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app/models.py

@@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ class Author(db.Model):
     def __init__(self, author_name):
         self.author_name = author_name
 
+
+class UserIns(db.Model):
+    __tablename__ = 'userins'
+
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer(), primary_key=True)
+    title = db.Column(db.String(500))
+    info = db.Column(db.String(500))
+
+    def __init__(self, title, info):
+        self.title = title
+        self.info = info
+
+
 class Stack(db.Model):
     __tablename__ = 'stacks'
     id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key = True)

app/static/js/app.js

@@ -68,18 +68,6 @@ $( "#tabs li" ).removeClass( "ui-corner-top" ).addClass( "ui-corner-left" );
 });
 
 
-var marquee = $('div.marquee');
-marquee.each(function() {
-    var mar = $(this),indent = mar.width();
-    mar.marquee = function() {
-        indent--;
-        mar.css('text-indent',indent);
-        if (indent < -1 * mar.children('div.marquee-text').width()) {
-            indent = mar.width();
-        }
-    };
-    mar.data('interval',setInterval(mar.marquee,1000/60));
-});
 
 
 $(".no_cover").each(function() {
@@ -90,8 +78,7 @@ $( ".no_cover" ).each(function() {
     'background-color': randomColor,
   });
 
-}
-)
+})
 
 function colorHash(inputString) {
   var sum = 0;
@@ -113,10 +100,27 @@ hex += ("00" + g.toString(18)).substr(-2,2).toUpperCase();
   hex += ("00" + b.toString(20)).substr(-2, 2).toUpperCase();
 
   return {
- r: r
-,g: g
-,b: b
-,rgb: rgb
-,hex: hex
+    r: r,
+    g: g,
+    b: b,
+    rgb: rgb,
+    hex: hex
   };
 }
+
+
+
+//newsticker
+var marquee = $('div.marquee');
+marquee.each(function() {
+  var mar = $(this),
+    indent = mar.width();
+  mar.marquee = function() {
+    indent--;
+    mar.css('text-indent', indent);
+    if (indent < -1 * mar.children('div.marquee-text').width()) {
+      indent = mar.width();
+    }
+  };
+  mar.data('interval', setInterval(mar.marquee, 10));
+});

app/templates/base.html

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <div id="newstext">
     <div class='marquee'>
         <div class='marquee-text'>
-            Testing this marquee function
+            This is the XPPL ~ Library XPUB ~ Updates
         </div>
     </div>
     </div>
@@ -47,6 +47,36 @@
     <script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
     <script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
     <script src="{{ url_for("static", filename="js/app.js") }}"></script>
+    <script>
+
+
+
+  $( document ).ready(function() {
+    update();
+      function update() {
+        $.ajax({
+                 url: "{{ url_for('get_updates') }}",
+                 type: 'GET',
+                 async: false,
+                 success : function(text)
+                  {
+               response = text;
+               $('.marquee-text').text(response)
+               console.log(response)
+                },
+                 cache: false,
+                 contentType: false,
+                 processData: false
+                 });
+      }
+
+    });
+
+
+
+
+
+    </script>
 
 
 </script>

app/templates/home.html

@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 <h1 class="header" id="title">XPPL</h1>
 <p class="lead">This is the awesome library of Experimental Publishing. <br>
 This might only be one interface to this library:
-…
 </p>
 
+<a href="{{url_for('scape')}}">Scape</a>
+<a href="{{url_for('show_books_grid')}}">Grid</a>
+<a href="{{url_for('show_books')}}">List</a>
+
 
 
 {% endblock %}

app/views.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect, url_for, flash, sen
 import json
 from  sqlalchemy.sql.expression import func, select
 from app.forms import UploadForm, EditForm, SearchForm
-from app.models import Book, BookSchema, Author, AuthorSchema, Stack, StackSchema
+from app.models import Book, BookSchema, Author, AuthorSchema, Stack, StackSchema, UserIns
 from app.cover import get_cover
 
 import os
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ def show_books():
 
     return render_template('show_books.html', books=books, form=search)
 
+@app.route('/updates', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
+def get_updates():
+    userin = UserIns.query.filter_by(title="lastViewed").first()
+    return "XPPL /////// Last viewed: " + userin.info + " /////// "
+
 @app.route('/scape', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
 def scape():
     if request.method == 'POST':
@@ -82,7 +87,6 @@ def scape():
     return render_template('scape.html', books=books)
 
 
-
 @app.route('/books_grid')
 def show_books_grid():
     books = db.session.query(Book).all() # or you could have used User.query.all()
@@ -91,6 +95,14 @@ def show_books_grid():
 @app.route('/books/<int:id>')
 def show_book_by_id(id):
     book = Book.query.get(id)
+    userin = UserIns.query.filter_by(title="lastViewed").first()
+    if userin != None:
+        userin.info = book.title
+        db.session.commit()
+    else:
+        user_info = UserIns("lastViewed", book.title)
+        db.session.add(user_info)
+        db.session.commit()
     if not book:
         return render_template('red_link.html', id=id)
     else: