ENHANCEMENT: Updated Blog to allow for better subclassing. You can now set different show_in_sitetree config options on subclasses. Also done some cleanup

composer.json

@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
     "authors": [
         {
             "name": "Michael Strong",
-            "email": "micmania@hotmail.co.uk"
+            "email": "github@michaelstrong.co.uk"
         }
     ],
     "suggest": {
         "silverstripe/widgets": "Some widgets come with the blog which are compatible with the widgets module.",
         "silverstripe/comments": "This module adds comments to your blog."
-    },
-    "prefer-stable": true
+    }
 }

extensions/BlogFilter.php

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
- * Base extension of BlogPost.
+ * This class is responsible for filtering the SiteTree when necessary and also
+ * overlaps into filtering only published posts.
  *
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael Strong <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
  *
  **/
 class BlogFilter extends Hierarchy {
@@ -21,15 +22,22 @@ class BlogFilter extends Hierarchy {
 		$staged = parent::stageChildren($showAll);
 
 		$controller = Controller::curr();
-		if($controller->class == "CMSPagesController" && in_array($controller->getAction(), array("treeview", "listview", "getsubtree"))) {
+		if($controller->class == "CMSPagesController" 
+			&& in_array($controller->getAction(), array("treeview", "listview", "getsubtree"))
+		) {
+			// Filter the SiteTree
 			return $staged->exclude("ClassName", $this->owner->getExcludedSiteTreeClassNames());
-		} else if(in_array($this->owner->ClassName, ClassInfo::subClassesFor("Blog")) && !Permission::check("VIEW_DRAFT_CONTENT")) {
+
+		} else if(in_array($this->owner->ClassName, ClassInfo::subClassesFor("Blog")) 
+			&& !Permission::check("VIEW_DRAFT_CONTENT")
+		) {
 
 			// Get the current stage.
 			$stage = Versioned::current_stage();
 			if($stage == "Stage") $stage = "";
 			else $stage = "_" . Convert::raw2sql($stage);
 
+			// Filter published posts
 			$dataQuery = $staged->dataQuery()
 				->innerJoin("BlogPost", "BlogPost" . $stage . ".ID = SiteTree" . $stage . ".ID")
 				->where("PublishDate < '" . Convert::raw2sql(SS_Datetime::now()) . "'");
@@ -51,9 +59,16 @@ class BlogFilter extends Hierarchy {
 		$staged = parent::liveChildren($showAll, $onlyDeletedFromStage);
 
 		$controller = Controller::curr();
-		if($controller->class == "CMSPagesController" && in_array($controller->getAction(), array("treeview", "listview", "getsubtree"))) {
+		if($controller->class == "CMSPagesController" 
+			&& in_array($controller->getAction(), array("treeview", "listview", "getsubtree"))
+		) {
+			// Filter the SiteTree
 			return $staged->exclude("ClassName", $this->owner->getExcludedSiteTreeClassNames());
-		} else if(in_array($this->owner->ClassName, ClassInfo::subClassesFor("Blog")) && !Permission::check("VIEW_DRAFT_CONTENT")) {
+
+		} else if(in_array($this->owner->ClassName, ClassInfo::subClassesFor("Blog")) 
+			&& !Permission::check("VIEW_DRAFT_CONTENT")
+		) {
+			// Filter publish posts
 			$dataQuery = $staged->dataQuery()
 				->innerJoin("BlogPost", "BlogPost_Live.ID = SiteTree_Live.ID")
 				->where("PublishDate < '" . Convert::raw2sql(SS_Datetime::now()) . "'");

extensions/BlogPostFilter.php

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 
+/**
+ * This is responsible for filtering only published posts to users who do not have
+ * permission to view non-published posts.
+ *
+ * @package silverstripe
+ * @subpackage blog
+ *
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
+**/
 class BlogPostFilter extends DataExtension {
 
 	/**
@@ -21,6 +30,8 @@ class BlogPostFilter extends DataExtension {
 	 * This is a fix so that when we try to fetch subclasses of BlogPost,
 	 * lazy loading includes the BlogPost table in its query. Leaving this table out
 	 * means the default sort order column PublishDate causes an error.
+	 *
+	 * @see https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-framework/issues/1682
 	**/
 	public function augmentLoadLazyFields(SQLQuery &$query, &$dataQuery, $parent) {
 

extensions/URLSegmentExtension.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael Strong <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class URLSegmentExtension extends DataExtension {
 

forms/gridfield/GridFieldAddByDBField.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael Strong <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class GridFieldAddByDBField implements GridField_ActionProvider, GridField_HTMLProvider {
 
@@ -103,13 +103,17 @@ class GridFieldAddByDBField implements GridField_ActionProvider, GridField_HTMLP
 		$obj = singleton($dataClass);
 		$dbField = $this->getDataObjectField();
 
-		$textField = TextField::create("gridfieldaddbydbfield[" . $obj->ClassName . "][" . Convert::raw2htmlatt($dbField) . "]")
-			->setAttribute("placeholder", $obj->fieldLabel($dbField))
+		$textField = TextField::create(
+			"gridfieldaddbydbfield[" . $obj->ClassName . "][" . Convert::raw2htmlatt($dbField) . "]"
+			)->setAttribute("placeholder", $obj->fieldLabel($dbField))
 			->addExtraClass("no-change-track");
 
 		$addAction = new GridField_FormAction($gridField, 
 			'add',
-			_t('GridFieldAddByDBField.Add', "Add {name}", "Add button text", array("name" => $obj->i18n_singular_name())), 
+			_t('GridFieldAddByDBField.Add', 
+				"Add {name}", "Add button text", 
+				array("name" => $obj->i18n_singular_name())
+			), 
 			'add', 
 			'add'
 		);

forms/gridfield/GridFieldBlogPostAddNewButton.php

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * This component provides a button for opening the add new form provided by 
  * {@link GridFieldDetailForm}.
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@
  *
  * @package framework
  * @subpackage fields-gridfield
+ *
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
  */
 class GridFieldBlogPostAddNewButton extends GridFieldAddNewButton 
 	implements GridField_ActionProvider {
@@ -42,8 +45,10 @@ class GridFieldBlogPostAddNewButton extends GridFieldAddNewButton
 		$allowedChildren = $parent->allowedChildren();
 		$children = array();
 		foreach($allowedChildren as $class) {
+			if(!Config::inst()->get($class, "show_in_sitetree")) {
 				$children[$class] = singleton($class)->i18n_singular_name();
 			}
+		}
 
 		$pageTypes = DropdownField::create(
 			"PageType", 

forms/gridfield/GridFieldBlogPostState.php

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 
+/**
+ * Provides a component to the {@link GridField} which tells the user whether or not a 
+ * blog post has been published and when.
+ *
+ * @package silverstripe
+ * @subpackage blog
+ *
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
+**/
 class GridFieldBlogPostState implements GridField_ColumnProvider {
 
 	public function augmentColumns($gridField, &$columns) {
@@ -22,7 +31,8 @@ class GridFieldBlogPostState implements GridField_ColumnProvider {
 			if($record->hasMethod("isPublished")) {
 				$published = $record->isPublished();
 				if(!$published) {
-					return _t("GridFieldBlogPostState.Draft", '<i class="btn-icon blog-icon btn-icon-pencil"></i> Saved as Draft');
+					return _t("GridFieldBlogPostState.Draft", 
+						'<i class="btn-icon blog-icon btn-icon-pencil"></i> Saved as Draft');
 				} else if (strtotime($record->PublishDate) > time()) {
 					return _t(
 						"GridFieldBlogPostState.Timer", 

forms/gridfield/GridFieldConfig_BlogPost.php

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
- * GirdField config necessary for managing a SiteTree object.
+ * GridField config necessary for managing a SiteTree object.
  *
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael String <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael String <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class GridFieldConfig_BlogPost extends GridFieldConfig {
 	

forms/gridfield/GridFieldSiteTreeEditButton.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael String <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael String <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class GridFieldSiteTreeEditButton extends GridFieldEditButton {
 	
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class GridFieldSiteTreeEditButton extends GridFieldEditButton {
 	 * @return string - the HTML for the column 
 	 */
 	public function getColumnContent($gridField, $record, $columnName) {
-		// No permission checks, handled through GridFieldDetailForm,
+		// No permission checks - handled through GridFieldDetailForm
 		// which can make the form readonly if no edit permissions are available.
 
 		$data = new ArrayData(array(

model/Blog.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael String <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael String <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class Blog extends Page {
 
@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ class Blog extends Page {
 
 	public function getCMSFields() {
 		$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
-		if(!Config::inst()->get("BlogPost", "show_in_sitetree")) {
+
+		$posts = $this->getBlogPosts();
+		$excluded = $this->getExcludedSiteTreeClassNames();
+		if(!empty($excluded)) {
+			$posts = $posts->filter("ClassName", $excluded);
 			$gridField = new GridField(
 				"BlogPost",
 				_t("Blog.BlogPosts", "Blog Posts"), 
-				$this->getBlogPosts(),
+				$posts,
 				GridFieldConfig_BlogPost::create()
 			);
 			$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.BlogPosts", $gridField);
@@ -75,7 +79,8 @@ class Blog extends Page {
 	public function getSettingsFields() {
 		$fields = parent::getSettingsFields();
 		$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Settings", 
-			NumericField::create("PostsPerPage", _t("Blog.PostsPerPage", "Posts Per Page")));
+			NumericField::create("PostsPerPage", _t("Blog.PostsPerPage", "Posts Per Page"))
+		);
 		return $fields;
 	}
 
@@ -89,9 +94,9 @@ class Blog extends Page {
 	**/
 	public function getExcludedSiteTreeClassNames() {
 		$classes = array();
-		$tmpClasses = ClassInfo::subClassesFor("BlogPost");
-		if(!Config::inst()->get("BlogPost", "show_in_sitetree")) {
+		$tmpClasses = $this->allowedChildren();
 		foreach($tmpClasses as $class) {
+			if(!Config::inst()->get($class, "show_in_sitetree")) {
 				$classes[$class] = $class;
 			}
 		}
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ class Blog extends Page {
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael String <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael String <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class Blog_Controller extends Page_Controller {
 

model/BlogCategory.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael Strong <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class BlogCategory extends DataObject {
 	

model/BlogPost.php

@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael Strong <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class BlogPost extends Page {
 
-	/**
-	 * @var array
-	**/
 	private static $db = array(
 		"PublishDate" => "SS_Datetime",
 	);
@@ -32,8 +29,6 @@ class BlogPost extends Page {
 		"ProvideComments" => true, // Support for comments
 	);
 
-	private static $allowed_children = array();
-
 	private static $extensions = array(
 		"BlogPostFilter",
 	);
@@ -46,9 +41,11 @@ class BlogPost extends Page {
 		"Title",
 	);
 
+	private static $allowed_children = array();
+
 	private static $default_sort = "PublishDate DESC";
 
-	public static $can_be_root = false;
+	private static $can_be_root = false;
 
 	/**
 	 * This will display or hide the current class from the SiteTree. This
@@ -155,7 +152,12 @@ class BlogPost extends Page {
 		$year = $date->format("Y");
 		if($type != "year") {
 			if($type == "day") {
-				return Controller::join_links($this->Parent()->Link("archive"), $date->format("Y"), $date->format("m"), $date->format("d"));
+				return Controller::join_links(
+					$this->Parent()->Link("archive"), 
+					$date->format("Y"), 
+					$date->format("m"), 
+					$date->format("d")
+				);
 			}
 			return Controller::join_links($this->Parent()->Link("archive"), $date->format("Y"), $date->format("m"));
 		}
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ class BlogPost extends Page {
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael Strong <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class BlogPost_Controller extends Page_Controller {
 	

model/BlogTag.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @package silverstripe
  * @subpackage blog
  *
- * @author Michael Strong <micmania@hotmail.co.uk>
+ * @author Michael Strong <github@michaelstrong.co.uk>
 **/
 class BlogTag extends DataObject {
 	
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class BlogTag extends DataObject {
 		"URLSegmentExtension",
 	);
 
+
 	public function getCMSFields() {
 		$fields = new FieldList(
 			TextField::create("Title", _t("BlogTag.Title", "Title"))