Merge branch '1.0.x' of gitorious.org:statusnet/mainline into 1.0.x

EVENTS.txt

@@ -1381,3 +1381,13 @@ StartRegisterSuccess: Before showing the registration success message
 
 StartRegisterSuccess: After showing the registration success message
 - $action: the registration action
+
+StartDocFileForTitle: Before searching for a doc or mail template
+- $title: Title we're looking for
+- &$paths: Paths we're searching
+- &$filename: Filename so far (set this if you want)
+
+EndDocFileForTitle: After searching for a doc or mail template
+- $title: Title we looked for
+- $paths: Paths we searched
+- &$filename: Filename so far (set this if you want)

README

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 README
 ------
 
-StatusNet 0.9.6 "Man on the Moon"
+StatusNet 0.9.7 "World Leader Pretend"
-29 October 2010
+17 March 2011
 
 This is the README file for StatusNet, the Open Source microblogging
 platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of
@@ -96,43 +96,47 @@ for additional terms.
 New this version
 ================
 
-This is a security, bug and feature release since version 0.9.5 released on
+This is a security, bug and feature release since version 0.9.6 released on
-10 September 2010.
+23 October 2010.
 
-For best compatibility with client software and site federation, and a lot of
+For best compatibility with client software and site federation, and a
-bug fixes, it is highly recommended that all public sites upgrade to the new
+lot of bug fixes, it is highly recommended that all public sites
-version.
+upgrade to the new version. Upgrades require new database indexes for
+best performance; see Upgrade below.
 
 Notable changes this version:
 
-- Site moderators can now delete groups.
+- GroupPrivateMessage plugin lets users send private messages
-- New themes: clean, shiny, mnml, victorian
+  to a group. (Similar to "private groups" on Yammer.)
-- New YammerImport plugin allows site admins to import non-private profiles and
+- Support for Twitter streaming API in Twitter bridge plugin
-  message from an authenticated Yammer site.
+- Support for a new Activity Streams-based API using AtomPub, allowing
-- New experimental plugins: AnonFavorites, SlicedFavorites, GroupFavorited,
+  richer API data. See http://status.net/wiki/AtomPub for details.
-  ForceGroup, ShareNotice
+- Unified Facebook plugin, replacing previous Facebook application
-- OAuth upgraded to 1.0a
+  and Facebook Connect plugin.
-- Localization updates now include plugins, thanks to translatewiki.net!
+- A plugin to send out a daily summary email to network users.
-- SSL link generation should be more consistent; alternate SSL URLs can be
+- In-line thumbnails of some attachments (video, images) and oEmbed objects.
-  set in the admin UI for more parts of the system.
+- Local copies of remote profiles to let moderators manage OStatus users.
-- Experimental backupuser.php, restoreuser.php command-line scripts to
+- Upgrade upstream JS, minify everything.
-  dump/restore a user's complete activity stream. Can be used to transfer
+- Allow pushing plugin JS, CSS, and static files to a CDN.
-  accounts manually between sites, or to save a backup before deleting.
+- Configurable nickname rules.
-- Unicode fixes for OStatus notices
+- Better support for bit.ly URL shortener.
-- Header metadata on notice pages to aid in manual reposting on Facebook
+- InProcessCache plugin for additional caching on top of memcached.
-- Lots of little fixes...
+- Support for Activity Streams JSON feeds on many streams.
+- User-initiated backup and restore of account data in Activity Streams
+  format.
+- Bookmark plugin for making del.icio.us-like social bookmarking sites,
+  including del.icio.us backup file import. Supports OStatus.
+- SQLProfile plugin to tune SQL queries.
+- Better sorting on timelines to support restored or imported data.
+- Hundreds of translations from http://translatewiki.net/
+- Hundreds of performance tunings, bug fixes, and UI improvements.
+- Remove deprecated data from Activity Streams Atom output, to the
+  extent possible.
+- NewMenu plugin for new layout of menu items.
+- Experimental support for moving an account from one server to
+  another, using new AtomPub API.
 
-Changes from 0.9.6 release candidate 1:
+A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.7.
-- fix for broken group pages when logged out
-- fix for stuck ping queue entries when bad profile
-- fix for bogus single-user nickname config entry error
-- i18n updates
-- nofollow updates
-- SSL-only mode secure cookie fix
-- experimental ApiLogger plugin for usage data gathering
-- experimental follow-everyone plugin
-
-A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.6.
 
 Prerequisites
 =============
@@ -243,9 +247,9 @@ especially if you've previously installed PHP/MySQL packages.
 1. Unpack the tarball you downloaded on your Web server. Usually a
    command like this will work:
 
-       tar zxf statusnet-0.9.6.tar.gz
+       tar zxf statusnet-0.9.7.tar.gz
 
-   ...which will make a statusnet-0.9.6 subdirectory in your current
+   ...which will make a statusnet-0.9.7 subdirectory in your current
    directory. (If you don't have shell access on your Web server, you
    may have to unpack the tarball on your local computer and FTP the
    files to the server.)
@@ -253,7 +257,7 @@ especially if you've previously installed PHP/MySQL packages.
 2. Move the tarball to a directory of your choosing in your Web root
    directory. Usually something like this will work:
 
-       mv statusnet-0.9.6 /var/www/statusnet
+       mv statusnet-0.9.7 /var/www/statusnet
 
    This will make your StatusNet instance available in the statusnet path of
    your server, like "http://example.net/statusnet". "microblog" or
@@ -668,7 +672,7 @@ with this situation.
 If you've been using StatusNet 0.7, 0.6, 0.5 or lower, or if you've
 been tracking the "git" version of the software, you will probably
 want to upgrade and keep your existing data. There is no automated
-upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.6. Try these step-by-step
+upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.7. Try these step-by-step
 instructions; read to the end first before trying them.
 
 0. Download StatusNet and set up all the prerequisites as if you were
@@ -689,25 +693,30 @@ instructions; read to the end first before trying them.
 5. Once all writing processes to your site are turned off, make a
    final backup of the Web directory and database.
 6. Move your StatusNet directory to a backup spot, like "statusnet.bak".
-7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.6 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
+7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.7 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
    wherever your code used to be.
 8. Copy the config.php file and the contents of the avatar/, background/,
    file/, and local/ subdirectories from your old directory to your new
    directory.
 9. Copy htaccess.sample to .htaccess in the new directory. Change the
    RewriteBase to use the correct path.
-10. Rebuild the database. (You can safely skip this step and go to #12
+10. Rebuild the database.
-    if you're upgrading from another 0.9.x version).
 
     NOTE: this step is destructive and cannot be
     reversed. YOU CAN EASILY DESTROY YOUR SITE WITH THIS STEP. Don't
     do it without a known-good backup!
 
-    If your database is at version 0.8.0 or above, you can run a
+    If your database is at version 0.8.0 or higher in the 0.8.x line, you can run a
     special upgrade script:
 
         mysql -u<rootuser> -p<rootpassword> <database> db/08to09.sql
 
+    If you are upgrading from any 0.9.x version like 0.9.6, run this script:
+
+        mysql -u<rootuser> -p<rootpassword> <database> db/096to097.sql
+
+    Despite the name, it should work for any 0.9.x branch.
+
     Otherwise, go to your StatusNet directory and AFTER YOU MAKE A
     BACKUP run the rebuilddb.sh script like this:
 
@@ -1143,6 +1152,9 @@ ssl: Whether to use SSL for JavaScript files. Default is null, which means
 sslserver: SSL server to use when page is HTTPS-encrypted. If
     unspecified, site ssl server and so on will be used.
 sslpath: If sslserver if defined, path to use when page is HTTPS-encrypted.
+bustframes: If true, all web pages will break out of framesets. If false,
+	    can comfortably live in a frame or iframe... probably. Default
+	    to true.
 
 xmpp
 ----

actions/all.php

@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ class AllAction extends ProfileAction
 
     function title()
     {
-        if ($this->page > 1) {
+        $user = common_current_user();
-            // TRANS: Page title. %1$s is user nickname, %2$d is page number
+        if ($user->id == $this->user->id) {
-            return sprintf(_('%1$s and friends, page %2$d'), $this->user->nickname, $this->page);
+            return _('Home timeline');
         } else {
-            // TRANS: Page title. %s is user nickname
+            $profile = $this->user->getProfile();
-            return sprintf(_("%s and friends"), $this->user->nickname);
+            return sprintf(_("%s's home timeline"), $profile->getBestName());
         }
     }
 
@@ -190,18 +190,6 @@ class AllAction extends ProfileAction
         //        $pop = new InboxTagCloudSection($this, $this->user);
         //        $pop->show();
     }
-
-    function showPageTitle()
-    {
-        $user = common_current_user();
-        if ($user && ($user->id == $this->user->id)) {
-            // TRANS: H1 text for page when viewing a list for self.
-            $this->element('h1', null, _("You and friends"));
-        } else {
-            // TRANS: H1 text for page. %s is a user nickname.
-            $this->element('h1', null, sprintf(_('%s and friends'), $this->user->nickname));
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 class ThreadingInboxNoticeStream extends ThreadingNoticeStream

actions/newapplication.php

@@ -295,9 +295,8 @@ class NewApplicationAction extends OwnerDesignAction
             $app->uploadLogo();
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             $app->query('ROLLBACK');
-            // TRANS: Form validation error on New application page when providing an invalid image upload.
             $this->showForm(_('Invalid image.'));
-	    return;
+	        return;	 
 	}
 
         $app->query('COMMIT');

classes/Notice.php

@@ -561,10 +561,10 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
 
     function blowOnInsert($conversation = false)
     {
-        self::blow('profile:notice_ids:%d', $this->profile_id);
+        $this->blowStream('profile:notice_ids:%d', $this->profile_id);
 
         if ($this->isPublic()) {
-            self::blow('public');
+            $this->blowStream('public');
         }
 
         // XXX: Before we were blowing the casche only if the notice id
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
         self::blow('conversation::notice_count:%d', $this->conversation);
 
         if (!empty($this->repeat_of)) {
-            self::blow('notice:repeats:%d', $this->repeat_of);
+            $this->blowStream('notice:repeats:%d', $this->repeat_of);
         }
 
         $original = Notice::staticGet('id', $this->repeat_of);
@@ -582,11 +582,12 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
         if (!empty($original)) {
             $originalUser = User::staticGet('id', $original->profile_id);
             if (!empty($originalUser)) {
-                self::blow('user:repeats_of_me:%d', $originalUser->id);
+                $this->blowStream('user:repeats_of_me:%d', $originalUser->id);
             }
         }
 
         $profile = Profile::staticGet($this->profile_id);
+
         if (!empty($profile)) {
             $profile->blowNoticeCount();
         }
@@ -624,6 +625,42 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
         }
     }
 
+    function blowStream()
+    {
+        $c = self::memcache();
+
+        if (empty($c)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $args = func_get_args();
+
+        $format = array_shift($args);
+
+        $keyPart = vsprintf($format, $args);
+
+        $cacheKey = Cache::key($keyPart);
+        
+        $c->delete($cacheKey);
+
+        // delete the "last" stream, too, if this notice is
+        // older than the top of that stream
+
+        $lastKey = $cacheKey.';last';
+
+        $lastStr = $c->get($lastKey);
+
+        if ($lastStr !== false) {
+            $window     = explode(',', $lastStr);
+            $lastID     = $window[0];
+            $lastNotice = Notice::staticGet('id', $lastID);
+            if (empty($lastNotice) // just weird
+                || strtotime($lastNotice->created) >= strtotime($this->created)) {
+                $c->delete($lastKey);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /** save all urls in the notice to the db
      *
      * follow redirects and save all available file information

lib/action.php

@@ -335,7 +335,9 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
                     common_local_url('peopletagautocomplete') . '";');
                 $this->showScriptMessages();
                 // Frame-busting code to avoid clickjacking attacks.
-                $this->inlineScript('if (window.top !== window.self) { window.top.location.href = window.self.location.href; }');
+                if (common_config('javascript', 'bustframes')) {
+                    $this->inlineScript('if (window.top !== window.self) { window.top.location.href = window.self.location.href; }');
+                }
                 Event::handle('EndShowStatusNetScripts', array($this));
                 Event::handle('EndShowLaconicaScripts', array($this));
             }

lib/activityimporter.php

@@ -83,15 +83,9 @@ class ActivityImporter extends QueueHandler
                 Event::handle('EndImportActivity',
                               array($user, $author, $activity, $trusted));
                 $done = true;
-            } catch (ClientException $ce) {
-                common_log(LOG_WARNING, $ce->getMessage());
-                $done = true;
-            } catch (ServerException $se) {
-                common_log(LOG_ERR, $se->getMessage());
-                $done = false;
             } catch (Exception $e) {
                 common_log(LOG_ERR, $e->getMessage());
-                $done = false;
+                $done = true;
             }
         }
         return $done;

lib/default.php

@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ $default =
         'javascript' =>
         array('server' => null,
               'path'=> null,
-              'ssl' => null),
+              'ssl' => null,
+              'bustframes' => true),
         'local' => // To override path/server for themes in 'local' dir (not currently applied to local plugins)
         array('server' => null,
               'dir' => null,

lib/docfile.php

@@ -63,24 +63,29 @@ class DocFile
 
         $filename = null;
 
-        foreach ($paths as $path) {
+        if (Event::handle('StartDocFileForTitle', array($title, &$paths, &$filename))) {
 
-            $def = $path.'/'.$title;
+            foreach ($paths as $path) {
 
-            if (!file_exists($def)) {
+                $def = $path.'/'.$title;
-                $def = null;
+
+                if (!file_exists($def)) {
+                    $def = null;
+                }
+
+                $lang = glob($path.'/'.$title.'.*');
+
+                if ($lang === false) {
+                    $lang = array();
+                }
+
+                if (!empty($lang) || !empty($def)) {
+                    $filename = self::negotiateLanguage($lang, $def);
+                    break;
+                }
             }
 
-            $lang = glob($path.'/'.$title.'.*');
+            Event::handle('EndDocFileForTitle', array($title, $paths, &$filename));
-
-            if ($lang === false) {
-                $lang = array();
-            }
-
-            if (!empty($lang) || !empty($def)) {
-                $filename = self::negotiateLanguage($lang, $def);
-                break;
-            }
         }
 
         if (empty($filename)) {

lib/router.php

@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ class Router
         return Router::$inst;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clear the global singleton instance for this class.
+     * Needed to ensure reset when switching site configurations.
+     */
+    static function clear()
+    {
+        Router::$inst = null;
+    }
+
     function __construct()
     {
         if (empty($this->m)) {

lib/searchaction.php

@@ -62,20 +62,6 @@ class SearchAction extends Action
         $this->showPage();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Show tabset for this page
-     *
-     * Uses the SearchGroupNav widget
-     *
-     * @return void
-     * @see SearchGroupNav
-     */
-    function showObjectNav()
-    {
-        $nav = new SearchGroupNav($this, $this->trimmed('q'));
-        $nav->show();
-    }
-
     function showTop($arr=null)
     {
         $error = null;

lib/statusnet.php

@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ class StatusNet
      */
     public static function init($server=null, $path=null, $conffile=null)
     {
+        Router::clear();
+
         StatusNet::initDefaults($server, $path);
         StatusNet::loadConfigFile($conffile);
 

plugins/Bookmark/Bookmark.php

@@ -230,8 +230,23 @@ class Bookmark extends Memcached_DataObject
         if (array_key_exists('uri', $options)) {
             $nb->uri = $options['uri'];
         } else {
-            $nb->uri = common_local_url('showbookmark',
+            // FIXME: hacks to work around router bugs in
-                                        array('id' => $nb->id));
+            // queue daemons
+
+            $r = Router::get();
+
+            $path = $r->build('showbookmark',
+                              array('id' => $nb->id));
+
+            if (empty($path)) {
+                $nb->uri = common_path('bookmark/'.$nb->id, false, false);
+            } else {
+                $nb->uri = common_local_url('showbookmark',
+                                            array('id' => $nb->id),
+                                            null,
+                                            null,
+                                            false);
+            }
         }
 
         $nb->insert();
@@ -313,11 +328,20 @@ class Bookmark extends Memcached_DataObject
             $options['uri'] = $nb->uri;
         }
 
-        $saved = Notice::saveNew($profile->id,
+        try {
-                                 $content,
+            $saved = Notice::saveNew($profile->id,
-                                 array_key_exists('source', $options) ?
+                                     $content,
-                                 $options['source'] : 'web',
+                                     array_key_exists('source', $options) ?
-                                 $options);
+                                     $options['source'] : 'web',
+                                     $options);
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            $nb->delete();
+            throw $e;
+        }
+
+        if (empty($saved)) {
+            $nb->delete();
+        }
 
         return $saved;
     }

plugins/Bookmark/deliciousbackupimporter.php

@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ class DeliciousBackupImporter extends QueueHandler
 
         $doc = $this->importHTML($body);
 
+        // If we can't parse it, it's no good
+
+        if (empty($doc)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         $dls = $doc->getElementsByTagName('dl');
 
         if ($dls->length != 1) {
@@ -110,9 +116,11 @@ class DeliciousBackupImporter extends QueueHandler
                 case 'dd':
                     $dd = $child;
 
-                    // This <dd> contains a description for the bookmark in
+                    if (!empty($dt)) {
-                    // the preceding <dt> node.
+                        // This <dd> contains a description for the bookmark in
-                    $saved = $this->importBookmark($user, $dt, $dd);
+                        // the preceding <dt> node.
+                        $saved = $this->importBookmark($user, $dt, $dd);
+                    }
 
                     $dt = null;
                     $dd = null;

plugins/DomainStatusNetwork/scripts/installforemail.php

@@ -22,8 +22,16 @@
 
 define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../..'));
 
+$shortoptions = 'wt::';
+$longoptions = array('welcome', 'template=');
+
 $helptext = <<<END_OF_INSTALLFOREMAIL_HELP
+
 installforemail.php [options] <email address>
+Create a new account and, if necessary, a new network for the given email address
+
+-w --welcome   Send a welcome email
+-t --template= Use this email template
 
 END_OF_INSTALLFOREMAIL_HELP;
 
@@ -54,6 +62,16 @@ StatusNet::switchSite($sn->nickname);
 
 $confirm = EmailRegistrationPlugin::registerEmail($email);
 
+if (have_option('w', 'welcome')) {
+    if (have_option('t', 'template')) {
+        // use the provided template
+        EmailRegistrationPlugin::sendConfirmEmail($confirm, get_option_value('t', 'template'));
+    } else {
+        // use the default template
+        EmailRegistrationPlugin::sendConfirmEmail($confirm);
+    }
+}
+
 $confirmUrl = common_local_url('register', array('code' => $confirm->code));
 
 print $confirmUrl."\n";

plugins/EmailRegistration/EmailRegistrationPlugin.php

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class EmailRegistrationPlugin extends Plugin
         return $nickname;
     }
 
-    static function sendConfirmEmail($confirm)
+    static function sendConfirmEmail($confirm, $title=null)
     {
         $sitename = common_config('site', 'name');
 
@@ -165,25 +165,31 @@ class EmailRegistrationPlugin extends Plugin
         $headers['To'] = trim($confirm->address);
          // TRANS: Subject for confirmation e-mail.
          // TRANS: %s is the StatusNet sitename.
-        $headers['Subject'] = sprintf(_m('Confirm your registration on %s'), $sitename);
+        $headers['Subject'] = sprintf(_m('Welcome to %s'), $sitename);
+        $headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8';
 
         $confirmUrl = common_local_url('register', array('code' => $confirm->code));
 
-         // TRANS: Body for confirmation e-mail.
+        if (empty($title)) {
-         // TRANS: %1$s is the StatusNet sitename, %2$s is the confirmation URL.
+            $title = 'confirmemailreg';
-        $body = sprintf(_m('Someone (probably you) has requested an account on %1$s using this email address.'.
+        }
-                          "\n".
+
-                          'To confirm the address, click the following URL or copy it into the address bar of your browser.'.
+        $confirmTemplate = DocFile::forTitle($title, DocFile::mailPaths());
-                          "\n".
+
-                          '%2$s'.
+        $body = $confirmTemplate->toHTML(array('confirmurl' => $confirmUrl));
-                          "\n".
-                          'If it was not you, you can safely ignore this message.'),
-                        $sitename,
-                        $confirmUrl);
 
         mail_send($recipients, $headers, $body);
     }
 
+    function onEndDocFileForTitle($title, $paths, &$filename)
+    {
+        if ($title == 'confirmemailreg' && empty($filename)) {
+            $filename = dirname(__FILE__).'/mail-src/'.$title;
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     function onPluginVersion(&$versions)
     {
         $versions[] = array('name' => 'EmailRegistration',

plugins/EmailRegistration/mail-src/confirmemailreg

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Someone (probably you) has requested an account on %%site.name%% using this email address.
+
+To confirm the address, click the following URL or copy it into the address bar of your browser.
+
+> [%%arg.confirmurl%%](%%arg.confirmurl%%)
+
+If it was not you, you can safely ignore this message.

plugins/EmailRegistration/scripts/registeremailuser.php

@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@
 
 define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../..'));
 
+$shortoptions = 'wt::';
+$longoptions = array('welcome', 'template=');
+
 $helptext = <<<END_OF_REGISTEREMAILUSER_HELP
 registeremailuser.php [options] <email address>
 
 Options:
--e --email     Send a confirmation message to the email address
+-w --welcome   Send a welcome email
+-t --template= Use this email template
 
 register a new user by email address.
 
@@ -40,8 +44,14 @@ $email = $args[0];
 
 $confirm = EmailRegistrationPlugin::registerEmail($email);
 
-if (have_option('e', 'email')) {
+if (have_option('w', 'welcome')) {
-    EmailRegistrationPlugin::sendConfirmEmail($confirm);
+    if (have_option('t', 'template')) {
+        // use the provided template
+        EmailRegistrationPlugin::sendConfirmEmail($confirm, get_option_value('t', 'template'));
+    } else {
+        // use the default template
+        EmailRegistrationPlugin::sendConfirmEmail($confirm);
+    }
 }
 
 $confirmUrl = common_local_url('register', array('code' => $confirm->code));

plugins/GroupPrivateMessage/Group_message_profile.php

@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ class Group_message_profile extends Memcached_DataObject
 
         $gmp->insert();
 
-        $gmp->notify();
+        // If it's not for the author, send email notification
+        if ($gm->from_profile != $profile->id) {
+            $gmp->notify();
+        }
 
         return $gmp;
     }

plugins/SiteNoticeInSidebar/SiteNoticeInSidebarPlugin.php

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * Plugin to put the site notice in the sidebar
+ * 
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * 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  Plugin
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @copyright 2011 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPL 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
+    // This check helps protect against security problems;
+    // your code file can't be executed directly from the web.
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Put the site notice in the sidebar
+ *
+ * @category  General
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @copyright 2011 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPL 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+class SiteNoticeInSidebarPlugin extends Plugin
+{
+    /**
+     * Function comment
+     *
+     * @param
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+
+    function onStartShowSiteNotice($action)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    function onStartShowSections($action)
+    {
+        $text = common_config('site', 'notice');
+        if (!empty($text)) {
+            $sns = new SiteNoticeSection($action, $text);
+            $sns->show();
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    function onEndShowStyles($action)
+    {
+        $action->element('style', null, '#site_notice { width: 100% }');
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    function onAutoload($cls)
+    {
+        $dir = dirname(__FILE__);
+
+        switch ($cls)
+        {
+        case 'SiteNoticeSection':
+            include_once $dir . '/'.strtolower($cls).'.php';
+            return false;
+        default:
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}

plugins/SiteNoticeInSidebar/sitenoticesection.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * Site notice section
+ * 
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * 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  Site
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @copyright 2011 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPL 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
+    // This check helps protect against security problems;
+    // your code file can't be executed directly from the web.
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Site notice section
+ *
+ * @category  Site
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @copyright 2011 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPL 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+class SiteNoticeSection extends Section
+{
+    var $text;
+
+    function __construct($action, $text)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($action);
+        $this->text = $text;
+    }
+
+    function title()
+    {
+        return _('Site notice');
+    }
+
+    function showContent()
+    {
+        $this->out->raw($this->text);
+    }
+}