closes #228

public/src/forum/admin/categories.js

@@ -50,6 +50,33 @@ jQuery('.blockclass').each(function() {
 
 //DRY Failure. this needs to go into an ajaxify onready style fn. Currently is copy pasted into every single function so after ACP is off the ground fix asap
 (function() {
+	function showCreateCategoryModal() {
+		$('#new-category-modal').modal();
+	}
+
+	function createNewCategory() {
+		var category = {
+			name:$('#inputName').val(),
+			description:$('#inputDescription').val(),
+			icon:$('#new-category-modal i').val(),
+			blockclass:$('#inputBlockclass').val()
+		};
+
+		socket.emit('api:admin.categories.create', category, function(err, data) {
+			if(!err) {
+				app.alert({
+					alert_id: 'category_created',
+					title: 'Created',
+					message: 'Category successfully created!',
+					type: 'success',
+					timeout: 2000
+				});
+
+				$('#new-category-modal').modal('hide');
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
 	jQuery('document').ready(function() {
 		var url = window.location.href,
 			parts = url.split('/'),
@@ -64,6 +91,8 @@ jQuery('.blockclass').each(function() {
 		});
 
 		jQuery('#save').on('click', save);
+		jQuery('#addNew').on('click', showCreateCategoryModal);
+		jQuery('#create-category-btn').on('click', createNewCategory);
 
 		jQuery('.icon').on('click', function(ev) {
 			select_icon(ev.target);

src/admin/categories.js

@@ -5,27 +5,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./../redis.js'),
 (function(CategoriesAdmin) {
 
 	CategoriesAdmin.create = function(data, callback) {
-		RDB.incr('global:next_category_id', function(err, cid) {
-			RDB.handle(err);
-
-			var slug = cid + '/' + utils.slugify(data.name);
-			RDB.rpush('categories:cid', cid);
-
-			RDB.hmset('category:' + cid, {
-				cid: cid,
-				name: data.name,
-				description: data.description,
-				icon: data.icon,
-				blockclass: data.blockclass,
-				slug: slug,
-				topic_count: 0,
-				disabled: 0
-			});
-
-			RDB.set('categoryslug:' + slug + ':cid', cid);
-
-			if (callback) callback(null);
-		});
+		categories.create(data, callback);
 	};
 
 	CategoriesAdmin.update = function(modified, socket) {
@@ -33,7 +13,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./../redis.js'),
 
 		for (var cid in modified) {
 			var category = modified[cid];
-			
+
 			for (var key in category) {
 				RDB.hset('category:' + cid, key, category[key]);
 

src/categories.js

@@ -8,6 +8,32 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 
 (function(Categories) {
 
+	Categories.create = function(data, callback) {
+		RDB.incr('global:next_category_id', function(err, cid) {
+			if(err)
+				return callback(err, null);
+
+			var slug = cid + '/' + utils.slugify(data.name);
+			RDB.rpush('categories:cid', cid);
+
+			var category = {
+				cid: cid,
+				name: data.name,
+				description: data.description,
+				icon: data.icon,
+				blockclass: data.blockclass,
+				slug: slug,
+				topic_count: 0,
+				disabled: 0
+			};
+			RDB.hmset('category:' + cid, category);
+
+			RDB.set('categoryslug:' + slug + ':cid', cid);
+
+			callback(null, category);
+		});
+	}
+
 	Categories.getCategoryById = function(category_id, current_user, callback) {
 
 		Categories.getCategoryData(category_id, function(err, categoryData) {

src/websockets.js

@@ -742,6 +742,12 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server, {
 			});
 		});
 
+		socket.on('api:admin.categories.create', function(data, callback) {
+			admin.categories.create(data, function(err, data) {
+				callback(err, data);
+			});
+		});
+
 		socket.on('api:admin.categories.update', function(data) {
 			admin.categories.update(data, socket);
 		});