Created Application Helpers based on suggestion for easier parsing

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 6d6bcbaf88a..03bc773fa2a 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -278,4 +278,23 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def show_user_callout?
     cookies[:user_callout_dismissed] == 'true'
   end
+
+  def linkedin_url(user)
+    name = user.linkedin
+    if name =~ %r{\Ahttps?:\/\/(www\.)?linkedin\.com\/in\/(.*)\z}
+      name
+    else
+      "https://www.linkedin.com/in/#{name}"
+    end
+  end
+
+   def twitter_url(user)
+    name = user.twitter
+    if name =~ %r{\Ahttps?:\/\/(www\.)?twitter\.com\/(.*)\z}
+      name
+    else
+      "https://www.twitter.com/#{name}"
+    end
+  end
+
 end