code clean

recommender/static/js/src/recommender.js

@@ -1133,8 +1133,9 @@ function RecommenderXBlock(runtime, element, init_data) {
     function initializeRecommender() {
         /* Set configuration variables */
         FLAGGED_RESOURCE_REASONS = {};
+        /* the default page of resources showed to students. Should always be 1 */
+        CURRENT_PAGE = 1;
         DISABLE_DEV_UX = init_data['DISABLE_DEV_UX'];
-        CURRENT_PAGE = init_data['CURRENT_PAGE'];
         ENTRIES_PER_PAGE = init_data['ENTRIES_PER_PAGE'];
         PAGE_SPAN = init_data['PAGE_SPAN'];
         IS_USER_STAFF = init_data['IS_USER_STAFF'];

recommender/static/js/src/recommenderstudio.js

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ function RecommenderXBlock(runtime, element) {
     function bindConfigSettingEvent() {
         $('.configSubmit').click(function() {
             var data = {};
-            data['DISABLE_DEV_UX'] = $('.developedUXDisable').val();
-            data['ENTRIES_PER_PAGE'] = $('.entriesPerPage').val();
-            data['PAGE_SPAN'] = $('.pageSpan').val();
-            data['INTRO'] = $('.introEnable').val();
+            data['DISABLE_DEV_UX'] = $('.developedUXDisable').val() == 'true';
+            data['ENTRIES_PER_PAGE'] = parseInt($('.entriesPerPage').val());
+            data['PAGE_SPAN'] = parseInt($('.pageSpan').val());
+            data['INTRO_ENABLE'] = $('.introEnable').val() == 'true';
 
             $.ajax({
                 type: "POST",