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+<?php
+/**
+ * Laconica, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * Widget to show a mini-list of groups
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Public
+ * @package   Laconica
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @copyright 2008-2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/grouplist.php';
+
+define('GROUPS_PER_MINILIST', 80);
+
+/**
+ * Widget to show a list of groups, good for sidebar
+ *
+ * @category Public
+ * @package  Laconica
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+class GroupMiniList extends GroupList
+{
+    function show()
+    {
+        $this->out->elementStart('ul', 'groups');
+
+        $cnt = 0;
+
+        while ($this->group->fetch()) {
+            $cnt++;
+            if($cnt > GROUPS_PER_MINILIST) {
+                break;
+            }
+            $this->showGroup();
+        }
+
+        $this->out->elementEnd('ul');
+
+        return $cnt;
+    }
+
+    function showGroup()
+    {
+        $this->out->elementStart('li', 'vcard');
+        $this->out->elementStart('a', array('title' => ($this->group->fullname) ?
+                                       $this->group->fullname :
+                                       $this->group->nickname,
+                                       'href' => $this->group->homeUrl(),
+                                       'rel' => 'contact',
+                                       'class' => 'url'));
+        $logo = ($this->group->stream_logo) ?
+          $this->group->stream_logo : User_group::defaultLogo(AVATAR_STREAM_SIZE);
+
+        $this->out->element('img', array('src' => $logo,
+                                    'width' => AVATAR_MINI_SIZE,
+                                    'height' => AVATAR_MINI_SIZE,
+                                    'class' => 'avatar photo',
+                                    'alt' =>  ($this->group->fullname) ?
+                                    $this->group->fullname :
+                                    $this->group->nickname));
+        $this->out->element('span', 'fn nickname', $this->group->nickname);
+        $this->out->elementEnd('a');
+        $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+    }
+}