add fallback colors for headline feed titles based on feed name if favicon color is not available

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/classes/feeds.php b/classes/feeds.php
index ed0789788..38819ec77 100755
--- a/classes/feeds.php
+++ b/classes/feeds.php
@@ -360,14 +360,18 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 
 				require_once "colors.php";
 
-				if ($fav_color && $fav_color != 'fail') {
-					if (!isset($rgba_cache[$feed_id])) {
-						$rgba_cache[$feed_id] = join(",", _color_unpack($fav_color)) . ",0.3";
+				if (!isset($rgba_cache[$feed_id])) {
+					if ($fav_color && $fav_color != 'fail') {
+						$rgba_cache[$feed_id] = _color_unpack($fav_color);
+					} else {
+						$rgba_cache[$feed_id] = _color_unpack($this->color_of($line['feed_title']));
 					}
-
-					$line['favicon_avg_color_rgba'] = $rgba_cache[$feed_id];
 				}
 
+				if (isset($rgba_cache[$feed_id])) {
+				    $line['feed_bg_color'] = 'rgba(' . implode(",", $rgba_cache[$feed_id]) . ',0.3)';
+                }
+
 				/* we don't need those */
 
                 foreach (["date_entered", "guid", "last_published", "last_marked", "tag_cache", "favicon_avg_color",
@@ -1878,6 +1882,21 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 
 	}
 
+    function color_of($name) {
+        $colormap = [ "#1cd7d7","#d91111","#1212d7","#8e16e5","#7b7b7b",
+            "#39f110","#0bbea6","#ec0e0e","#1534f2","#b9e416",
+            "#479af2","#f36b14","#10c7e9","#1e8fe7","#e22727" ];
+
+        $sum = 0;
+
+        for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($name); $i++) {
+            $sum += ord($name{$i});
+        }
+
+        $sum %= count($colormap);
+
+        return $colormap[$sum];
+	}
 
 }
 
diff --git a/js/Headlines.js b/js/Headlines.js
index 364a9e748..1fd2efe25 100755
--- a/js/Headlines.js
+++ b/js/Headlines.js
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ define(["dojo/_base/declare"], function (declare) {
 								</span>
 								
 								<div class="feed">
-									<a href="#" style="background-color: rgba(${hl.favicon_avg_color_rgba})" 
+									<a href="#" style="background-color: ${hl.feed_bg_color}"
 										onclick="Feeds.open({feed:${hl.feed_id}})">${hl.feed_title}</a>
 								</div>
 								
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ define(["dojo/_base/declare"], function (declare) {
 					</span>
 				</div>
                 <span class="feed">
-                	<a style="background : rgba(${hl.favicon_avg_color_rgba})" href="#" onclick="Feeds.open({feed:${hl.feed_id}})">${hl.feed_title}</a>
+                	<a style="background : ${hl.feed_bg_color}" href="#" onclick="Feeds.open({feed:${hl.feed_id}})">${hl.feed_title}</a>
                 </span>
 				<div title="${hl.imported}">
 				  <span class="updated">${hl.updated}</span>