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+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * Design administration panel
+ *
+ * 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  Settings
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @author    Zach Copley <zach@status.net>
+ * @author    Sarven Capadisli <csarven@status.net>
+ * @copyright 2008-2009 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Administer design settings
+ *
+ * @category Admin
+ * @package  StatusNet
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @author   Zach Copley <zach@status.net>
+ * @author   Sarven Capadisli <csarven@status.net>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://status.net/
+ */
+
+class DesignadminpanelAction extends AdminPanelAction
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the page title
+     *
+     * @return string page title
+     */
+
+    function title()
+    {
+        return _('Design');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Instructions for using this form.
+     *
+     * @return string instructions
+     */
+
+    function getInstructions()
+    {
+        return _('Design settings for this StatusNet site.');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Show the site admin panel form
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
+    function showForm()
+    {
+        $form = new DesignAdminPanelForm($this);
+        $form->show();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Save settings from the form
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
+    function saveSettings()
+    {
+        static $settings = array('theme');
+
+        $values = array();
+
+        foreach ($settings as $setting) {
+            $values[$setting] = $this->trimmed($setting);
+        }
+
+        // This throws an exception on validation errors
+
+        $this->validate($values);
+
+        // assert(all values are valid);
+
+        $config = new Config();
+
+        $config->query('BEGIN');
+
+        foreach ($settings as $setting) {
+            Config::save('site', $setting, $values[$setting]);
+        }
+
+        $config->query('COMMIT');
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    function validate(&$values)
+    {
+        if (!in_array($values['theme'], Theme::listAvailable())) {
+            $this->clientError(sprintf(_("Theme not available: %s"), $values['theme']));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class DesignAdminPanelForm extends Form
+{
+    /**
+     * ID of the form
+     *
+     * @return int ID of the form
+     */
+
+    function id()
+    {
+        return 'designadminpanel';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * class of the form
+     *
+     * @return string class of the form
+     */
+
+    function formClass()
+    {
+        return 'form_design_admin_panel';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Action of the form
+     *
+     * @return string URL of the action
+     */
+
+    function action()
+    {
+        return common_local_url('designadminpanel');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Data elements of the form
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
+    function formData()
+    {
+        $themes = Theme::listAvailable();
+
+        asort($themes);
+
+        $themes = array_combine($themes, $themes);
+
+        $this->out->elementStart('ul');
+        $this->out->elementStart('li');
+
+        $this->out->dropdown('theme', _('Theme'),
+                             $themes, _('Theme for the site.'),
+                             true, $this->value('theme'));
+
+        $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+        $this->out->elementEnd('ul');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility to simplify some of the duplicated code around
+     * params and settings.
+     *
+     * @param string $setting      Name of the setting
+     * @param string $title        Title to use for the input
+     * @param string $instructions Instructions for this field
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
+    function input($setting, $title, $instructions)
+    {
+        $this->out->input($setting, $title, $this->value($setting), $instructions);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility to simplify getting the posted-or-stored setting value
+     *
+     * @param string $setting Name of the setting
+     *
+     * @return string param value if posted, or current config value
+     */
+
+    function value($setting)
+    {
+        $value = $this->out->trimmed($setting);
+        if (empty($value)) {
+            $value = common_config('site', $setting);
+        }
+        return $value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Action elements
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
+    function formActions()
+    {
+        $this->out->submit('submit', _('Save'), 'submit', null, _('Save site settings'));
+    }
+}