add latest news item as widget to dashboard #52

resources/views/layouts/default/dashboard/index.blade.php

@@ -57,17 +57,7 @@
             @include('layouts.default.pireps.pirep_card', ['pirep' => $last_pirep])
         @endif
 
-        <div class="card">
-            <div class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist" style="background: #067ec1; color: #FFF;">
-                News
-            </div>
-            <div class="card-block">
-                <!-- Tab panes -->
-                <div class="tab-content">
-                    News goes here!
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
+        {{ Widget::latestNews(['count' => 1]) }}
 
     </div>
     <div class="col-sm-4">

resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/latest_news.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<div class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist" style="background: #067ec1; color: #FFF;">
+    News
+</div>
+<div class="card border-blue-bottom">
+    <div class="card-block" style="min-height: 0px">
+        @if($news->count() === 0)
+            <div class="text-center text-muted" style="padding: 30px;">
+                no news items
+            </div>
+        @endif
+
+        @foreach($news as $item)
+            <h4 style="margin-top: 0px;">{!! $item->subject !!}</h4>
+            <p class="category">{!! $item->user->name !!}
+                - {!! show_datetime($item->created_at) !!}</p>
+
+            {!! $item->body !!}
+        @endforeach
+    </div>
+</div>