news section and page with links

app/models/merged/page.rb

@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ module Merged
       self.name
     end
 
-    def add_redirect
+    def set_name new_name
+      new_name = Page.fix_name(new_name)
       olds = self.redirects.to_s.split(" ")
       olds << self.name unless olds.include?(self.name)
       self.redirects = olds.join(" ")
+      self.name = new_name
     end
 
     def sections
@@ -63,8 +65,12 @@ module Merged
       super
     end
 
+    def self.fix_name(name)
+      name.gsub(" ", "_").downcase
+    end
+
     def self.new_page(name , type)
-      data = { name: name.dup , updated_at: Time.now , type: type}
+      data = { name: self.fix_name(name) , updated_at: Time.now , type: type}
       Page.new(data)
     end
 

app/models/merged/view_base.rb

@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ module Merged
     end
 
     def set_option( option , value)
-      if( !value.is_a?(String) && value.respond_to?(:[]) && value[:month] )
-        year = value[:year] || Time.new.year
-        value = Time.new( year , value[:month] , value[:day]).to_date
+      if( option.ends_with?"_date" )
         puts "date is #{value}"
+        year = value[:year] || Time.new.year
+        value = Time.new( year.to_i , value[:month] , value[:day]).to_date
       end
       options[option] = value
     end