quick and dirty support for custom welcome pages, with an example for geektime techfest

home-geektime.html

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<div style="text-align: center; margin: 40px;">
+    <a href="http://techfest.geektime.co.il/">
+        <img src="/img/geektime/geektime.png" width="600" height="215" alt="GeekTime Techfest!"/>
+    </a>
+</div>
+
+<h1>
+Welcome to the GeekTime Techfest Riot!
+</h1>
+
+<p>
+To get started, please join some chat rooms!
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+    <li><a href="#/room/#geektime:matrix.org">Geektime Coordination Room</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+To explore other rooms available on Matrix, click here: <a href="#/directory"><img style="vertical-align: middle" src="/img/icons-directory.svg" width="25" height="25" alt="Room Directory"/></a>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+To learn more about Matrix, head over to <a href="https://matrix.org">Matrix.org</a> - and to better understand Riot, check out the official <a href="https://riot.im">Riot Website</a>.
+</p>

src/component-index.js

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import structures$LeftPanel from './components/structures/LeftPanel';
 module.exports.components['structures.LeftPanel'] = structures$LeftPanel;
 import structures$RightPanel from './components/structures/RightPanel';
 module.exports.components['structures.RightPanel'] = structures$RightPanel;
+import structures$HomePage from './components/structures/HomePage';
+module.exports.components['structures.HomePage'] = structures$HomePage;
 import structures$RoomDirectory from './components/structures/RoomDirectory';
 module.exports.components['structures.RoomDirectory'] = structures$RoomDirectory;
 import structures$RoomSubList from './components/structures/RoomSubList';

src/components/structures/BottomLeftMenu.js

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var React = require('react');
 var ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
 var sdk = require('matrix-react-sdk')
 var dis = require('matrix-react-sdk/lib/dispatcher');
+var SdkConfig = require('matrix-react-sdk/lib/SdkConfig');
 
 module.exports = React.createClass({
     displayName: 'BottomLeftMenu',
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         return({
             directoryHover : false,
             roomsHover : false,
+            homeHover: false,
             peopleHover : false,
             settingsHover : false,
         });
@@ -62,6 +64,19 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         this.setState({ roomsHover: false });
     },
 
+    // Home button events
+    onHomeClick: function() {
+        dis.dispatch({ action: 'view_home_page' });
+    },
+
+    onHomeMouseEnter: function() {
+        this.setState({ homeHover: true });
+    },
+
+    onHomeMouseLeave: function() {
+        this.setState({ homeHover: false });
+    },
+
     // People events
     onPeopleClick: function() {
         dis.dispatch({ action: 'view_create_chat' });
@@ -98,9 +113,21 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
     render: function() {
         var TintableSvg = sdk.getComponent('elements.TintableSvg');
+
+        var homeButton;
+        if (SdkConfig.get().home_page) {
+            homeButton = (
+                <div className="mx_BottomLeftMenu_homePage" onClick={ this.onHomeClick } onMouseEnter={ this.onHomeMouseEnter } onMouseLeave={ this.onHomeMouseLeave } >
+                    <TintableSvg src="img/icons-home.svg" width="25" height="25" />
+                    { this.getLabel("Welcome page", this.state.homeHover) }
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+
         return (
             <div className="mx_BottomLeftMenu">
                 <div className="mx_BottomLeftMenu_options">
+                    { homeButton }
                     <div className="mx_BottomLeftMenu_people" onClick={ this.onPeopleClick } onMouseEnter={ this.onPeopleMouseEnter } onMouseLeave={ this.onPeopleMouseLeave } >
                         <TintableSvg src="img/icons-people.svg" width="25" height="25" />
                         { this.getLabel("Start chat", this.state.peopleHover) }

src/components/structures/HomePage.js

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+import 'isomorphic-fetch';
+
+var React = require("react");
+var MatrixClientPeg = require('matrix-react-sdk/lib/MatrixClientPeg');
+var sdk = require('matrix-react-sdk');
+
+module.exports = React.createClass({
+    displayName: 'HomePage',
+
+    propTypes: {
+        config: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+        collapsedRhs: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    },
+
+    getInitialState: function() {
+        return {
+            page: ""
+        };
+    },
+
+    componentWillMount: function() {
+        fetch(this.props.config.home_page).then(
+            (response)=>{
+                return response.text();
+            },
+            (error)=>{
+                console.log(error);
+                this.setState({ page: "Couldn't load home page" });
+            }
+        ).then(
+            (body)=>{
+                this.setState({ page: body });
+            }
+        );
+    },
+
+    render: function() {
+        // const SimpleRoomHeader = sdk.getComponent('rooms.SimpleRoomHeader');
+        // <SimpleRoomHeader title="Welcome to Riot" collapsedRhs={ this.props.collapsedRhs }/>
+
+        return (
+        <div className="mx_HomePage">
+            <div className="mx_HomePage_body" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: this.state.page }}>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        );
+    }
+});

src/skins/vector/css/vector-web/structures/HomePage.css

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+.mx_HomePage {
+    max-width: 960px;
+    width: 100%;
+    margin-left: auto;
+    margin-right: auto;
+}
+
+.mx_HomePage_body {
+    margin-left: 63px;
+}

src/skins/vector/css/vector-web/structures/LeftPanel.css

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     pointer-events: none;
 }
 
+.mx_LeftPanel .mx_BottomLeftMenu_homePage,
 .mx_LeftPanel .mx_BottomLeftMenu_directory,
 .mx_LeftPanel .mx_BottomLeftMenu_createRoom,
 .mx_LeftPanel .mx_BottomLeftMenu_people,
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+.collapsed .mx_BottomLeftMenu_homePage,
 .collapsed .mx_BottomLeftMenu_directory,
 .collapsed .mx_BottomLeftMenu_createRoom,
 .collapsed .mx_BottomLeftMenu_people,
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     padding-bottom: 3px ! important;
 }
 
+.mx_LeftPanel .mx_BottomLeftMenu_homePage,
 .mx_LeftPanel .mx_BottomLeftMenu_directory,
 .mx_LeftPanel .mx_BottomLeftMenu_createRoom,
 .mx_LeftPanel .mx_BottomLeftMenu_people {

src/skins/vector/img/icons-home.svg

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 21.0.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
+<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
+	 viewBox="0 0 25 25" style="enable-background:new 0 0 25 25;" xml:space="preserve">
+<style type="text/css">
+	.st0{fill:#76CFA6;}
+	.st1{fill:none;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;}
+</style>
+<g id="Layer_1">
+	<title>81230A28-D944-4572-B5DB-C03CAA2B1FCA</title>
+	<desc>Created with sketchtool.</desc>
+	<g id="Symbols">
+		<g id="Left-nav-default" transform="translate(-50.000000, -725.000000)">
+			<g id="Left-panel">
+				<g>
+					<g id="icons_people" transform="translate(50.000000, 725.000000)">
+						<path id="Oval-1-Copy-7" class="st0" d="M12.5,25C19.4,25,25,19.4,25,12.5S19.4,0,12.5,0S0,5.6,0,12.5S5.6,25,12.5,25z"/>
+					</g>
+				</g>
+			</g>
+		</g>
+	</g>
+</g>
+<g id="Layer_2">
+	<rect x="7.8" y="10.7" class="st1" width="9.4" height="7.4"/>
+	<polygon class="st1" points="12.5,6 6.2,10.7 18.8,10.7 	"/>
+</g>
+</svg>