closes #1428

public/src/ajaxify.js

@@ -93,25 +93,25 @@ var ajaxify = ajaxify || {};
 				templates.parse(tpl_url, data, function(template) {
 					translator.translate(template, function(translatedTemplate) {
 						$('#content').html(translatedTemplate);
-						ajaxify.widgets.render(tpl_url);
+						ajaxify.widgets.render(tpl_url, function() {
+							if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+								callback();
+							}
 
-						ajaxify.variables.parse();
-
-						$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.contentLoaded', {url: url});
+							app.processPage();
 
-						ajaxify.loadScript(tpl_url);
+							$('#content, #footer').stop(true, true).removeClass('ajaxifying');
+							ajaxify.initialLoad = false;
 
-						if (typeof callback === 'function') {
-							callback();
-						}
+							app.refreshTitle(url);
+							$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.end', {url: url});
+						});
 
-						app.processPage();
+						ajaxify.variables.parse();
 
-						$('#content, #footer').stop(true, true).removeClass('ajaxifying');
-						ajaxify.initialLoad = false;
+						$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.contentLoaded', {url: url});
 
-						app.refreshTitle(url);
-						$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.end', {url: url});
+						ajaxify.loadScript(tpl_url);
 					});
 				});
 			});

public/src/widgets.js

@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@
 		function renderWidgets(location) {
 			var area = $('#content [widget-area="' + location + '"]');
 
-			socket.emit('widgets.render', {template: tpl_url + '.tpl', location: location}, function(err, renderedWidgets) {
-				if (err) {
-					return;
-				}
+			$.get(RELATIVE_PATH + '/api/widgets/render/' + tpl_url + '/' + location, function(renderedWidgets) {
 				var html = '';
 
 				for (var i=0; i<renderedWidgets.length; ++i) {

src/controllers/api.js

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 var pkg = require('./../../package.json'),
 	meta = require('./../meta'),
 	user = require('./../user'),
-	plugins = require('./../plugins');
+	plugins = require('./../plugins'),
+	widgets = require('../widgets');
 
 var apiController = {};
 
@@ -77,4 +78,16 @@ apiController.getConfig = function(req, res, next) {
 };
 
 
+apiController.renderWidgets = function(req, res, next) {
+	var uid = req.user ? req.user.uid : 0,
+		area = {
+			template: req.params.template + '.tpl',
+			location: req.params.location
+		};
+
+	widgets.render(uid, area, function(err, data) {
+		res.json(200, data);
+	});
+};
+
 module.exports = apiController;

src/routes/api.js

@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ module.exports =  function(app, middleware, controllers) {
 	app.use('/api', router);
 
 	router.get('/config', controllers.api.getConfig);
+	router.get('/widgets/render/:template/:location', controllers.api.renderWidgets);
 
 	router.get('/user/uid/:uid', middleware.checkGlobalPrivacySettings, controllers.accounts.getUserByUID);
 	router.get('/get_templates_listing', getTemplatesListing);

src/widgets.js

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 
 (function(Widgets) {
-
 	Widgets.render = function(uid, area, callback) {
 		if (!area.location || !area.template) {
 			callback({
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 		var rendered = [];
 
+
 		async.parallel({
 			global: function(next) {
 				Widgets.getArea('global', area.location, next);