gistfile1.rb

require 'will_paginate'

# patch WillPaginate to allow reverse pagination
# only do this if you're not showing the page numbers themselves
# pass option :reverse => true to reverse paginate, and don't forget to pass custom labels
class WillPaginate::LinkRenderer

    def html_attributes
      return @html_attributes if @html_attributes
      @html_attributes = @options.except *(WillPaginate::ViewHelpers.pagination_options.keys - [:class])
      @html_attributes[:class] += " #{total_pages}"
      @html_attributes[:class] += " no_reverse" unless @options[:reverse]
      # pagination of Post models will have the ID of "posts_pagination"
      if @options[:container] and @options[:id] === true
        @html_attributes[:id] = @collection.first.class.name.underscore.pluralize + '_pagination'
      end
      @html_attributes
    end
	
    def to_html
      links = @options[:page_links] ? windowed_links : []
      # previous/next buttons
      if @options[:reverse] === true
      	links.push page_link_or_span(@collection.previous_page, 'disabled prev_page', @options[:previous_label])
      	links.unshift page_link_or_span(@collection.next_page, 'disabled next_page', @options[:next_label])
      else
      	links.unshift page_link_or_span(@collection.previous_page, 'disabled prev_page', @options[:previous_label])
      	links.push page_link_or_span(@collection.next_page, 'disabled next_page', @options[:next_label])
      end
      
      html = links.join(@options[:separator])
      @options[:container] ? @template.content_tag(:div, html, html_attributes) : html
    end	
    

end