Featured writers

daemon.py

@@ -1964,6 +1964,42 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             self.server.POSTbusy = False
             return
 
+        # person options screen, permission to post to featured articles
+        # See htmlPersonOptions
+        if '&submitPostToFeatures=' in optionsConfirmParams:
+            adminNickname = getConfigParam(self.server.baseDir, 'admin')
+            if (chooserNickname != optionsNickname and
+                (chooserNickname == adminNickname or
+                 (isModerator(self.server.baseDir, chooserNickname) and
+                  not isModerator(self.server.baseDir, optionsNickname)))):
+                postsToFeatures = None
+                if 'postsToFeatures=' in optionsConfirmParams:
+                    postsToFeatures = \
+                        optionsConfirmParams.split('postsToFeatures=')[1]
+                    if '&' in postsToFeatures:
+                        postsToFeatures = postsToFeatures.split('&')[0]
+                accountDir = self.server.baseDir + '/accounts/' + \
+                    optionsNickname + '@' + optionsDomain
+                featuresBlockedFilename = accountDir + '/.nofeatures'
+                if postsToFeatures == 'on':
+                    if os.path.isfile(featuresBlockedFilename):
+                        os.remove(featuresBlockedFilename)
+                        refreshNewswire(self.server.baseDir)
+                else:
+                    if os.path.isdir(accountDir):
+                        noFeaturesFile = open(featuresBlockedFilename, "w+")
+                        if noFeaturesFile:
+                            noFeaturesFile.write('\n')
+                            noFeaturesFile.close()
+                            refreshNewswire(self.server.baseDir)
+            usersPathStr = \
+                usersPath + '/' + self.server.defaultTimeline + \
+                '?page=' + str(pageNumber)
+            self._redirect_headers(usersPathStr, cookie,
+                                   callingDomain)
+            self.server.POSTbusy = False
+            return
+
         # person options screen, permission to post to newswire
         # See htmlPersonOptions
         if '&submitModNewsPosts=' in optionsConfirmParams:
@@ -5472,7 +5508,8 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                     backToPath,
                                     lockedAccount,
                                     movedTo, alsoKnownAs,
-                                    self.server.textModeBanner).encode('utf-8')
+                                    self.server.textModeBanner,
+                                    self.server.newsInstance).encode('utf-8')
             msglen = len(msg)
             self._set_headers('text/html', msglen,
                               cookie, callingDomain)

outbox.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from utils import getFullDomain
 from utils import removeIdEnding
 from utils import getDomainFromActor
 from utils import dangerousMarkup
+from utils import isFeaturedWriter
 from blocking import isBlockedDomain
 from blocking import outboxBlock
 from blocking import outboxUndoBlock
@@ -211,14 +212,16 @@ def postMessageToOutbox(messageJson: {}, postToNickname: str,
         # save all instance blogs to the news actor
         if postToNickname != 'news' and outboxName == 'tlblogs':
             if '/' in savedFilename:
-                savedPostId = savedFilename.split('/')[-1]
+                if isFeaturedWriter(baseDir, postToNickname, domain):
-                blogsDir = baseDir + '/accounts/news@' + domain + '/tlblogs'
+                    savedPostId = savedFilename.split('/')[-1]
-                if not os.path.isdir(blogsDir):
+                    blogsDir = \
-                    os.mkdir(blogsDir)
+                        baseDir + '/accounts/news@' + domain + '/tlblogs'
-                copyfile(savedFilename, blogsDir + '/' + savedPostId)
+                    if not os.path.isdir(blogsDir):
-                inboxUpdateIndex('tlblogs', baseDir,
+                        os.mkdir(blogsDir)
-                                 'news@' + domain,
+                    copyfile(savedFilename, blogsDir + '/' + savedPostId)
-                                 savedFilename, debug)
+                    inboxUpdateIndex('tlblogs', baseDir,
+                                     'news@' + domain,
+                                     savedFilename, debug)
 
                 # clear the citations file if it exists
                 citationsFilename = \

translations/ar.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "تخطي إلى الجدول الزمني",
     "Skip to Newswire": "انتقل إلى Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "تخطي إلى روابط الويب",
-    "Publish a blog article": "نشر مقال بلوق"
+    "Publish a blog article": "نشر مقال بلوق",
+    "Featured writer": "كاتب متميز"
 }

translations/ca.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Ves a la cronologia",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Vés a Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Vés als enllaços web",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Publicar un article del bloc"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Publicar un article del bloc",
+    "Featured writer": "Escriptor destacat"
 }

translations/cy.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Neidio i'r llinell amser",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Neidio i Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Neidio i Dolenni Gwe",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Cyhoeddi erthygl blog"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Cyhoeddi erthygl blog",
+    "Featured writer": "Awdur dan sylw"
 }

translations/de.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Zur Zeitleiste springen",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Springe zu Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Springe zu Weblinks",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Veröffentlichen Sie einen Blog-Artikel"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Veröffentlichen Sie einen Blog-Artikel",
+    "Featured writer": "Ausgewählter Schriftsteller"
 }

translations/en.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Skip to timeline",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Skip to Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Skip to Links",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Publish a blog article"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Publish a blog article",
+    "Featured writer": "Featured writer"
 }

translations/es.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Saltar a la línea de tiempo",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Saltar a Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Saltar a enlaces web",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Publica un artículo de blog"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Publica un artículo de blog",
+    "Featured writer": "Escritora destacada"
 }

translations/fr.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Passer à la chronologie",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Passer à Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Passer aux liens Web",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Publier un article de blog"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Publier un article de blog",
+    "Featured writer": "Écrivain en vedette"
 }

translations/ga.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Scipeáil chuig an amlíne",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Scipeáil chuig Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Scipeáil chuig Naisc Ghréasáin",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Foilsigh alt blagála"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Foilsigh alt blagála",
+    "Featured writer": "Scríbhneoir mór le rá"
 }

translations/hi.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "टाइमलाइन पर जाएं",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Newswire पर जाएं",
     "Skip to Links": "वेब लिंक पर जाएं",
-    "Publish a blog article": "एक ब्लॉग लेख प्रकाशित करें"
+    "Publish a blog article": "एक ब्लॉग लेख प्रकाशित करें",
+    "Featured writer": "फीचर्ड लेखक"
 }

translations/it.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Passa alla sequenza temporale",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Passa a Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Passa a collegamenti Web",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Pubblica un articolo sul blog"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Pubblica un articolo sul blog",
+    "Featured writer": "Scrittore in primo piano"
 }

translations/ja.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "タイムラインにスキップ",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Newswireにスキップ",
     "Skip to Links": "Webリンクにスキップ",
-    "Publish a blog article": "ブログ記事を公開する"
+    "Publish a blog article": "ブログ記事を公開する",
+    "Featured writer": "注目の作家"
 }

translations/oc.json

@@ -363,5 +363,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Skip to timeline",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Skip to Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Skip to Links",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Publish a blog article"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Publish a blog article",
+    "Featured writer": "Featured writer"
 }

translations/pt.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Pular para a linha do tempo",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Pular para Newswire",
     "Skip to Links": "Pular para links da web",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Publique um artigo de blog"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Publique um artigo de blog",
+    "Featured writer": "Escritor em destaque"
 }

translations/ru.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "Перейти к временной шкале",
     "Skip to Newswire": "Перейти к ленте новостей",
     "Skip to Links": "Перейти к веб-ссылкам",
-    "Publish a blog article": "Опубликовать статью в блоге"
+    "Publish a blog article": "Опубликовать статью в блоге",
+    "Featured writer": "Избранный писатель"
 }

translations/zh.json

@@ -367,5 +367,6 @@
     "Skip to timeline": "跳到时间线",
     "Skip to Newswire": "跳到新闻专线",
     "Skip to Links": "跳到网页链接",
-    "Publish a blog article": "发布博客文章"
+    "Publish a blog article": "发布博客文章",
+    "Featured writer": "特色作家"
 }

utils.py

@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ invalidCharacters = (
 )
 
 
+def isFeaturedWriter(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str) -> bool:
+    """Is the given account a featured writer, appearing in the features
+    timeline on news instances?
+    """
+    featuresBlockedFilename = \
+        baseDir + '/accounts/' + \
+        nickname + '@' + domain + '/.nofeatures'
+    return not os.path.isfile(featuresBlockedFilename)
+
+
 def refreshNewswire(baseDir: str):
     """Causes the newswire to be updates after a change to user accounts
     """

webapp_person_options.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from utils import isDormant
 from utils import removeHtml
 from utils import getDomainFromActor
 from utils import getNicknameFromActor
+from utils import isFeaturedWriter
 from blocking import isBlocked
 from follow import isFollowerOfPerson
 from follow import isFollowingActor
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ def htmlPersonOptions(defaultTimeline: str,
                       lockedAccount: bool,
                       movedTo: str,
                       alsoKnownAs: [],
-                      textModeBanner: str) -> str:
+                      textModeBanner: str,
+                      newsInstance: bool) -> str:
     """Show options for a person: view/follow/block/report
     """
     optionsDomain, optionsPort = getDomainFromActor(optionsActor)
@@ -287,6 +289,24 @@ def htmlPersonOptions(defaultTimeline: str,
             checkboxStr = checkboxStr.replace(' checked>', '>')
         optionsStr += checkboxStr
 
+    # checkbox for permission to post to featured articles
+    if newsInstance and optionsDomainFull == domainFull:
+        adminNickname = getConfigParam(baseDir, 'admin')
+        if (nickname == adminNickname or
+            (isModerator(baseDir, nickname) and
+             not isModerator(baseDir, optionsNickname))):
+            checkboxStr = \
+                '    <input type="checkbox" ' + \
+                'class="profilecheckbox" name="postsToFeatures" checked> ' + \
+                translate['Featured writer'] + \
+                '\n    <button type="submit" class="buttonsmall" ' + \
+                'name="submitPostToFeatures">' + \
+                translate['Submit'] + '</button><br>\n'
+            if not isFeaturedWriter(baseDir, optionsNickname,
+                                    optionsDomain):
+                checkboxStr = checkboxStr.replace(' checked>', '>')
+            optionsStr += checkboxStr
+
     optionsStr += optionsLinkStr
     backPath = '/'
     if nickname: