move featured users to the other side and make a little sidebar widget for it

app/helpers/stream_helper.rb

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ module StreamHelper
     else
       stream.posts.last.send(stream.order.to_sym).to_i
     end
-
   end
 
   def time_for_sort post

app/views/aspects/index.html.haml

@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
       .li
         %b= link_to t('.mentions'), mentions_path, :class => 'home_selector'
 
-  .section
-    %ul.left_nav
-      .li
-        %b= link_to t('.featured_users'), featured_path, :class => 'home_selector'
-
   .section#followed_tags_listing
     = render 'tags/followed_tags_listings'
 

app/views/contacts/featured.haml

@@ -22,16 +22,4 @@
   #featured_users
     - unless @people.blank?
       - @people.each do |person|
-        .user_card
+        = render 'featured_users/user', :person => person
-          = person_image_link(person, :size => :thumb_large)
-          %h4
-            = person.name
-
-          .tags
-            - person.profile.tags.each do |tg|
-              = "##{tg}"
-
-          .add_user_to_aspect
-            = render :partial => 'people/relationship_action',
-                     :locals => { :person => person, :contact => current_user.contact_for(person),
-                                  :current_user => current_user }

app/views/featured_users/_user.html.haml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.user_card
+  = person_image_link(person, :size => :thumb_large)
+  %h4
+    = person.name
+
+  .tags
+    - person.profile.tags.each do |tg|
+      = "##{tg}"
+
+  .add_user_to_aspect
+    = render :partial => 'people/relationship_action',
+             :locals => { :person => person, :contact => current_user.contact_for(person),
+                          :current_user => current_user }

app/views/shared/_right_sections.html.haml

@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
       = t('aspects.index.cubbies.explanation')
       = link_to t('aspects.index.cubbies.learn_more'), token_path
 
+- if @stream.has_featured_users?
+  .section
+    .title.no_icon
+      %h5
+        =t('aspects.index.community_members')
+    .content#featured_users
+      = render 'featured_users/user', :person => @stream.random_featured_user
+      = link_to t('aspects.index.see_more_from_us'), featured_path, :id => 'view_all_contacts_link'
+
 .section
   .title
     = image_tag('/images/icons/question.png')

config/locales/diaspora/en.yml

@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ en:
     index: 
       mentions: "Mentions"
       featured_users: "Featured Users"
+      community_members: "Cool Diaspora* members"
+      see_more_from_us: "See more of the D* community."
       donate: "Donate"
       keep_us_running: "Keep %{pod} running fast and buy servers their coffee fix with a monthly donation!"
       your_aspects: "Your Aspects"

lib/base_stream.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ class BaseStream
   end
 
 
+  def random_featured_user
+    Person.find_by_diaspora_handle(featured_diaspora_id)
+  end
+
+  def has_featured_users?
+    featured_diaspora_id.present?
+  end
   
   #requied to implement said stream
   def link(opts={})
@@ -75,4 +82,9 @@ class BaseStream
     @order = order_string
     @order ||= 'created_at'
   end
+
+  private
+  def featured_diaspora_id
+    @featured_diaspora_id ||= AppConfig[:featured_users].sample(1)
+  end
 end

public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass

@@ -2963,6 +2963,8 @@ ul.left_nav
         .unfollow_icon
           :display inline-block
 
+  .user_card
+    :margin-left 8px
 .stream_container
   :min-height 500px