Ghost/content/plugins/fancyFirstChar.js

/*globals exports */
(function () {
    "use strict";

    var FancyFirstChar;

    FancyFirstChar = function (ghost) {
        this.ghost = function () {
            return ghost;
        };
    };
    FancyFirstChar.prototype.init = function () {
        this.ghost().registerFilter('prePostsRender', function (posts) {
            var post,
                originalContent,
                newContent,
                firstCharIndex = 0;

            console.log('got content to filter', posts);

            for (post in posts) {
                if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post)) {
                    originalContent = posts[post].content;
                    if (originalContent.substr(0, 1) === '<') {
                        firstCharIndex = originalContent.indexOf('>') + 1;
                    }

                    newContent = originalContent.substr(0, firstCharIndex);
                    newContent += '<span class="fancyChar">';
                    newContent += originalContent.substr(firstCharIndex, 1);
                    newContent += '</span>';
                    newContent += originalContent.substr(firstCharIndex + 1, originalContent.length - firstCharIndex - 1);

                    posts[post].content = newContent;
                }
            }
            return posts;
        });
    };

    FancyFirstChar.prototype.activate = function () {};
    FancyFirstChar.prototype.deactivate = function () {};

    module.exports = FancyFirstChar;
}());