From 6869c01a2845e0a26bdd3dc6859172e8a860be9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hannah Wolfe <erisds@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:16:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Adding a warning message if js is not built

closes #1205
---
 core/client/init.js           | 3 +++
 core/server/views/default.hbs | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/client/init.js b/core/client/init.js
index 09a2d2daaf..b8ec9864e6 100644
--- a/core/client/init.js
+++ b/core/client/init.js
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
     };
 
     Ghost.init = function () {
+        // remove the temporary message which appears
+        $('.js-msg').remove();
+
         Ghost.router = new Ghost.Router();
 
         // This is needed so Backbone recognizes elements already rendered server side
diff --git a/core/server/views/default.hbs b/core/server/views/default.hbs
index aa5da10078..95d0de9609 100644
--- a/core/server/views/default.hbs
+++ b/core/server/views/default.hbs
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 
         {{{body}}}
 
+        <div class="js-msg">
+            <p>Hello There! Looks like something went wrong with your JavaScript.</p>
+            <p>Either you need to enable JavaScript, or you haven't built the JavaScript files yet. See the README and CONTRIBUTING files for more info.</p>
+        </div>
     </main>
 
     <div id="modal-container">