first step to get html code from photos.php removed

mod/photos.php

@@ -42,7 +42,56 @@ function photos_init(&$a) {
 			intval($a->data['user']['uid'])
 		);
                 
-		if(count($albums)) {
+                $ret = array('success' => false);
+                $albums_visible = ((intval($a->data['user']['hidewall']) && (! local_user()) && (! remote_user())) ? false : true);
+                
+                foreach($albums as $k => $album) {                
+                        if( $album['album'] === 'Contact Photos') {
+                                unset ($albums[$k]['album']);
+                        }
+                }
+
+                if($albums) {
+                        if ($albums_visible) {
+                                $ret['success'] = true;
+                        }
+                        $ret['albums'] = array();
+                        foreach($albums as $k => $album) {
+                                $entry = array(
+                                        'text' => $album['album'],
+                                        'total' => $album['total'], 
+                                        'url' => z_root() . '/photos/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/album/' . bin2hex($album['album']), 
+                                        'urlencode' => urlencode($album['album']),
+                                        'bin2hex' => bin2hex($album['album'])
+                                );
+                                $ret['albums'][] = $entry;
+                        }
+                }
+
+                /*return $ret;*/
+                
+                $o = '';
+                
+                if(! $albums) {
+                        if(array_key_exists('albums', get_app()->data))
+                                $albums = get_app()->data['albums'];
+                        else
+                                $albums = $ret;
+                }
+                
+                $albums = $ret;                
+                
+
+                if($albums['success']) {
+                        $o = replace_macros(get_markup_template('photo_albums.tpl'),array(
+                                '$nick'    => $a->data['user']['nickname'],
+                                '$title'   => t('Photo Albums'),
+                                '$albums'  => $albums['albums'],
+                                '$baseurl' => z_root()
+                        ));
+                }
+
+/*		if(count($albums)) {
 			$a->data['albums'] = $albums;
 
 			$albums_visible = ((intval($a->data['user']['hidewall']) && (! local_user()) && (! remote_user())) ? false : true);	
@@ -69,6 +118,8 @@ function photos_init(&$a) {
 
 			$o .= '</div>';
 		}
+ * 
+ */
 
 		if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
 			$a->page['aside'] = '';

view/templates/photo_albums.tpl

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<div id="side-bar-photos-albums" class="widget">
+	<h3>{{$title}}</h3>
+	<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked">
+		<li><a href="{{$baseurl}}/photos/{{$nick}}" title="{{$title}}" >Recent Photos</a></li>
+		{{if $albums}}
+		{{foreach $albums as $al}}
+		{{if $al.text}}
+		<li><a href="{{$baseurl}}/photos/{{$nick}}/album/{{$al.bin2hex}}">{{$al.text}}</a></li>
+		{{/if}}
+		{{/foreach}}
+		{{/if}}
+	</ul>
+</div>