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pedestrian.tv photography awards; vote sorting hack
jQuery.fn.sortElements = (function(){
var sort = [].sort;
return function(comparator, getSortable) {
getSortable = getSortable || function(){return this;};
var placements = this.map(function(){
var sortElement = getSortable.call(this),
parentNode = sortElement.parentNode,
// Since the element itself will change position, we have
// to have some way of storing its original position in
// the DOM. The easiest way is to have a 'flag' node:
nextSibling = parentNode.insertBefore(
document.createTextNode(''),
sortElement.nextSibling
);
return function() {
if (parentNode === this) {
throw new Error(
"You can't sort elements if any one is a descendant of another."
);
}
// Insert before flag:
parentNode.insertBefore(this, nextSibling);
// Remove flag:
parentNode.removeChild(nextSibling);
};
});
return sort.call(this, comparator).each(function(i){
placements[i].call(getSortable.call(this));
});
};
})();
var urls = [];
$('.item > a').each(function(key,val) {
urls.push( "'http://www.pedestrian.tv"+$(this).attr("href")+"'");
} );
FB.api({
method: 'fql.query',
query: 'select url, like_count from link_stat where url in('+urls.join(',')+')'
}, function(response){
$.each(response,function(index, value) {
$('[href="'+value.url.substr(24)+'"]').siblings().find('.like_button')[0].innerHTML = value.like_count;
});
$('.item').sortElements(function(a,b){var x = parseInt($(a).find(".like_button")[0].innerHTML); var y = parseInt($(b).find('.like_button')[0].innerHTML); res = x < y ? 1 : -1; return res;});
window.console.log("Done");
});
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