added random annoucment picker method

app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb

@@ -91,10 +91,24 @@ class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
     fans
   end
 
+  def random_announcement_widget
+    uid = OrbitHelper.params[:uid] rescue ""
+    tags = ["all"] if OrbitHelper.widget_tags.empty?
+    categories = OrbitHelper.widget_categories || []
+    announcements = Bulletin.where(:title.ne => "",:is_preview.in=>[false,nil],:uid.ne => uid, :category_id.in => categories).and(:title.ne => nil).can_display.is_approved.filter_by_tags(tags).sample(OrbitHelper.widget_data_count)
+
+    pack_data(announcements)
+  end
+
   def widget
     uid = OrbitHelper.params[:uid] rescue ""
     tags = ["all"] if OrbitHelper.widget_tags.empty?
     announcements = Bulletin.where(:title.ne => "",:is_preview.in=>[false,nil],:uid.ne => uid).and(:title.ne => nil).can_display.is_approved.filter_by_widget_categories.filter_by_tags(tags)
+
+    pack_data(announcements)
+  end
+
+  def pack_data(announcements)
     page = Page.where(:module => "announcement").first rescue nil
     anns = announcements.collect do |a|
       statuses = a.statuses_with_classname.collect do |status|

lib/announcement/engine.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Announcement
       OrbitApp.registration "Announcement", :type => "ModuleApp" do
         module_label "announcement.announcement"
         base_url File.expand_path File.dirname(__FILE__)
-        widget_methods ["widget"]
+        widget_methods ["widget","random_announcement_widget"]
         widget_settings [{"data_count"=>30}]
         taggable "Bulletin"
         categorizable