Switched to mako templates

recommender/recommender.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class RecommenderXBlock(XBlock):
     This XBlock will show a set of recommended resources
     """
     # Scope-wide. List of JSON objects corresponding to recommendations combine XML and user. 
-    recommendations = List(help="List of help resources", default=0, scope=Scope.content)
+    default_recommendations = List(help="List of help resources", default=0, scope=Scope.content)
     # Scope-wide. List of JSON objects corresponding to recommendations as defined in XML. 
     recommendations = List(help="List of help resources", default=0, scope=Scope.content)
     # Upvotes for this particular user
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class RecommenderXBlock(XBlock):
             self.template_lookup.put_string("recommender.html", self.resource_string("static/html/recommender.html"))
             self.template_lookup.put_string("resourcebox.html", self.resource_string("static/html/resourcebox.html"))
 
-        frag = Fragment(self.template_lookup.get_template("recommender.html").render())
+        frag = Fragment(self.template_lookup.get_template("recommender.html").render(resources = self.recommendations))
         frag.add_css_url("//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css")
         frag.add_javascript_url("//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js")
         frag.add_css(self.resource_string("static/css/recommender.css"))

recommender/static/html/recommender.html

@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@
 	Textbook Page 505
       </div>
     </div>
+    <div class="recommender_row">
+      % for elem in resources:
+        <li> ${elem} </li>
+        <%include file="resourcebox.html" args="title=elem['title']" />
+      % endfor
+    </div>
   </div>
   <div class="recommender_description">
   </div>

recommender/static/html/resourcebox.html

+<%page args="title"/> 
       <div class="recommender_resource">
 	<div class="recommender_vote_box">
 	  <div class="recommender_vote_arrow_up" role="button" aria-label="upvote" tabindex="0"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-n"></span></div>
@@ -6,6 +7,6 @@
 	  <!--div class="recommender_vote_score_likes">2927</div-->
 	  <div class="recommender_vote_arrow_down" role="button" aria-label="downvote" tabindex="0"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-s"></span></div>
 	</div>
-	<div class="recommender_blurb">Textbook Page 501</div>
+	<div class="recommender_blurb">${title}</div>
 	<div class="recommender_edit"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-pencil"></span></div>
       </div>