Now reliably logging photo views with an onComplete function on the

fancybox plugin.

app/controllers/photos_controller.rb

@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
   def log_view
     @photo = Photo.find(params[:id])
     @photo.log_view
+    render :nothing => true
   end
 end

app/helpers/photos_helper.rb

@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 module PhotosHelper
+  def link_to_photo(photo)
+    link_to '', photo.photo.url, :rel => 'photos', :class => 'fancy', :id => photo.id
+  end
 end

app/views/categories/index.html.erb

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 <% @photos.each do |photo| %>
 
   <div class="sg-11 photo" style="background: url('<%= photo.photo.url(:size11) %>')">
-    <%= link_to '', photo.photo.url, :class => 'fancy' %>
+    <%= link_to_photo photo %>
 	</div>
 
 <% end %>

app/views/pages/index.html.erb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 <% if @photo %>
 <div class="sg-17 photo" style="background: url('<%= @photo.photo.url(:size17) %>')">
-  <%= link_to '', @photo.photo.url, :class => 'fancy' %>
+  <%= link_to_photo @photo %>
 </div>
 <% end %>
 

app/views/photos/index.html.erb

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 <% @photos.each do |photo| %>
 
   <div class="sg-5 photo" style="background: url('<%= photo.photo.url(:size5) %>')">
-    <%= link_to '', photo.photo.url, :class => 'fancy' %>
+    <%= link_to_photo photo %>
 	</div>
 
 <% end %>

config/routes.rb

@@ -56,9 +56,16 @@ Photos::Application.routes.draw do
 
   resources :categories do
     resources :photos
+    member do
+      get :log_view
+    end
   end
   
-  resources :photos
+  resources :photos do
+    member do
+      get :log_view
+    end
+  end
   
   root :to => 'pages#index'
 

public/javascripts/photos.js

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 $(document).ready(function() {
     $('.fancy').fancybox({
-        'titlePosition'     : 'inside'
+        'titlePosition'     : 'inside',
+        'onComplete'        : function(links, index) {
+          $.get('/photos/'+$(links[index]).attr('id')+'/log_view')
+        }
     });
 
     if ($('#contact_form').length) {