implemented front page content management, finally wired up the user locale

and timezone default mechanism, and did some other bugfixing and stuff

web/format/posts.jsp

@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@
          SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_nuke.gif") %>" ALT="Nuke" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
          BORDER=0></A><P>
       <% } // end if (can nuke) %> 
+      <% if (msg.canPublish()) { %>
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("postops?" + po_loc + "&cmd=PU") %>"><IMG
+         SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_publish.gif") %>" ALT="Publish" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
+         BORDER=0></A><P>
+      <% } // end if (can publish) %>
     </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
   <% } // end if (showing advanced controls) %>
   <% can_line = true; %>

web/format/top_content.jsp

@@ -26,5 +26,29 @@
   RenderData rdat = RenderConfig.createRenderData(application,request,response);
 %>
 <% if (rdat.useHTMLComments()) { %><!-- Top content panel --><% } %>
-<% rdat.writeContentHeader(out,"Venice Currents",null); %>
-TODO: Something profound goes here. :-)
+<% if (data.displayWelcome()) { %>
+  <% rdat.writeContentHeader(out,rdat.getStockMessage("welcome-top"),null); %>
+  <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,1) %><% rdat.writeStockMessage(out,"welcome"); %></FONT><P>
+<% } // end if %>
+<% rdat.writeContentHeader(out,rdat.getStockMessage("currents-top"),null); %>
+<% int ntp = data.getNumTopPosts(); %>
+<% if (ntp>0) { %>
+  <% for (int i=0; i<ntp; i++) { %>
+    <% if (i>0) { %><HR WIDTH="70%"><% } %>
+    <%
+      TopicMessageContext msg = data.getTopPost(i);
+      String poster = data.getPosterName(msg);
+    %>
+    <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,1) %>
+      <B><%= msg.getPseud() %></B>
+      (<EM>
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("user/" + poster) %>" TARGET="_blank"><%= poster %></A>,
+        <%= rdat.formatDateForDisplay(msg.getPostDate()) %>
+      </EM>)
+      <P>
+      <PRE><%= rdat.rewritePostData(data.getMessageBodyText(msg)) %></PRE>
+    </FONT>
+  <% } // end for %>
+<% } else { %>
+  <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,1) %><EM>No front page postings found.</EM></FONT>
+<% } // end if %>