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

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>
+        );
+    }
+});