//added rss and useful link on dashboard

admin-dev/themes/default/template/controllers/dashboard/helpers/view/view.tpl

@@ -52,33 +52,26 @@
 		<div class="col-lg-2">
 			<section class="dash_news panel">
 				<h4><i class="icon-rss"></i> PrestaShop News</h4>
-				<article>
-				<strong>Important it is to focus marketing efforts.</strong><br/>
-				Let’s go over how to use newsletters to increase traffic to your online store and we’ll review the benefits, what to include and how to get subscribers.
-				</article>
-				<br/>
-				<article>
-				<strong>Important it is to focus marketing efforts.</strong><br/>
-				Let’s go over how to use newsletters to increase traffic to your online store and we’ll review the benefits, what to include and how to get subscribers.
-				</article>
-				<br/>
-				<article>
-				<strong>Important it is to focus marketing efforts.</strong><br/>
-				Let’s go over how to use newsletters to increase traffic to your online store and we’ll review the benefits, what to include and how to get subscribers.
-				</article>
 			</section>
 			<section class="dash_links panel">
-				<h4><i class="icon-link"></i> Useful Links</h4>
+				<h4><i class="icon-link"></i>{l s="Useful PrestaShop Links"}</h4>
-					<ul>
+					<dl>
-						<li><a href="#">link</a></li>
+						<dt>{l s="Discover the latest official documentation :"}</dt>
-						<li><a href="#">link</a></li>
+						<dd><a href="http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS16?utm_source=backoffice_dashboard" target="_blank">{l s="PrestaShop documentation"}</a></dd>
-						<li><a href="#">link</a></li>
+					</dl>
-						<li><a href="#">link</a></li>
+					<dl>
-					</ul>
+						<dt>{l s="Use the PrestaShop forum &amp; discover a great community :"}</dt>
+						<dd><a href="http://www.prestashop.com/forums?utm_source=backoffice_dashboard" target="_blank">{l s="Go to forums.prestashop.com"}</a></dd>
+					</dl>
+					<dl>
+						<dt>{l s="Enhance your Shop with new templates &amp; modules :"}</dt>
+						<dd><a href="http://addons.prestashop.com?utm_source=backoffice_dashboard" target="_blank">{l s="Go to addons.prestashop.com"}</a></dd>
+					</dl>
 			</section>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 </div>
+
 <script>
 var testdata = [
 	{

controllers/admin/AdminDashboardController.php

@@ -91,4 +91,30 @@ class AdminDashboardControllerCore extends AdminController
 		
 		die(Tools::jsonEncode(Hook::exec('dashboardData', $params, $id_module, true, true, (int)Tools::getValue('dashboard_use_push'))));
 	}
+	
+	public function ajaxProcessGetBlogRss()
+	{
+		$return = array('has_errors' => false, 'rss' => array());
+		if (!$this->isFresh('/config/xml/blog-'.$this->context->language->iso_code.'.xml', 604800))
+		{
+			if (!$this->refresh('/config/xml/blog-'.$this->context->language->iso_code.'.xml', 'https://api.prestashop.com/rss/blog/blog-'.$this->context->language->iso_code.'.xml'))
+				$return['has_errors'] = true;		
+		}
+		
+		if (!$return['has_errors'])
+		{
+			$rss = simpleXML_load_file(_PS_ROOT_DIR_.'/config/xml/blog-'.$this->context->language->iso_code.'.xml');
+			$articles_limit = 3;
+			foreach ($rss->channel->item as $item)
+			{
+				if ($articles_limit > 0)
+					$return['rss'][] = array('title' => (string)$item->title, 'short_desc' => (string)$item->description);
+				else
+					break;
+				$articles_limit --;
+			}
+		}
+				
+		die(Tools::jsonEncode($return));
+	}
 }

js/admin-dashboard.js

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ $(document).ready( function () {
 	});
 
 	refreshDashboard(false, false);
+	getBlogRss();
 });
 
 function refreshDashboard(module_name, use_push)
@@ -176,4 +177,31 @@ function data_chart(widget_name, charts)
 {
 	for (chart_id in charts)
 		window[charts[chart_id].chart_type](widget_name, charts[chart_id]);
-}
+}
+
+function getBlogRss()
+{
+	$.ajax({
+		url : dashboard_ajax_url,
+		data : {
+			ajax:true,
+			action:'getBlogRss'
+			},
+		dataType: 'json',
+		success : function(jsonData){
+			if (!jsonData.has_errors)
+			{
+				for (var article in jsonData.rss)
+				{
+					article_html = '<article><strong>'+jsonData.rss[article].title+'</strong><br>'+jsonData.rss[article].short_desc+'</article><br>';
+					$('.dash_news h4').after(article_html);
+				}
+			}
+			else
+				$('.dash_news').hide();
+		},
+		error : function(data){
+			//@TODO display errors
+		}
+	});
+}