src: star rating added, links are now with url_for

README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The blog is intended to be used to review and critique things.
   - [x] Login
   - [x] Logout
   - [x] Register
+  - [ ] User Page
 - [ ] Review blog entries
   - [x] Writing entries
   - [ ] Editing entries

src/app.py

@@ -64,10 +64,8 @@ def entry(ident):
 def feed():
     content = con_gen.get_rss_string()
     rss_xml = render_template("rss.xml", content_string=content, title=TITLE,
-                              description=DESCRIPTION, website=WEBSITE)
-    response = make_response(rss_xml)
-    response.headers["Content-Type"] = "application/rss+xml"
-    return response
+                              description=DESCRIPTION)
+    return rss_xml
 
 
 @login.user_loader

src/content.py

@@ -1,15 +1,33 @@
+from flask import url_for
+
 import config
 from database import Database
 
 db = Database()
 
 
+def rating_to_star(rating):
+    """
+    Creates a string with stars based on the rating.
+
+    Parameters:
+    rating: rating with minimum of 0 and maximum of 100.
+
+    Returns:
+    string: unicode-formatted star-rating string.
+    """
+    res = u"\u272D"*int(rating/20)
+    if rating/20 % 1 >= 0.5:
+        res += u"\u00BD"
+    return res
+
+
 def gen_arch_string():
     """
     Creates and returns a archive string of every file in ENTRY_DIR.
 
     Returns:
-    string: html-formatted archive-string
+    string: html-formatted archive-string.
     """
     content_string = ""
     last_year = ""
@@ -29,11 +47,11 @@ def gen_arch_string():
             content_string += "<ul>\n"
             last_year = year
         content_string += "<li>"
-        content_string += "[<a href=\"" + "/index.html#" + str(ident) + \
-            "\">link</a> - <a href=\"/entry/" + \
-            str(ident) + "\">standalone</a>] "
-        content_string += title + " - " + str(rating) + "/100<br>"
-        content_string += "</li>\n"
+        content_string += "[<a href=\"" + url_for("index", _anchor=str(ident)) + \
+            "\">link</a> - <a href=\"" + url_for("entry", ident=str(ident)) + \
+            "\">standalone</a>] "
+        content_string += title + " " + rating_to_star(rating)
+        content_string += "<br></li>\n"
 
     return content_string
 
@@ -43,7 +61,7 @@ def gen_index_string():
     Create and returns a string including every file in the database as an index.
 
     Returns:
-    string: html-formatted index string
+    string: html-formatted index string.
     """
     content_string = ""
     entries = db.get_entries()
@@ -59,15 +77,14 @@ def gen_index_string():
         username = db.get_user_by_id(entry[5])[1]
         reviewed = entry[6]
         content_string += "<div class=\"entry\">\n"
-        content_string += "<h1 id=\"" + \
-            str(ident) + "\">" + title + " (" + year + ") - " + \
-            str(rating) + "/100</h1>\n"
-        content_string += "[<a href=\"" + "/entry/" + \
-            str(ident) + "\">" + "standalone" + "</a>]<br>\n"
+        content_string += "<h1 id=\"" + str(ident) + "\">" + title + \
+            " (" + year + ") " + rating_to_star(rating) + "</h1>\n"
+        content_string += "[<a href=\"" + url_for("entry", ident=str(ident)) + \
+            "\">" + "standalone" + "</a>]<br>\n"
+        content_string += "<small>rated " + str(rating) + " by " + username + \
+            " on " + str(reviewed) + "</small><br>"
         content_string += text
         content_string += "<br>"
-        content_string += "<small>" + \
-            str(reviewed) + " by " + username + "</small>"
         content_string += "</div>"
     return content_string
 
@@ -80,7 +97,7 @@ def gen_stand_string(ident):
     ident: ident of an entry.
 
     Returns:
-    string: html-formatted string string equivalent to the file
+    string: html-formatted string string equivalent to the file.
     """
     entry = db.get_entry_by_id(ident)
     content_string = ""
@@ -93,16 +110,14 @@ def gen_stand_string(ident):
         username = db.get_user_by_id(entry[5])[1]
         reviewed = entry[6]
         content_string += "<h1>" + title + \
-            " (" + year + ") - " + str(rating) + "/100 </h1>\n"
-        content_string += "["
-        content_string += "<a href=\"" + "/index.html#" + \
-            str(ident) + "\">" + "link" + "</a>"
-        content_string += "]<br>\n"
-        content_string += "<small>" + \
-            str(reviewed) + " by " + username + "</small>"
-        content_string += "<br>\n"
-        content_string += text
-        content_string += "<br>"
+            " (" + year + ") "
+        content_string += rating_to_star(rating)
+        content_string += "</h1>\n"
+        content_string += "[<a href=\"" + url_for("index", ident=str(ident)) + \
+            "\">" + "link" + "</a>]<br>\n"
+        content_string += "<small>rated " + str(rating) + " by " + \
+            username + " on " + str(reviewed) + "</small><br>\n"
+        content_string += text + "<br>\n"
     return content_string
 
 
@@ -127,13 +142,12 @@ def get_rss_string():
         username = db.get_user_by_id(entry[5])[1]
         reviewed = entry[6]
         content_string += "<item>\n"
-        content_string += "<title>" + title + \
-            "(" + year + ") " + str(rating) + "/100 </title>\n"
-        content_string += "<guid>" + config.WEBSITE + \
-            "/index.html#" + str(ident) + "</guid>\n"
+        content_string += "<title>" + title + "(" + year + ") " + \
+            rating_to_star(rating) + "</title>\n"
+        content_string += "<guid>" + \
+            url_for("index", _anchor=str(ident), _external=True) + \
+            "</guid>\n"
         content_string += "<pubDate>" + reviewed + "</pubDate>\n"
-        content_string += "<description>"
-        content_string += text
-        content_string += "</description>\n"
+        content_string += "<description>" + text + "</description>\n"
         content_string += "</item>\n"
     return content_string

src/templates/rss.xml

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
 
 <channel>
     <title>{{ title }}</title>
     <description>{{ description }}</description>
 <language>en-us</language>
-<link>{{ website }}/feed.xml</link>
-<atom:link href="/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
+<link>{{ url_for("feed", _external=True) }}</link>
+<atom:link href="{{ url_for('feed', _external=True) }}" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
 
 {% autoescape off %}
 {{ content_string }}