trac750 Facebook app proper integrated into new uiredesign

3 files changed, 417 insertions, 331 deletions

diff --git a/lib/facebookaction.php b/lib/facebookaction.php
index 6d42596e8..dcd4e33d0 100644
--- a/lib/facebookaction.php
+++ b/lib/facebookaction.php
@@ -1,106 +1,191 @@
 <?php
-/*
- * Laconica - a distributed open-source microblogging tool
- * Copyright (C) 2008, Controlez-Vous, Inc.
+/**
+ * Laconica, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
  *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * Low-level generator for HTML
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.     If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Faceboook
+ * @package   Laconica
+ * @author    Zach Copley <zach@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @copyright 2008 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
  */
 
-if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
+if (!defined('LACONICA'))
+{
     exit(1);
 }
 
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/facebookutil.php';
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/noticeform.php';
+
 
 class FacebookAction extends Action
 {
+    
+    var $facebook = null;
+    var $fbuid    = null;
+    var $flink    = null;
+    var $action   = null;
+    var $app_uri  = null;
+    var $app_name = null;
+  
+    function prepare($argarray)
+    {        
+        parent::prepare($argarray);
+        
+        common_debug("Facebookaction::prepare");
+  
+        $this->facebook = get_facebook();
+        $this->fbuid = $this->facebook->require_login();
+        
+        $this->action = $this->trimmed('action');
+        
+        $app_props = $this->facebook->api_client->Admin_getAppProperties(
+                array('canvas_name', 'application_name'));
+        
+        $this->app_uri = 'http://apps.facebook.com/' . $app_props['canvas_name'];
+        $this->app_name = $app_props['application_name'];
+
+        $this->flink = Foreign_link::getByForeignID($this->fbuid, FACEBOOK_SERVICE);
+        
+        return true;
+        
+    }
+  
+    function showStylesheets()
+    {
+        
+        $this->element('link', array('rel' => 'stylesheet',
+                                     'type' => 'text/css',
+                                     'href' => getFacebookBaseCSS()));
 
-    function handle($args)
+        $this->element('link', array('rel' => 'stylesheet',
+                                     'type' => 'text/css',
+                                     'href' => getFacebookThemeCSS()));
+    }
+  
+    function showScripts()
     {
-        parent::handle($args);
+        $this->element('script', array('type' => 'text/javascript',
+                                       'src' => getFacebookJS()),
+                       ' ');
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Start an Facebook ready HTML document
+     *
+     *  For Facebook we don't want to actually output any headers,
+     *  DTD info, etc.
+     *
+     * If $type isn't specified, will attempt to do content negotiation.
+     *
+     * @param string $type MIME type to use; default is to do negotation.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
+    function startHTML($type=null) 
+    {          
+        $this->elementStart('div', array('class' => 'facebook-page'));
     }
 
-    function showLogo(){
-
-        global $xw;
-
-        $this->showStylesheets();
-        $this->showScripts();
-
-        $this->elementStart('a', array('class' => 'url home bookmark',
-                                            'href' => common_local_url('public')));
-        if (common_config('site', 'logo') || file_exists(theme_file('logo.png'))) {
-            $this->element('img', array('class' => 'logo photo',
-                'src' => (common_config('site', 'logo')) ?
-                    common_config('site', 'logo') : theme_path('logo.png'),
-                'alt' => common_config('site', 'name')));
-        }
+    /**
+    *  Ends a Facebook ready HTML document
+    *
+    *  @return void
+    */
+    function endHTML()
+    {
+        $this->elementEnd('div');
+        $this->endXML();
+    }
 
-        $this->element('span', array('class' => 'fn org'), common_config('site', 'name'));
-        $this->elementEnd('a');
+    /**
+     * Show notice form.
+     *
+     * MAY overload if no notice form needed... or direct message box????
+     *
+     * @return nothing
+     */
+    function showNoticeForm()
+    {
+        // don't do it for most of the Facebook pages
+    }
 
+    function showBody()
+    {
+        $this->elementStart('div', 'wrap');
+        $this->showHeader();
+        $this->showCore();
+        $this->showFooter();
+        $this->elementEnd('div');
+    }
+      
+    function showAside()
+    {
     }
 
-    function showHeader($msg = null, $success = false)
+    function showHead($error, $success)
     {
-        startFBML();
+        $this->showStylesheets();
+        $this->showScripts();
+        
+        if ($error) {
+            $this->element("h1", null, $error);
+        }
+        
+        if ($success) {
+            $this->element("h1", null, $success);
+        }
 
         $this->elementStart('fb:if-section-not-added', array('section' => 'profile'));
         $this->elementStart('span', array('id' => 'add_to_profile'));
         $this->element('fb:add-section-button', array('section' => 'profile'));
         $this->elementEnd('span');
         $this->elementEnd('fb:if-section-not-added');
-
-        $this->showLogo();
-
-        if ($msg) {
-            if ($success) {
-                $this->element('fb:success', array('message' => $msg));
-            } else {
-                // XXX do an error message here
-            }
-        }
-
-        $this->elementStart('div', 'main_body');
-
+        
     }
 
-    function showNav($selected = 'Home')
+    
+    // Make this into a widget later
+    function showLocalNav()
     {
-
-        $this->elementStart('dl', array("id" => 'site_nav_local_views'));
-        $this->element('dt', null, _('Local Views'));
-        $this->elementStart('dd');
-
+                
         $this->elementStart('ul', array('class' => 'nav'));
 
         $this->elementStart('li', array('class' =>
-            ($selected == 'Home') ? 'current' : 'facebook_home'));
+            ($this->action == 'facebookhome') ? 'current' : 'facebook_home'));
         $this->element('a',
             array('href' => 'index.php', 'title' => _('Home')), _('Home'));
         $this->elementEnd('li');
 
         $this->elementStart('li',
             array('class' =>
-                ($selected == 'Invite') ? 'current' : 'facebook_invite'));
+                ($this->action == 'facebookinvite') ? 'current' : 'facebook_invite'));
         $this->element('a',
             array('href' => 'invite.php', 'title' => _('Invite')), _('Invite'));
         $this->elementEnd('li');
 
         $this->elementStart('li',
             array('class' =>
-                ($selected == 'Settings') ? 'current' : 'facebook_settings'));
+                ($this->action == 'facebooksettings') ? 'current' : 'facebook_settings'));
         $this->element('a',
             array('href' => 'settings.php',
                 'title' => _('Settings')), _('Settings'));
@@ -108,16 +193,47 @@ class FacebookAction extends Action
 
         $this->elementEnd('ul');
 
-        $this->elementEnd('dd');
-        $this->elementEnd('dl');
+    }     
 
+    /**
+     * Show primary navigation.
+     *
+     * @return nothing
+     */
+    function showPrimaryNav()
+    {
+        // we don't want to show anything for this
     }
-
-    function showFooter()
+    
+    /**
+     * Show header of the page.
+     *
+     * Calls template methods
+     *
+     * @return nothing
+     */
+    function showHeader()
     {
+        $this->elementStart('div', array('id' => 'header'));
+        $this->showLogo();
+        $this->showNoticeForm();
+        $this->showPrimaryNav();
         $this->elementEnd('div');
-        $this->endXml();
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Show page, a template method.
+     *
+     * @return nothing
+     */
+    function showPage($error = null, $success = null)
+    {
+        $this->startHTML();
+        $this->showHead($error, $success);
+        $this->showBody();
+        $this->endHTML();
+    }
+    
 
     function showInstructions()
     {
@@ -141,36 +257,9 @@ class FacebookAction extends Action
         $this->elementEnd('dl');
     }
 
-    function showStylesheets()
-    {
-        global $xw;
-
-        $this->element('link', array('rel' => 'stylesheet',
-                                     'type' => 'text/css',
-                                     'href' => getFacebookBaseCSS()));
-
-        $this->element('link', array('rel' => 'stylesheet',
-                                     'type' => 'text/css',
-                                     'href' => getFacebookThemeCSS()));
-    }
-
-    function showScripts()
-    {
-        global $xw;
-
-        $this->element('script', array('type' => 'text/javascript',
-                                       'src' => getFacebookJS()));
-
-    }
 
     function showLoginForm($msg = null)
     {
-        startFBML();
-
-        $this->showStylesheets();
-        $this->showScripts();
-
-        $this->showLogo();
 
         $this->elementStart('div', array('class' => 'content'));
         $this->element('h1', null, _('Login'));
@@ -210,57 +299,251 @@ class FacebookAction extends Action
 
         $this->elementEnd('div');
 
-        $this->endXml();
+    }
+    
+    
+    function updateProfileBox($notice)
+    {
 
+        // Need to include inline CSS for styling the Profile box
+
+        $style = '<style>
+         #notices {
+             clear: both;
+             margin: 0 auto;
+             padding: 0;
+             list-style-type: none;
+             width: 600px;
+             border-top: 1px solid #dec5b5;
+         }
+         #notices a:hover {
+             text-decoration: underline;
+         }
+         .notice_single {
+             clear: both;
+             display: block;
+             margin: 0;
+             padding: 5px 5px 5px 0;
+             min-height: 48px;
+             font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+             font-size: 13px;
+             line-height: 16px;
+             border-bottom: 1px solid #dec5b5;
+             background-color:#FCFFF5;
+             opacity:1;
+         }
+         .notice_single:hover {
+             background-color: #f7ebcc;
+         }
+         .notice_single p {
+             display: inline;
+             margin: 0;
+             padding: 0;
+         }
+         </style>';        
+
+        $this->xw->openMemory();
+
+        $item = new FacebookNoticeListItem($notice, $this);
+        $item->show();
+
+        $fbml = "<fb:wide>$style " . $this->xw->outputMemory(false) . "</fb:wide>";
+        $fbml .= "<fb:narrow>$style " . $this->xw->outputMemory(false) . "</fb:narrow>";
+
+        $fbml_main = "<fb:narrow>$style " . $this->xw->outputMemory(false) . "</fb:narrow>";
+
+        $this->facebook->api_client->profile_setFBML(null, $this->fbuid, $fbml, null, null, $fbml_main);  
+
+        $this->xw->openURI('php://output');
     }
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Generate pagination links
+     *
+     * @param boolean $have_before is there something before?
+     * @param boolean $have_after  is there something after?
+     * @param integer $page        current page
+     * @param string  $action      current action
+     * @param array   $args        rest of query arguments
+     *
+     * @return nothing
+     */
+    function pagination($have_before, $have_after, $page, $action, $args=null)
+    {
+        // Does a little before-after block for next/prev page
+        if ($have_before || $have_after) {
+            $this->elementStart('div', array('class' => 'pagination'));
+            $this->elementStart('dl', null);
+            $this->element('dt', null, _('Pagination'));
+            $this->elementStart('dd', null);
+            $this->elementStart('ul', array('class' => 'nav'));
+        }
+        if ($have_before) {
+            $pargs   = array('page' => $page-1);
+            $newargs = $args ? array_merge($args, $pargs) : $pargs;
+            $this->elementStart('li', array('class' => 'nav_prev'));
+            $this->element('a', array('href' => "$this->app_uri/$action?page=$newargs[page]", 'rel' => 'prev'),
+                           _('After'));
+            $this->elementEnd('li');
+        }
+        if ($have_after) {
+            $pargs   = array('page' => $page+1);
+            $newargs = $args ? array_merge($args, $pargs) : $pargs;
+            $this->elementStart('li', array('class' => 'nav_next'));
+            $this->element('a', array('href' => "$this->app_uri/$action?page=$newargs[page]", 'rel' => 'next'),
+                           _('Before'));
+            $this->elementEnd('li');
+        }
+        if ($have_before || $have_after) {
+            $this->elementEnd('ul');
+            $this->elementEnd('dd');
+            $this->elementEnd('dl');
+            $this->elementEnd('div');
+        }
+    }
+    
 
-    function showNoticeForm($user)
+}
+
+class FacebookNoticeForm extends NoticeForm 
+{
+    
+    var $post_action = null;
+    
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     *
+     * @param HTMLOutputter $out     output channel
+     * @param string        $action  action to return to, if any
+     * @param string        $content content to pre-fill
+     */
+
+    function __construct($out=null, $action=null, $content=null, 
+        $post_action=null, $user=null)
     {
+        parent::__construct($out, $action, $content, $user);
+        $this->post_action = $post_action;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Action of the form
+     *
+     * @return string URL of the action
+     */
+
+    function action()
+    {
+        return $this->post_action;
+    }
 
-        global $xw;
+}
 
-        $this->elementStart('form', array('id' => 'form_notice',
-                                           'method' => 'post',
-                                           'action' => 'index.php'));
+class FacebookNoticeList extends NoticeList
+{
+    /**
+     * show the list of notices
+     *
+     * "Uses up" the stream by looping through it. So, probably can't
+     * be called twice on the same list.
+     *
+     * @return int count of notices listed.
+     */
+
+    function show()
+    {
+        $this->out->elementStart('div', array('id' =>'notices_primary'));
+        $this->out->element('h2', null, _('Notices'));
+        $this->out->elementStart('ul', array('class' => 'notices'));
 
-        $this->elementStart('fieldset');
-        $this->element('legend', null, 'Send a notice');
+        $cnt = 0;
 
-        $this->elementStart('ul', 'form_datas');
-        $this->elementStart('li', array('id' => 'noticcommon_elemente_text'));
-        $this->element('label', array('for' => 'notice_data-text'),
-                            sprintf(_('What\'s up, %s?'), $user->nickname));
+        while ($this->notice->fetch() && $cnt <= NOTICES_PER_PAGE) {
+            $cnt++;
 
-        $this->element('textarea', array('id' => 'notice_data-text',
-                                              'cols' => 35,
-                                              'rows' => 4,
-                                              'name' => 'status_textarea'));
-        $this->elementEnd('li');
-        $this->elementEnd('ul');
+            if ($cnt > NOTICES_PER_PAGE) {
+                break;
+            }
 
-        $this->elementStart('dl', 'form_note');
-        $this->element('dt', null, _('Available characters'));
-        $this->element('dd', array('id' => 'notice_text-count'),
-                            '140');
-        $this->elementEnd('dl');
+            $item = $this->newListItem($this->notice);
+            $item->show();
+        }
+
+        $this->out->elementEnd('ul');
+        $this->out->elementEnd('div');
+
+        return $cnt;
+    }
 
-        $this->elementStart('ul', array('class' => 'form_actions'));
+    /**
+     * returns a new list item for the current notice
+     *
+     * Overridden to return a Facebook specific list item.
+     *
+     * @param Notice $notice the current notice
+     *
+     * @return FacebookNoticeListItem a list item for displaying the notice
+     * formatted for display in the Facebook App.
+     */
+
+    function newListItem($notice)
+    {
+        return new FacebookNoticeListItem($notice, $this);
+    }
 
-        $this->elementStart('li', array('id' => 'notice_submit'));
+}
 
-        $this->submit('submit', _('Send'));
+class FacebookNoticeListItem extends NoticeListItem
+{    
+    /**
+     * recipe function for displaying a single notice in the Facebook App.
+     *
+     * Overridden to strip out some of the controls that we don't
+     * want to be available.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
+    function show()
+    {
+        $this->showStart();
 
-        /*
-        $this->element('input', array('id' => 'notice_action-submit',
-                                           'class' => 'submit',
-                                           'name' => 'status_submit',
-                                           'type' => 'submit',
-                                           'value' => _('Send')));
-        */
-        $this->elementEnd('li');
-        $this->elementEnd('ul');
-        $this->elementEnd('fieldset');
-        $this->elementEnd('form');
+        $this->out->elementStart('div', 'entry-title');
+        $this->showAuthor();
+        $this->showContent();
+        $this->out->elementEnd('div');
+
+        $this->out->elementStart('div', 'entry-content');
+        $this->showNoticeLink();
+        $this->showNoticeSource();
+        $this->showReplyTo();
+        $this->out->elementEnd('div');
+
+        $this->showEnd();
+    }
+
+    function showNoticeLink()
+    {
+        $noticeurl = common_local_url('shownotice',
+                                      array('notice' => $this->notice->id));
+        // XXX: we need to figure this out better. Is this right?
+        if (strcmp($this->notice->uri, $noticeurl) != 0 &&
+            preg_match('/^http/', $this->notice->uri)) {
+            $noticeurl = $this->notice->uri;
+        }
+
+        $this->out->elementStart('dl', 'timestamp');
+        $this->out->element('dt', null, _('Published'));
+        $this->out->elementStart('dd', null);
+        $this->out->elementStart('a', array('rel' => 'bookmark',
+                                        'href' => $noticeurl));
+        $dt = common_date_iso8601($this->notice->created);
+        $this->out->element('abbr', array('class' => 'published',
+                                     'title' => $dt),
+        common_date_string($this->notice->created));
+        $this->out->elementEnd('a');
+        $this->out->elementEnd('dd');
+        $this->out->elementEnd('dl');
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/facebookutil.php b/lib/facebookutil.php
index a133ce8ba..7b3fd7b49 100644
--- a/lib/facebookutil.php
+++ b/lib/facebookutil.php
@@ -52,61 +52,6 @@ function startFBML($indent = true)
     $xw->setIndent($indent);
 }
 
-function update_profile_box($facebook, $fbuid, $user, $notice)
-{
-
-    // Need to include inline CSS for styling the Profile box
-
-    $style = '<style>
-     #notices {
-         clear: both;
-         margin: 0 auto;
-         padding: 0;
-         list-style-type: none;
-         width: 600px;
-         border-top: 1px solid #dec5b5;
-     }
-     #notices a:hover {
-         text-decoration: underline;
-     }
-     .notice_single {
-         clear: both;
-         display: block;
-         margin: 0;
-         padding: 5px 5px 5px 0;
-         min-height: 48px;
-         font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
-         font-size: 13px;
-         line-height: 16px;
-         border-bottom: 1px solid #dec5b5;
-         background-color:#FCFFF5;
-         opacity:1;
-     }
-     .notice_single:hover {
-         background-color: #f7ebcc;
-     }
-     .notice_single p {
-         display: inline;
-         margin: 0;
-         padding: 0;
-     }
-     </style>';
-
-    global $xw;
-    $xw = new XMLWriter();
-    $xw->openMemory();
-
-    $item = new FacebookNoticeListItem($notice);
-    $item->show();
-
-    $fbml = "<fb:wide>$style " . $xw->outputMemory(false) . "</fb:wide>";
-    $fbml .= "<fb:narrow>$style " . $xw->outputMemory(false) . "</fb:narrow>";
-
-    $fbml_main = "<fb:narrow>$style " . $xw->outputMemory(false) . "</fb:narrow>";
-
-    $facebook->api_client->profile_setFBML(null, $fbuid, $fbml, null, null, $fbml_main);
-}
-
 function getFacebookBaseCSS()
 {
     # Add a timestamp to the CSS file so Facebook cache wont ignore our changes
@@ -131,157 +76,3 @@ function getFacebookJS() {
     return $jsurl;
 }
 
-
-// Does a little before-after block for next/prev page
-
-function facebookPagination($have_before, $have_after, $page, $action, $args=null)
-{
-
-    if ($have_before || $have_after) {
-        common_element_start('div', array('id' => 'pagination'));
-        common_element_start('ul', array('id' => 'nav_pagination'));
-    }
-
-    if ($have_before) {
-        $pargs = array('page' => $page-1);
-        $newargs = ($args) ? array_merge($args,$pargs) : $pargs;
-
-        common_element_start('li', 'before');
-        common_element('a', array('href' => "index.php?page=$newargs[page]", 'rel' => 'prev'),
-                       _('« After'));
-        common_element_end('li');
-    }
-
-    if ($have_after) {
-        $pargs = array('page' => $page+1);
-        $newargs = ($args) ? array_merge($args,$pargs) : $pargs;
-        common_element_start('li', 'after');
-        common_element('a', array('href' => "index.php?page=$newargs[page]", 'rel' => 'next'),
-                       _('Before »'));
-        common_element_end('li');
-    }
-
-    if ($have_before || $have_after) {
-        common_element_end('ul');
-        common_element_end('div');
-    }
-}
-
-
-class FacebookNoticeList extends NoticeList
-{
-    /**
-     * show the list of notices
-     *
-     * "Uses up" the stream by looping through it. So, probably can't
-     * be called twice on the same list.
-     *
-     * @return int count of notices listed.
-     */
-
-    function show()
-    {
-        common_element_start('div', array('id' =>'notices_primary'));
-        common_element('h2', null, _('Notices'));
-        common_element_start('ul', array('class' => 'notices'));
-
-        $cnt = 0;
-
-        while ($this->notice->fetch() && $cnt <= NOTICES_PER_PAGE) {
-            $cnt++;
-
-            if ($cnt > NOTICES_PER_PAGE) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            $item = $this->newListItem($this->notice);
-            $item->show();
-        }
-
-        common_element_end('ul');
-        common_element_end('div');
-
-        return $cnt;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * returns a new list item for the current notice
-     *
-     * Overridden to return a Facebook specific list item.
-     *
-     * @param Notice $notice the current notice
-     *
-     * @return FacebookNoticeListItem a list item for displaying the notice
-     * formatted for display in the Facebook App.
-     */
-
-    function newListItem($notice)
-    {
-        return new FacebookNoticeListItem($notice);
-    }
-
-}
-
-class FacebookNoticeListItem extends NoticeListItem
-{
-    /**
-     * recipe function for displaying a single notice in the Facebook App.
-     *
-     * Overridden to strip out some of the controls that we don't
-     * want to be available.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-
-    function show()
-    {
-        $this->showStart();
-
-        common_element_start('div', 'entry-title');
-        $this->showAuthor();
-        $this->showContent();
-        common_element_end('div');
-
-        common_element_start('div', 'entry-content');
-        $this->showNoticeLink();
-        $this->showNoticeSource();
-        $this->showReplyTo();
-        common_element_end('div');
-
-        $this->showEnd();
-    }
-
-    function showStart()
-    {
-        // XXX: RDFa
-        // TODO: add notice_type class e.g., notice_video, notice_image
-        common_element_start('li', array('class' => 'hentry notice',
-                                         'id' => 'notice-' . $this->notice->id));
-    }
-
-    function showNoticeLink()
-    {
-        $noticeurl = common_local_url('shownotice',
-                                      array('notice' => $this->notice->id));
-        // XXX: we need to figure this out better. Is this right?
-        if (strcmp($this->notice->uri, $noticeurl) != 0 &&
-            preg_match('/^http/', $this->notice->uri)) {
-            $noticeurl = $this->notice->uri;
-        }
-
-        common_element_start('dl', 'timestamp');
-        common_element('dt', null, _('Published'));
-        common_element_start('dd', null);
-        common_element_start('a', array('rel' => 'bookmark',
-                                        'href' => $noticeurl));
-        $dt = common_date_iso8601($this->notice->created);
-        common_element('abbr', array('class' => 'published',
-                                     'title' => $dt),
-        common_date_string($this->notice->created));
-        common_element_end('a');
-        common_element_end('dd');
-        common_element_end('dl');
-    }
-
-}
-
diff --git a/lib/noticeform.php b/lib/noticeform.php
index f0205f1c1..0c991c969 100644
--- a/lib/noticeform.php
+++ b/lib/noticeform.php
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ class NoticeForm extends Form
     var $content = null;
 
     /**
+     * The current user
+     */
+
+    var $user = null;
+
+    /**
      * Constructor
      *
      * @param HTMLOutputter $out     output channel
@@ -71,12 +77,19 @@ class NoticeForm extends Form
      * @param string        $content content to pre-fill
      */
 
-    function __construct($out=null, $action=null, $content=null)
+    function __construct($out=null, $action=null, $content=null, $user=null)
     {
         parent::__construct($out);
 
         $this->action  = $action;
         $this->content = $content;
+        
+        if ($user) {
+            $this->user = $user;
+        } else {
+            $this->user = common_current_user();
+        }
+        
     }
 
     /**
@@ -121,12 +134,11 @@ class NoticeForm extends Form
 
     function formData()
     {
-        $user = common_current_user();
 
         $this->out->elementStart('ul', 'form_data');
         $this->out->elementStart('li', array('id' => 'notice_text'));
         $this->out->element('label', array('for' => 'notice_data-text'),
-                            sprintf(_('What\'s up, %s?'), $user->nickname));
+                            sprintf(_('What\'s up, %s?'), $this->user->nickname));
         // XXX: vary by defined max size
         $this->out->element('textarea', array('id' => 'notice_data-text',
                                               'cols' => 35,