2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index ec56566a9..a0f16dfaf 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -94,5 +94,24 @@ module ApplicationHelper
             block.call
         end
     end
+    # (unfortunately) ugly way of getting id of generated form element
+    # ids
+    # see http://chrisblunt.com/2009/10/12/rails-getting-the-id-of-form-fields-inside-a-fields_for-block/
+    def sanitized_object_name(object_name)
+        object_name.gsub(/\]\[|[^-a-zA-Z0-9:.]/,"_").sub(/_$/,"")
+    end
+ 
+    def sanitized_method_name(method_name)
+        method_name.sub(/\?$/, "")
+    end
+ 
+    def form_tag_id(object_name, method_name, locale=nil)
+	if locale.nil?
+            return "#{sanitized_object_name(object_name.to_s)}_#{sanitized_method_name(method_name.to_s)}"
+        else
+            return "#{sanitized_object_name(object_name.to_s)}_#{sanitized_method_name(method_name.to_s)}__#{locale.to_s}"
+        end
+    end
+
 end
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/config_helper.rb b/app/helpers/config_helper.rb
index 80f2deed2..b0381a2f5 100644
--- a/app/helpers/config_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/config_helper.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@ module ConfigHelper
     def site_name
         MySociety::Config.get('SITE_NAME', 'Alaveteli')
     end
+    
+    def force_registration_on_new_request
+        MySociety::Config.get('FORCE_REGISTRATION_ON_NEW_REQUEST', false)
+    end
 end
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