 		<div id="thread_active_users"></div>
 	</ul>

src/categories.js

@@ -25,10 +25,17 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		});
 	};
 
-
+	Categories.edit = function(data, callback) {
+		// just a reminder to self that name + slugs are stored into topics data as well.
+	};
 
 	Categories.get = function(callback) {
 		RDB.lrange('categories:cid', 0, -1, function(cids) {
+			Categories.get_category(cids, callback);
+		});
+	}
+
+	Categories.get_category = function(cids, callback) {
 		var name = [],
 			description = [],
 			icon = [],
@@ -78,7 +85,6 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					callback({'categories': categories});
 				});
 		} else callback({'categories' : []});
-		});
+	};
-	}
 
 }(exports));

src/posts.js

@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					'user_rep' : user_data[uid].reputation || 0,
 					'gravatar' : user_data[uid].picture,
 					'fav_star_class' : vote_data[pid] ? 'icon-star' : 'icon-star-empty',
-					'display_moderator_tools' : uid === current_user ? 'show' : 'hide'
+					'display_moderator_tools' : uid == current_user ? 'show' : 'hide'
 				});
 			}
 
 			callback({
 				'topic_name':thread_data.topic_name,
+				'category_name':thread_data.category_name,
+				'category_slug':thread_data.category_slug,
 				'locked': parseInt(thread_data.locked) || 0,
 				'topic_id': tid,
 				'posts': posts
@@ -58,10 +60,6 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				pid.push(pids[i]);
 			}
 
-			RDB.get('tid:' + tid + ':title', function(topic_name) {
-				thread_data = {topic_name: topic_name};
-				generateThread();
-			});
 
 			Posts.getFavouritesByPostIDs(pids, current_user, function(fav_data) {
 				vote_data = fav_data;
@@ -76,6 +74,8 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				.mget(post_rep)
 				.get('tid:' + tid + ':title')
 				.get('tid:' + tid + ':locked')
+				.get('tid:' + tid + ':category_name')
+				.get('tid:' + tid + ':category_slug')
 				.exec(function(err, replies) {
 					post_data = {
 						pid: pids,
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 
 					thread_data = {
 						topic_name: replies[4],
-						locked: replies[5]
+						locked: replies[5],
+						category_name: replies[6],
+						category_slug: replies[7]
 					};
 
 					user.getMultipleUserFields(post_data.uid, ['username','reputation','picture'], function(user_details){

src/topics.js

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 	posts = require('./posts.js'),
 	utils = require('./utils.js'),
-	user = require('./user.js');
+	user = require('./user.js')
+	categories = require('./categories.js');
 
 (function(Topics) {
 
@@ -33,25 +34,34 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				postcount.push('tid:' + tids[i] + ':postcount');
 			}
 
+			var multi = RDB.multi()
+				.get('cid:' + category_id + ':name');
+
 			if (tids.length > 0) {
-				RDB.multi()
+				multi
 					.mget(title)
 					.mget(uid)
 					.mget(timestamp)
 					.mget(slug)
 					.mget(postcount)
-					.exec(function(err, replies) {
+			}
+				
+			
+			multi.exec(function(err, replies) {
+				category_name = replies[0];
+				var topics = [];
+
+				if (tids.length > 0) {
+					title = replies[1];
+					uid = replies[2];
+					timestamp = replies[3];
+					slug = replies[4];
+					postcount = replies[5];
 					
-						title = replies[0];
-						uid = replies[1];
-						timestamp = replies[2];
-						slug = replies[3];
-						postcount = replies[4];
 					
 					
 					
 					user.get_usernames_by_uids(uid, function(userNames) {
-							var topics = [];
 						
 						for (var i=0, ii=title.length; i<ii; i++) {
 							
@@ -67,20 +77,32 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 						}
 
 						callback({
+							'category_name' : category_id ? category_name : 'Recent',
 							'show_topic_button' : category_id ? 'show' : 'hidden',
 							'category_id': category_id,
 							'topics': topics
 						});
+					
 					});	
-
-						
 				}
-				);
+				else {
-			} else callback({'category_id': category_id, 'topics': []});
+					callback({
+						'category_name' : category_id ? category_name : 'Recent',
+						'show_topic_button' : category_id ? 'show' : 'hidden',
+						'category_id': category_id,
+						'topics': []
+					});
+				}
+				
+
+
+			});
+			//} else callback({'category_id': category_id, 'topics': []});
 		});
 	}
 
 	Topics.post = function(socket, uid, title, content, category_id) {
+		if (!category_id) throw new Error('Attempted to post without a category_id');
 		
 		if (uid === 0) {
 			socket.emit('event:alert', {
@@ -138,6 +160,14 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				type: 'notify',
 				timeout: 2000
 			});
+
+
+			// in future it may be possible to add topics to several categories, so leaving the door open here.
+			categories.get_category([category_id], function(data) {
+				RDB.set('tid:' + tid + ':category_name', data.categories[0].name);
+				RDB.set('tid:' + tid + ':category_slug', data.categories[0].slug);
+			});
+
 		});