#12 datepicker in bottom of model show page, totally obtrusive and not okay

Author: dgoerger

app/assets/javascripts/variables.js.erb

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 <% environment.context_class.instance_eval { include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers } %>
 var new_user = "<%= "#{new_user_path}" + " #content" %>";
+

app/views/equipment_models/_availability_calendar.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<script type="text/javascript">
+  $(document).ready(function(){
+    var staticDate = "<%= Date.today.strftime('%m/%d/%Y') %>";
+    $('.equipment_model_calendar').datepicker({
+      inline: true,
+      defaultDate: staticDate
+    });
+  });
+</script>
+
+<%= hidden_field_tag "static_date", Date.today.strftime('%m/%d/%Y') %>
+<div class="equipment_model_calendar"></div>

app/views/equipment_models/show.html.erb

@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@
   </section>
 <% end %>
 
+<%= render :partial => 'availability_calendar' %>
 
 
 <div class="form-actions">

app/views/shared/_date_picker.html.erb

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <%#
 
-This is the Javascript necessary for the _date_picker partial, loaded via application.js
+::::::::::THIS IS DOCUMENTATION::::::::::
+
+This is the Javascript necessary for the _date_picker partial, place in application.js
 
   $('.date_start').datepicker({
     onClose: function(dateText, inst) { 
@@ -15,10 +17,10 @@ This is the Javascript necessary for the _date_picker partial, loaded via applic
 
 %>
 
-<div id ="black_out_dates">
-<%= label_tag :start_date, 'Start of Blackout' %>
+<div id ="general_datepicker">
+<%= label_tag :start_date, 'Start Date' %>
       <%= datepicker_input object.class.name.underscore, "start_date", :class => 'date_start span2', :value => object[:start_date].strftime('%m/%d/%Y') %>
 
-    <%= label_tag :end_date, 'End of Blackout' %>
+    <%= label_tag :end_date, 'End Date' %>
       <%= datepicker_input object.class.name.underscore, "end_date", :class => 'date_end span2', :value => object[:end_date].strftime('%m/%d/%Y') %>
 </div>