* TEXT EVERYWHERE, WHERE MY STRINGS AT?

src/Blog.hs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ blogText f = T.pack . f
 intersperse' :: a -> [a] -> [a]
 intersperse' sep l = sep : intersperse sep l
 
-blogTemplate :: BlogLang -> String -> Html -> Html
+blogTemplate :: BlogLang -> Text -> Html -> Html
 blogTemplate lang t_append body = H.docTypeHtml $ do --add body
     H.head $ do
         H.title $ (toHtml $ blogTitle lang t_append)
@@ -63,20 +63,20 @@ blogTemplate lang t_append body = H.docTypeHtml $ do --add body
             H.div ! A.class_ "myclear" $ mempty
             body
             H.div ! A.class_ "myclear" $ mempty
-            showFooter lang version
+            showFooter lang $ T.pack version
         H.div ! A.class_ "centerbox" $
             H.img ! A.src "http://getpunchd.com/img/june/idiots.png" ! A.alt ""
     where
-        contactInfo (imu :: String) = do
+        contactInfo (imu :: Text) = do
             toHtml $ contactText lang
             H.a ! A.href (toValue mailTo) $ "Mail"
             ", "
             H.a ! A.href (toValue twitter) ! A.target "_blank" $ "Twitter"
-            toHtml $ orString lang
+            toHtml $ orText lang
             H.a ! A.href (toValue imu) ! A.target "_blank" $ "iMessage"
             "."
 
-renderEntries :: Bool -> [Entry] -> String -> Maybe Html -> Html
+renderEntries :: Bool -> [Entry] -> Text -> Maybe Html -> Html
 renderEntries showAll entries topText footerLinks = 
     H.div ! A.class_ "innerBox" $ do
         H.div ! A.class_ "innerBoxTop" $ toHtml topText
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ renderCommentBox lang = do
     H.div ! A.name "cHead" $ toHtml $ cwHead lang
     H.form $ do
         H.p $ H.label $ do
-            toHtml ("Name:" :: String)
+            toHtml ("Name:" :: Text)
             H.input 
 {-
 <form>
@@ -140,20 +140,20 @@ renderComments comments lang = sequence_ $ map showComment comments
 showLinks :: Maybe Int -> BlogLang -> Html
 showLinks (Just i) lang = H.div ! A.class_ "centerbox" $ do
     H.a ! A.href (toValue $ "/?page=" ++ show (i+1)) $ toHtml $ backText lang
-    toHtml (" -- " :: String)
+    toHtml (" -- " :: Text)
     H.a ! A.href (toValue $ "/?page=" ++ show (i-1)) $ toHtml $ nextText lang
 showLinks Nothing lang = H.div ! A.class_ "centerbox" $
     H.a ! A.href "/?page=2" $ toHtml $  backText lang
 
-showFooter :: BlogLang -> String -> Html
+showFooter :: BlogLang -> Text -> Html
 showFooter l v = H.div ! A.class_ "rightbox" ! A.style "text-align:right;" $ do
-    toHtml ("Proudly made with " :: String)
+    toHtml ("Proudly made with " :: Text)
     H.a ! A.href "http://haskell.org" $ "Haskell"
-    toHtml (", " :: String)
+    toHtml (", " :: Text)
     H.a ! A.href "http://couchdb.apache.org/" $ "CouchDB"
-    toHtml (" and without PHP, Java, Perl, MySQL and Python." :: String)
+    toHtml (" and without PHP, Java, Perl, MySQL and Python." :: Text)
     H.br
-    H.a ! A.href (toValue repoURL) $ toHtml $ ("Version " :: String) ++ v
+    H.a ! A.href (toValue repoURL) $ toHtml $ T.concat ["Version ", v]
     preEscapedText "&nbsp;"
     H.a ! A.href "/notice" $ toHtml $ noticeText l
 

src/Locales.hs

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables, DeriveDataTypeable #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables, DeriveDataTypeable, OverloadedStrings #-}
 
 module Locales where
 
 import           Data.Data (Data, Typeable)
+import           Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
 
 {- to add a language simply define its abbreviation and Show instance then
  - translate the appropriate strings and add CouchDB views in Server.hs -}
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ instance Show BlogLang where
     show EN = "en"
     show DE = "de"
 
-version = ("2.2b" :: String)
+version = "2.2b"
 
 allLang = [EN, DE]
 
@@ -21,18 +23,18 @@ if' :: Bool -> a -> a -> a
 if' True x _ = x
 if' False _ y = y
 
-blogTitle :: BlogLang -> String -> String
-blogTitle DE s = "Tazjins Blog" ++ s
-blogTitle EN s = "Tazjin's Blog" ++ s
+blogTitle :: BlogLang -> Text -> Text
+blogTitle DE s = T.concat ["Tazjins Blog", s]
+blogTitle EN s = T.concat ["Tazjin's Blog", s]
 
 -- index site headline
 topText DE = "Aktuelle Einträge"
 topText EN = "Latest entries"
 
-getMonth :: BlogLang -> Int -> Int -> String
-getMonth l y m = monthName l m ++ show y
+getMonth :: BlogLang -> Int -> Int -> Text
+getMonth l y m = T.append (monthName l m) $ T.pack $ show y
   where
-    monthName :: BlogLang -> Int -> String
+    monthName :: BlogLang -> Int -> Text
     monthName DE m = case m of 
                     1 -> "Januar "
                     2 -> "Februar "
@@ -60,46 +62,57 @@ getMonth l y m = monthName l m ++ show y
                     11 -> "November "
                     12 -> "December "
 
+entireMonth :: BlogLang -> Text
 entireMonth DE = "Ganzer Monat"
 entireMonth EN = "Entire month"
 
+backText :: BlogLang -> Text
 backText DE = "Früher"
 backText EN = "Earlier"
 
+nextText :: BlogLang -> Text
 nextText DE = "Später"
 nextText EN = "Later"
 
 -- contact information
+contactText :: BlogLang -> Text
 contactText DE = "Wer mich kontaktieren will: "
 contactText EN = "Get in touch with me: "
 
-orString DE = " oder "
-orString EN = " or "
+orText :: BlogLang -> Text
+orText DE = " oder "
+orText EN = " or "
 
 -- footer
+noticeText :: BlogLang -> Text
 noticeText EN = "site notice"
 noticeText DE = "Impressum"
 
 -- comments
+noComments :: BlogLang -> Text
 noComments DE = " Keine Kommentare"
 noComments EN = " No comments yet"
 
+cHead :: BlogLang -> Text
 cHead DE = "Kommentare:"
 cHead EN = "Comments:"
 
+cwHead :: BlogLang -> Text
 cwHead DE = "Kommentieren:"
 cwHead EN = "Comment:"
 
+cTimeFormat :: BlogLang -> String --formatTime expects a String
 cTimeFormat DE = "[Am %d.%m.%y um %H:%M Uhr]"
 cTimeFormat EN = "[On %D at %H:%M]"
 
 -- right side text (this is inserted AS IS. Escape HTML!)
+rightText :: BlogLang -> Text
 rightText DE = "English version <a href=\"en\">available here</a>"
 rightText EN = "Deutsche Version <a href=\"de\">hier verf&uuml;gbar</a>"
 
 -- static information
-repoURL = "https://bitbucket.org/tazjin/tazblog-haskell"
-mailTo  = "mailto:hej@tazj.in"
-twitter = "http://twitter.com/#!/tazjin"
-iMessage = "imessage:tazjin@me.com"
-iMessage' = "sms:tazjin@me.com"
+repoURL   :: Text = "https://bitbucket.org/tazjin/tazblog-haskell"
+mailTo    :: Text = "mailto:hej@tazj.in"
+twitter   :: Text = "http://twitter.com/#!/tazjin"
+iMessage  :: Text = "imessage:tazjin@me.com"
+iMessage' :: Text = "sms:tazjin@me.com"

src/Main.hs

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import           Control.Applicative (optional)
 import           Control.Monad (msum)
 import           Data.Monoid (mempty)
 import           Data.ByteString.Char8 (ByteString)
-import           Data.Text hiding (map, length, zip, head, drop)
+import           Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
 import           Data.Time
 import           Database.CouchDB
 import           Happstack.Server
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ tryEntry :: Maybe Entry -> Response
 tryEntry Nothing = toResponse $ showError NotFound
 tryEntry (Just entry) = toResponse $ blogTemplate eLang eTitle $ renderEntry entry
     where
-        eTitle = ": " ++ title entry
+        eTitle = T.pack $ ": " ++ title entry
         eLang = lang entry
 
 showIndex :: BlogLang -> ServerPart Response