Use the block_manager to manage site sidebar panels. Fixes ticket #110.

* Extend block_manager to handle sidebar blocks. get_available has become get_available_admin_blocks, get_list becomes get_admin_list.
* Create new functions get_available_site_blocks which will look for gallery_block get_available_site_blocks.
* Refactor sidebar_blocks into a separate function and then call block_manager::get_html(site.sidebar). Convert image_block to use block management instead of theme::sidebar_blocks
* Change the block_manager api so that the theme is passed into the get method. convert info to the new sidebar block approach
* Convert the user module to use the new sidebar block structure. remove the installers for info and image_block modules.
* Convert tag and rss modules to the new sidebar framework. reset the version number to 1 for info and image_block modules.
* Change the get_html method to ignore empty blocks and change the individual handlers to return an empty string if no block is generated
* Add a warning message if no sidebar blocks are active and provide a link to the admin page that configures the sidebar.

2 files changed, 39 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/modules/info/helpers/info_block.php b/modules/info/helpers/info_block.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a853609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/info/helpers/info_block.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php defined("SYSPATH") or die("No direct script access.");
+/**
+ * Gallery - a web based photo album viewer and editor
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Bharat Mediratta
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+class info_block_Core {
+  static function get_site_list() {
+    return array("metadata" => t("Metadata"));
+  }
+
+  static function get($block_id, $theme) {
+    $block = "";
+    switch ($block_id) {
+    case "metadata":
+      if ($theme->item()) {
+        $block = new Block();
+        $block->css_id = "gMetadata";
+        $block->title = $theme->item()->is_album() ? t("Album Info") : t("Photo Info");
+        $block->content = new View("info_block.html");
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    return $block;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/info/helpers/info_theme.php b/modules/info/helpers/info_theme.php
index 4bf894ad..8b8602a1 100644
--- a/modules/info/helpers/info_theme.php
+++ b/modules/info/helpers/info_theme.php
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 class info_theme_Core {
-  static function sidebar_blocks($theme) {
-    if ($theme->item()) {
-      $block = new Block();
-      $block->css_id = "gMetadata";
-      $block->title = $theme->item()->is_album() ? t("Album Info") : t("Photo Info");
-      $block->content = new View("info_block.html");
-      return $block;
-    }
-  }
-
   static function thumb_info($theme, $item) {
     $results = "";
     if ($item->view_count) {