photos do not require an album. uploading files on a user's photos#index page will post to all aspects.

app/controllers/photos_controller.rb

@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
 
     @photos = current_user.visible_posts(:_type => "Photo", :person_id => @person.id)
     @albums = current_user.visible_posts(:_type => "Album", :person_id => @person.id)
+
+    @aspect = :photos
   end
 
   def create
-    album = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id( params[:album_id] )
+    album = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id( params[:photo][:album_id] )
 
     begin
 
@@ -45,9 +47,9 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
 
       ##############
 
-      params[:user_file] = file
+      params[:photo][:user_file] = file
 
-      @photo = current_user.post(:photo, params)
+      @photo = current_user.post(:photo, params[:photo])
 
       respond_to do |format|
         format.json{render(:layout => false , :json => {"success" => true, "data" => @photo}.to_json )}

app/models/photo.rb

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 class PhotoAlbumValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
   def validate(document)
-    unless document.album.person_id == document.person_id
-      document.errors[:base] << "You can't post photos to that album"
+    unless document.album.nil? || document.album.person_id == document.person_id
+      document.errors[:base] << "You post photos to that album"
     end
   end
 end
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class Photo < Post
 
   timestamps!
 
-  validates_presence_of :album
   validates_with PhotoAlbumValidator
 
   before_destroy :ensure_user_picture

app/models/user.rb

@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ class User
 
   ######## Posting ########
   def post(class_name, options = {})
-    if class_name == :photo
-      raise ArgumentError.new("No album_id given") unless options[:album_id]
+    if class_name == :photo && !options[:album_id].to_s.empty?
       aspect_ids = aspects_with_post(options[:album_id])
       aspect_ids.map! { |aspect| aspect.id }
     else

app/views/albums/_album.html.haml

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
 
 .album{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if current_user.owns?(post))}
   %div.name
-    = link_to post.name, object_path(post, :aspect => @aspect)
+    = link_to post.name, album_path(post)
 
     %div.time
       by
       = link_to ((current_user.person == post.person)? t('.you') : post.person.real_name), person_path(post.person)
       %br
-      = link_to(how_long_ago(post), object_path(post, :aspect => @aspect))
+      = link_to(how_long_ago(post), album_path(post))
 
   %div.image_cycle
     - for photo in post.photos[0..3]
-      = link_to (image_tag photo.url(:thumb_large)), album_path(post, :aspect => @aspect)
+      = link_to (image_tag photo.url(:thumb_large)), album_path(post)
 

app/views/albums/show.html.haml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   ="#{t('.updated')} #{how_long_ago(@album)}"
 
   -if current_user.owns? @album
-    =render 'photos/new_photo'
+    = render 'photos/new_photo', :album_id => @album.id, :aspect_id => nil
     = link_to t('.edit_album'), edit_album_path(@album), :class => 'button'
 
   .album_id{:id => @album.id, :style => "display:hidden;"}

app/views/photos/_new_photo.haml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   function createUploader(){
     var uploader = new qq.FileUploader({
         element: document.getElementById('file-upload'),
-        params: {'album_id' : "#{@album.id}"},
+        params: {'photo' : { 'album_id' : "#{album_id}", 'to' : "#{aspect_id}"}},
         allowedExtensions: ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif'],
         action: "#{photos_path}"
     });

app/views/photos/_photo.haml

@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
         .right
           = link_to t('.delete'), photo_path(post), :confirm => t('.are_you_sure'), :method => :delete, :remote => true, :class => "delete"
 
-    =t('.posted_a_new_photo_to')
-    = link_to post.album.name, object_path(post.album)
+    - if !post.album_id.nil?
+      =t('.posted_a_new_photo_to')
+      = link_to post.album.name, object_path(post.album)
+    - else
+      posted a photo
 
     %br
     %br

app/views/photos/index.html.haml

@@ -10,16 +10,20 @@
   });
 
 
-= render 'shared/author_info', :person => @person
+.span-24.last{:style=>"position:relative;"}
+  = render 'shared/author_info', :person => @person
 
-%ul#breadcrumb
-  %li= link_to "#{@person.profile.first_name}'s Photos", person_photos_path(@person)
+  .right
+    = link_to "+ Add photos", '#add_photo_pane', :class => "add_photo_button button"
+
+  %ul#breadcrumb
+    %li= link_to "#{@person.profile.first_name}'s Photos", person_photos_path(@person)
 
 .span-24.last
   #thumbnails
     - for photo in @photos
       .image_thumb
-        = link_to (image_tag photo.url(:thumb_medium)), object_path(photo)
+        = link_to (image_tag photo.url(:thumb_medium)), photo_path(photo)
 
 .span-24.last
   %h3
@@ -32,3 +36,8 @@
   %h3
     Albums
 
+
+.span-24.last
+  #add_photo_pane
+    = render "photos/new_photo", :album_id => nil, :aspect_id => :all
+

app/views/photos/show.html.haml

@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@
 = render 'shared/author_info', :person => @photo.person, :post => @photo
 
 %ul#breadcrumb
-  %li= link_to "#{@album.person.profile.first_name}'s Photos", person_photos_path(@photo.person)
-  %li= link_to @album.name, album_path(@album)
+  %li= link_to "#{@photo.person.profile.first_name}'s Photos", person_photos_path(@photo.person)
+  - if !@photo.album_id.nil?
+    %li= link_to @album.name, album_path(@album)
   %li= @photo.caption
 
-= link_to "<< #{t('.prev')}", url_to_prev(@photo, @album), :rel => 'prefetch', :id => "prev_photo"
-|
-= link_to "#{t('.full_size')}", @photo.url
-|
-= link_to "#{t('.next')} >>", url_to_next(@photo, @album), :rel => 'prefetch', :id => "next_photo"
+- if @photo.album
+  = link_to "<< #{t('.prev')}", url_to_prev(@photo, @album), :rel => 'prefetch', :id => "prev_photo"
+  |
+  = link_to "#{t('.full_size')}", @photo.url
+  |
+  = link_to "#{t('.next')} >>", url_to_next(@photo, @album), :rel => 'prefetch', :id => "next_photo"
 
 .span-14.append-1.last
   %div{:data=>{:guid=>@photo.id}}

public/javascripts/view.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
   $(".add_aspect_button").fancybox({ 'titleShow' : false , 'hideOnOverlayClick' : false });
   $(".add_request_button").fancybox({ 'titleShow': false , 'hideOnOverlayClick' : false });
   $(".invite_user_button").fancybox({ 'titleShow': false , 'hideOnOverlayClick' : false });
-  $(".add_request_button").fancybox({ 'titleShow': false , 'hideOnOverlayClick' : false });
+  $(".add_photo_button").fancybox({ 'titleShow': false , 'hideOnOverlayClick' : false });
   $(".remove_person_button").fancybox({ 'titleShow': false , 'hideOnOverlayClick' : false });
   $(".question_mark").fancybox({ 'titleShow': false , 'hideOnOverlayClick' : false });
 

public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass

@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ header
   .avatar
     :border-radius 5px
 
+  img
+    :-webkit-box-shadow 0 1px 2px #666
+    :border-radius 5px
+
 
 .from
   :font

public/stylesheets/sass/ui.sass

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 .button, .button_set
   :font
-    :family "Lucida Grande", sans-serif
     :style normal
+    :weight bold
 
   :display inline
 
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
   :-webkit-box-shadow 0 1px 1px #eee
   :-moz-box-shadow 0 1px 1px #eee
 
-  :font-weight normal
-
   :color #666
 
   &:hover

spec/models/photo_spec.rb

@@ -52,17 +52,6 @@ describe Photo do
     binary.should == fixture_binary
   end
 
-  it 'must have an album' do
-    photo = Photo.new()
-    photo.person = @user.person
-    photo.image = File.open(@fixture_name)
-    photo.save
-    photo.valid?.should be false
-    photo.album = @album
-    photo.save
-    photo.reload.album.name.should == 'foo'
-  end
-
   it 'should have a caption' do
     @photo.image.store! File.open(@fixture_name)
     @photo.caption = "cool story, bro"