From 4c26cb1a81471839b62134ff559aece2686d6b91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:38:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add instructions to the public page for people who aren't
 logged in

darcs-hash:20081202193857-5ed1f-1705c3f615b96790dcae30ec240c25721ea443cc.gz
---
 actions/public.php | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/actions/public.php b/actions/public.php
index b7a14d8dce..598e053ae2 100644
--- a/actions/public.php
+++ b/actions/public.php
@@ -44,11 +44,23 @@ class PublicAction extends StreamAction {
 	function show_top() {
 		if (common_logged_in()) {
 			common_notice_form('public');
+		} else {
+			$instr = $this->get_instructions();
+			$output = common_markup_to_html($instr);
+			common_element_start('div', 'instructions');
+			common_raw($output);
+			common_element_end('div');
 		}
 		
 		$this->public_views_menu();
 	}
 
+	function get_instructions() {
+		return _('This is %%site.name%%, a [micro-blogging](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging) service ' .
+				 'based on the Free Software [Laconica](http://laconi.ca/) tool. [Read more](%%doc.about%%)' .
+				 '[Join now](%%action.register%%) to share notices about yourself with friends, family, and colleagues!');
+	}
+
 	function show_header() {
 		common_element('link', array('rel' => 'alternate',
 									 'href' => common_local_url('publicrss'),