Updated database and sidebar to display pinned posts.

blog/sidebar.js

@@ -45,6 +45,26 @@ const getInformationForCategories = function(templateContext)
 };
 
 
+const getInformationForPinnedPosts = function(templateContext)
+{
+    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject)
+    {
+        sql.getPinnedPosts().then(function(posts)
+        {
+            posts.forEach(function(p)
+            {
+                p.url = '/' +  p.category + '/' + p.url;
+            });
+            templateContext.pinnedPosts = posts;
+            resolve();
+        }).catch(function(error)
+        {
+            reject(error);
+        })
+    });
+};
+
+
 module.exports=
     {
         main: function(templateContext)
@@ -53,6 +73,7 @@ module.exports=
             {
                 Promise.all([includes.fetchTemplate(TEMPLATE_FILE),
                     getInformationForRecentPosts(templateContext),
+                    getInformationForPinnedPosts(templateContext),
                     getInformationForCategories(templateContext)])
                         .then(function(content)
                 {

docs/sqlConfig.md

@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ picture_url varchar(100) not null,
 published datetime not null,
 name varchar(100) not null,
 url varchar(100) not null,
+pinned BIT,
 primary key(post_id)
 );
 
+ALTER TABLE posts ADD pinned BIT;
 
 create table downloads(
 download_id mediumint unsigned not null AUTO_INCREMENT,

templates/blog/sideBar.html

@@ -34,3 +34,15 @@
 </div>
 <br>
 
+<div class="container">
+    <div class="list-group">
+        <a href="#" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action flex-column align-items-start active">
+            <h5 class="mb-1">Pinned Posts</h5>
+        </a>
+        {for pinnedPost in pinnedPosts}
+            <a class="list-group-item" href='{pinnedPost.url}'>{pinnedPost.name}<br></a>
+        {/for}
+    </div>
+</div>
+<br>
+

utils/sql.js

@@ -235,6 +235,36 @@ module.exports=
     },
 
 
+    getPinnedPosts: function()
+    {
+        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject)
+        {
+            var q = "select name,url, category_id from posts where pinned=1 order " +
+                "by post_id desc limit 10";
+            console.log(q);
+            fetch(q).then(function (sqlPosts) {
+                var promises = [];
+                sqlPosts.forEach(function (post) {
+                    promises.push(new Promise(function (res, rej) {
+                        var getCategory = "select url from categories where " +
+                            "category_id='" + post.category_id + "'";
+                        fetch(getCategory).then(function (urls) {
+                            var obj = new Object();
+                            obj.name = post.name;
+                            obj.url = post.url;
+                            obj.category = urls[0].url;
+                            res(obj);
+                        });
+                    }));
+                });
+                Promise.all(promises).then(function (goodies) {
+                    resolve(goodies);
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    },
+
+
     /**
      * TODO
      * @returns {*|Promise}