added capacity for pulling static pages from multiple directory source trees.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index da6cf3e..b2c5762 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   protect_from_forgery
   before_filter :set_locale, :initialize_pages
 
+  class << self
+    attr_accessor :current_site # a class instance variable
+  end
+
   if Rails.env.production?
     rescue_from Exception, :with => :render_500
     rescue_from ActionController::RoutingError, :with => :render_404
@@ -81,25 +85,31 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   helper_method :page_body
 
   ##
-  ## INITIALIZATION
+  ## SITE
   ##
 
   #
-  # run every time in development mode, run once in production mode
+  # if we ever make this code support multiple sites, this should depend on the request's domain
   #
-  def initialize_pages
-    run_once(:initialize_pages, :unless => Rails.env.development?) do
-      StaticPage.load(PAGE_DIRECTORY)
-      Menu.load(PAGE_DIRECTORY + '/menu.txt')
-    end
+  def site
+    self.class.current_site ||= Site.new
   end
+  helper_method :site
 
-  def run_once(name, options={})
-    key_name = "run_once_#{name}"
-    if !Thread.current[key_name] || options[:unless]
-      yield
+  def initialize_pages
+    if Rails.env.development?
+      site.load_pages
+    else
+      site.reload_pages_if_needed
     end
-    Thread.current[key_name] = true
   end
 
+  #def run_once(name, options={})
+  #  key_name = "run_once_#{name}"
+  #  if !Thread.current[key_name] || options[:unless]
+  #    yield
+  #  end
+  #  Thread.current[key_name] = true
+  #end
+
 end