Added truncation side-wide for too long strings;

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -41,13 +41,25 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   
 
   # STRING HELPER
-  def trimString str, length
-    truncate str, :length => length.to_i, :omission => "…"
-  end
-  
   def camelCaseString phrase
     phrase.gsub!(/^[a-z]|\s+[a-z]/) { |a| a.upcase }
     return phrase
   end
   
+  def trimString str, length
+    truncate str, :length => length.to_i, :omission => "…"
+  end
+
+  def trimTrack track, artist
+    returnValue = track
+    desiredLength = 60
+    actualLength = track.length + artist.length
+    overflow = actualLength - desiredLength
+    
+    if actualLength > desiredLength
+      returnValue = trimString track, track.length - overflow 
+    end
+    return returnValue
+  end
+  
 end

app/helpers/artists_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module ArtistsHelper
+  
+end

app/views/artists/_more_tracks.html.haml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - @tracks.track.each do |track|
   - artist = track.artist.respond_to?(:name) ? track.artist.name : track.artist
   %li{:artist=>artist,:track=>track.name}
-    = track.name
+    = trimTrack(track.name, artist)
     %span by
     = link_to trimString(artist, 50), "#!/artists/#{CGI.escape(artist)}" 

app/views/search/_more_artists.html.haml

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
     - @link = "#!/artists/#{CGI.escape(artist.name)}"
     .img= link_to image_tag(validate_img_url(artist.image, "artist", :large)), @link
     .text
-      %h2= link_to artist.name, @link
+      %h2= link_to trimString(artist.name, 55), @link
       %p
         = artist.listeners+" Listeners"

public/javascripts/ajax/requests.js

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ function favourite_request(link, params){
 
 function load_site_request(link, params){
   params = (typeof params == "undefined" || typeof params == "boolean") ? "" : params;
-  
   show_flash(false);
   
   if(link != user_path)

public/javascripts/layout.js

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function remove_links_from_description(){
 
 function new_albums(){
   album_hover();
-  album_add_show_songs_button();
+  //album_add_show_songs_button();
 }
 
 

public/stylesheets/sass/_home.scss

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   overflow: hidden;
   float: left;
 
+
   img {
     position: absolute;
     top: 0;

test/unit/helpers/artists_helper_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ArtistsHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
+end