Move some DB logic from helper to controller

app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 class NotificationsController < VannaController
   include NotificationsHelper
 
-
   def update(opts=params)
     note = Notification.where(:recipient_id => current_user.id, :id => opts[:id]).first
     if note
@@ -31,8 +30,16 @@ class NotificationsController < VannaController
 
       pager.replace(result)
     end
-
+    notifications.each do |n|
-    notifications.each{|n| n[:actors] = n.actors}
+      n[:actors] = n.actors
+      n[:translation_key] = n.popup_translation_key
+      if n.translation_key == "notifications.mentioned"
+        n[:post] = Mention.find(n.target_id).post
+      else
+        n[:post] = Post.find(n.target_id)
+      end
+      # Go find out if the post exists, and set the target_id to nil if it doesn't
+    end
     group_days = notifications.group_by{|note| I18n.l(note.created_at, :format => I18n.t('date.formats.fullmonth_day')) }
     {:group_days => group_days, :notifications => notifications}
   end

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     object = object.model if object.instance_of? PostsFake::Fake
     if object.respond_to?(:activity_streams?) && object.activity_streams?
       class_name = object.class.name.underscore.split('/')
-      eval("#{class_name.first}_#{class_name.last}_path(object, opts)")
+      method_sym = "#{class_name.first}_#{class_name.last}_path".to_sym
     else
-      eval("#{object.class.name.underscore}_path(object, opts)")
+      method_sym = "#{object.class.name.underscore}_path".to_sym
     end
+    self.send(method_sym, object, opts)
   end
 
   def object_fields(object)

app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb

@@ -1,30 +1,25 @@
+
 module NotificationsHelper
-  def object_link(note, actors)
+  def object_link(translation_key, post)
-    target_type = note.popup_translation_key
+    if translation_key == "notifications.mentioned"
-    actors_count = note.actors.count
-    if note.instance_of?(Notifications::Mentioned)
-      post = Mention.find(note.target_id).post
       if post
-        translation(target_type, :actors => actors, :count => actors_count, :post_link => link_to(t('notifications.post'), object_path(post)).html_safe)
+        "#{translation(translation_key)} #{link_to t('notifications.post'), object_path(post)}".html_safe
       else
-        t('notifications.mentioned_deleted', :actors => actors, :count => actors_count).html_safe
+        "#{translation(translation_key)} #{t('notifications.deleted')} #{t('notifications.post')}"
       end
-    elsif note.instance_of?(Notifications::CommentOnPost)
+    elsif translation_key == "notifications.comment_on_post"
-      post = Post.where(:id => note.target_id).first
       if post
-        translation(target_type, :actors => actors, :count => actors_count, :post_link => link_to(t('notifications.post'), object_path(post), 'data-ref' => post.id, :class => 'hard_object_link').html_safe)
+        "#{translation(translation_key)} #{link_to t('notifications.post'), object_path(post), 'data-ref' => post.id, :class => 'hard_object_link'}".html_safe
+      else
+        "#{translation(translation_key)} #{t('notifications.deleted')} #{t('notifications.post')}"
+      end
+    elsif translation_key == "notifications.also_commented"
+      if post
+        "#{translation(translation_key, post.author.name)} #{link_to t('notifications.post'), object_path(post), 'data-ref' => post.id, :class => 'hard_object_link'}".html_safe
       else
         t('notifications.also_commented_deleted', :actors => actors, :count => actors_count).html_safe
       end
-    elsif note.instance_of?(Notifications::AlsoCommented)
+    elsif translation_key == "notifications.liked"
-      post = Post.where(:id => note.target_id).first
-      if post
-        translation(target_type, :actors => actors, :count => actors_count, :post_author => h(post.author.name), :post_link => link_to(t('notifications.post'), object_path(post), 'data-ref' => post.id, :class => 'hard_object_link').html_safe)
-      else
-        t('notifications.also_commented_deleted', :actors => actors, :count => actors_count).html_safe
-      end
-    elsif note.instance_of?(Notifications::Liked)
-      post = note.target
       post = post.post if post.is_a? Like
       if post
         translation(target_type, :actors => actors, :count => actors_count, :post_author => h(post.author.name), :post_link => link_to(t('notifications.post'), object_path(post), 'data-ref' => post.id, :class => 'hard_object_link').html_safe)

public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass

@@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@ ul#left_nav
     :color white
   :width 700px
   :padding 10px
-  :top 75.5px
+  :top 275.5px
   :left 217.5px
   a.close
     :float right