Add Patreon link and latest Cachet blog posts to dashboard

app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/DashboardController.php

@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ class DashboardController extends Controller
         $subscribers = $this->getSubscribers();
         $feed = $this->feed->entries();
 
-        dd($feed);
+        $entries = array_slice($feed->channel->item, 0, 5);
 
         return View::make('dashboard.index')
             ->withPageTitle(trans('dashboard.dashboard'))
             ->withComponents($components)
             ->withIncidents($incidents)
             ->withSubscribers($subscribers)
-            ->withFeed($feed);
+            ->withEntries($entries);
     }
 
     /**

app/Integrations/Feed.php

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository;
 use SimpleXmlElement;
 
+/**
+ * This is the feed class.
+ *
+ * @author James Brooks <james@alt-three.com>
+ */
 class Feed
 {
     /**
@@ -60,9 +65,11 @@ class Feed
     public function entries()
     {
         return $this->cache->remember('feeds', 2880, function () {
-            return new SimpleXmlElement((new Client())->get($this->url, [
+            $xml = simplexml_load_string((new Client())->get($this->url, [
                 'headers' => ['Accept' => 'application/rss+xml', 'User-Agent' => defined('CACHET_VERSION') ? 'cachet/'.constant('CACHET_VERSION') : 'cachet'],
-            ])->getBody()->getContents());
+            ])->getBody()->getContents(), null, LIBXML_NOCDATA);
+
+            return json_decode(json_encode($xml));
         });
     }
 }

resources/assets/sass/modules/_stats.scss

@@ -40,6 +40,28 @@
         padding-top: 10px;
     }
 
+    .stats-body {
+        margin-top: -20px;
+        padding-top: 10px;
+
+        .list-group {
+            border: none;
+            padding-bottom: 0;
+            margin-bottom: 0;
+
+            .list-group-item {
+                border-right: none;
+                border-left: none;
+
+                border-color: #eee;
+
+                &:last-child {
+                    border-bottom: none;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     .stats-bottom {
         border-top: #eee 1px solid;
         color: #777;

resources/lang/en/dashboard.php

@@ -249,6 +249,14 @@ return [
         'whoops'        => 'Whoops.',
     ],
 
+    // Widgets
+    'widgets' => [
+        'support'          => 'Support Cachet',
+        'support_subtitle' => 'Check out our <strong><a href="https://patreon.com/jbrooksuk" target="_blank">Patreon</a></strong> page!',
+        'news'             => 'Latest News',
+        'news_subtitle'    => 'Get the latest updates',
+    ],
+
     // Welcome modal
     'welcome' => [
         'welcome' => 'Welcome to your new status page!',

resources/views/dashboard/index.blade.php

@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
         <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-6">
             <div class="stats-widget">
                 <div class='stats-top'>
-                    <span class='stats-value'>Support Cachet</span>
-                    <span class='stats-label'>Check out our <a href="https://patreon.com/jbrooksuk" target="_blank">Patreon</a> page!</span>
+                    <span class='stats-value'>{{ trans('dashboard.widgets.support') }}</span>
+                    <span class='stats-label'>{!! trans('dashboard.widgets.support_subtitle') !!}</span>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
@@ -88,15 +88,15 @@
         <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-6">
             <div class="stats-widget">
                 <div class='stats-top'>
-                    <span class='stats-value'>Support Cachet</span>
-                    <span class='stats-label'>Check out our <a href="https://patreon.com/jbrooksuk" target="_blank">Patreon</a> page!</span>
+                    <span class='stats-value'>{{ trans('dashboard.widgets.news') }}</span>
+                    <span class='stats-label'>{{ trans('dashboard.widgets.news_subtitle') }}</span>
                 </div>
-                <div class='stats-chart'>
-                    <ul class="list-group">
-                        @foreach($feed->entries()['channel']['item'] as $item)
-                        <a class="list-group-item" href="{{ $item['link'] }}" target="_blank"></a>
+                <div class='stats-body'>
+                    <div class="list-group">
+                        @foreach($entries as $entry)
+                        <a class="list-group-item" href="{{ $entry->link }}" target="_blank">{{ $entry->title }}, <small>{{ $entry->pubDate }}</small></a>
                         @endforeach
-                    </ul>
+                    </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>