public static function generateSitemap($reGenerate = false)
{
// create new sitemap object
$sitemap = App::make("sitemap");
$sitemap->setCache('laravel.sitemap', 3600);
if ($reGenerate) {
Cache::forget($sitemap->model->getCacheKey());
}
// check if there is cached sitemap and build new only if is not
if (!$sitemap->isCached()) {
// add item to the sitemap (url, date, priority, freq)
$sitemap->add(URL::to('/'), null, '1.0', 'daily');
$categories = Category::get();
foreach ($categories as $category) {
$sitemap->add(URL::route('category', [$category->slug]), null, '1.0', 'daily');
}
// get all lists from db
$lists = ViralList::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->get();
// add every post to the sitemap
foreach ($lists as $list) {
$sitemap->add(ListHelpers::viewListUrl($list), $list->updated_at, '1.0', 'monthly');
}
}
// show your sitemap (options: 'xml' (default), 'html', 'txt', 'ror-rss', 'ror-rdf')
return $sitemap->render('xml');
}
public function getNotificationData()
{
$newListCreator = $this->newListCreator;
$originalList = $this->originalList;
$originalListCreator = $this->originalListCreator;
return ['RecipientName' => $originalListCreator->name, 'NewListLink' => '<a href="' . \ListHelpers::viewListUrl($this->newList) . '">' . $this->newList->title . '</a>', 'OriginalListTitle' => $originalList->title, 'OriginalListLink' => '<a href="' . \ListHelpers::viewListUrl($originalList) . '">' . $originalList->title . '</a>', 'NewListCreatorName' => $newListCreator->name];
/*
*
* TODO: Add NewListCreatorProfileLink after creating user profile pages.
*
* */
}
public static function generateRssFeed()
{
$config = Config::get('siteConfig');
// create new feed
$feed = Feed::make();
// cache the feed for 10 minutes (second parameter is optional)
$feed->setCache(10, 'list-rss-feed');
// check if there is cached feed and build new only if is not
if (!$feed->isCached()) {
// creating rss feed with our most recent 20 posts
$lists = ViralList::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->take(20)->get();
// set your feed's title, description, link, pubdate and language
$feed->title = $config['main']['siteTitle'];
$feed->description = @$config['main']['siteDescription'];
$feed->logo = @asset($config['main']['logo']);
$feed->link = URL::route('rssFeed');
$feed->setDateFormat('datetime');
// 'datetime', 'timestamp' or 'carbon'
$feed->pubdate = $lists->count() ? $lists[0]->created_at : time();
$feed->lang = $config['languages']['activeLanguage'];
$feed->setShortening(true);
// true or false
$feed->setTextLimit(100);
// maximum length of description text
foreach ($lists as $list) {
// set item's title, author, url, pubdate, description and content
$listContentHtml = View::make('lists.rssFeedListContent', ['list' => $list]);
$feed->add($list->title, $list->creator->name, ListHelpers::viewListUrl($list), $list->created_at->toDateTimeString(), $list->description, $listContentHtml);
}
}
// first param is the feed format
// optional: second param is cache duration (value of 0 turns off caching)
// optional: you can set custom cache key with 3rd param as string
return $feed->render('rss');
// to return your feed as a string set second param to -1
// $xml = $feed->render('atom', -1);
}
public function getNotificationData()
{
$creator = $this->creator;
return ['RecipientName' => $creator->name, 'ListTitle' => $this->list->title, 'ListLink' => '<a href="' . \ListHelpers::viewListUrl($this->list) . '">' . $this->list->title . '</a>', 'ListUrl' => \ListHelpers::viewListUrl($this->list)];
}
public static function saveOgImage($list)
{
$imagePath = public_path($list->image);
$ogImagePath = ListHelpers::getListOGPathFromImage($imagePath);
try {
$image = self::getOgImageObject($list);
$image->save($ogImagePath);
} catch (Intervention\Image\Exception\NotReadableException $e) {
throw new Exception('Error saving thumbnail! Invalid image!');
} catch (Intervention\Image\Exception\NotWritableException $e) {
throw new Exception('Error saving thumbnail! Permission issue! Contact site admin');
}
}