added autosave to node edit view. saves every 15 seconds

5 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/app/controllers/nodes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/nodes_controller.rb
index 1796090..aba132b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/nodes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/nodes_controller.rb
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@ class NodesController < ApplicationController
     @draft = @node.find_or_create_draft current_user
     @draft.tag_list = params[:tag_list]
     if @draft.update_attributes( params[:page] )
-      flash[:notice] = "Draft has been updated"
-      redirect_to edit_node_path(@node)
+      flash[:notice] = "Draft has been saved: #{Time.now}"
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.html { redirect_to edit_node_path(@node) }
+        format.js
+      end
     else
       render :action => :edit
     end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/admin.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/admin.html.erb
index 469b18e..1fb9c2b 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/admin.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/admin.html.erb
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   
     <title><%= "#{params[:controller]} | #{params[:action]}" %></title>
     <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'admin' %>
-    <%= javascript_include_tag 'tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js' %>
     <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery-1.3.2.min' %>
+    <%= javascript_include_tag 'tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js' %>
     <%= javascript_include_tag 'admin_interface.js' %>
     
     <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/app/views/nodes/_autosave.html.erb b/app/views/nodes/_autosave.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..583b374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/nodes/_autosave.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
+  $(document).ready(function() {
+    setInterval('$("#edit_node_<%= @node.id %>").submitWithAjax()', 15000);
+  });
+</script>
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diff --git a/app/views/nodes/edit.html.erb b/app/views/nodes/edit.html.erb
index d8fb8b4..0d0b0d3 100644
--- a/app/views/nodes/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/nodes/edit.html.erb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   <%= link_to 'Revisions', revision_path(params[:id]) %>  
 <% end %>
 
+<%= render :partial => 'autosave' %>
+
 <div id="page_editor">
 <% form_for(@node) do |f| %>
   <%= f.error_messages %>
diff --git a/app/views/nodes/update.js.erb b/app/views/nodes/update.js.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be26fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/nodes/update.js.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+$("#flash").html(
+  "<span><%= escape_javascript(flash.delete(:notice)) %></span>"
+);
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