made showcard into a non-partial view, in desperation

app/controllers/items_controller.rb

@@ -33,19 +33,29 @@ class ItemsController < ApplicationController
   # GET items/:id
   def show
     @current = current_user
-	  @item = Item.find(params[:id]).authorize_to_show(@current)
+    @item = Item.find(params[:id]).authorize_to_show(@current)
 	
-	  if @item
-		  @relatives = @item.network_as_json(@current).html_safe
-	  else
-		  redirect_to root_url and return
-	  end
+    if @item
+	  @relatives = @item.network_as_json(@current).html_safe
+    else
+	  redirect_to root_url and return
+    end
 	
-	  respond_to do |format|
+    respond_to do |format|
       format.html { respond_with(@item, @user) }
       format.json { respond_with(@relatives) }
     end
   end
+
+  # GET showcard/:id
+  def showcard
+    @current = current_user
+    @item = Item.find(params[:id]).authorize_to_show(@current)
+	
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json { respond_with(@item) }
+    end
+  end
   
   # POST items
   def create

app/views/items/_showcard.html.erb

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<div class="showcard item_<%= node.id %>">
-  <div class="CardOnGraph" title="Click to Hide" id="item_' + node.id + '">
-    <p class="type">
-      <%= node.getData("itemcatname") %>
-    </p>
-    <img alt="<%= node.getData("itemcatname") %>" class="icon" height="50" src="<%= imgArray[node.getData("itemcatname")].src %>" width="50" />
-    <div class="scroll">
-      <a href="/items/<%=node.id%>" class="title">
-        <%= node.name %>
-      </a>
-      <div class="contributor">
-        Added by: 
-        <a href="/users/<%= node.getData('userid')%>">
-          <%= node.getData('username') %>
-        </a>
-      </div>
-      <div class="desc">
-        <p>
-          <%= node.getData('desc') %>
-        </p>
-      </div>
-    </div><!-- div.scroll -->
-    <a href="<%= node.getData('link') %>" class="link" target="_blank">
-      <%= node.getData('link') %>
-    </a>
-  </div>
-</div>

app/views/items/showcard.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<div class="showcard item_<%= @item.id %>">
+  <div class="CardOnGraph" title="Click to Hide" id="item_' + node.id + '">
+    <p class="type">
+      <%= @item.item_category.name %>
+    </p>
+    <img alt="<%= @item.item_category.name %>" 
+         src="/assets/<%= @item.item_category.name %>.png" 
+         class="icon" height="50" width="50" />
+    <div class="scroll">
+      <a href="/items/<%=@item.id%>" class="title">
+        <%= node.name %>
+      </a>
+      <div class="contributor">
+        Added by: 
+        <a href="/users/<%= @item.user_id%>">
+          <%= User.all.find(@item.user_id).name %>
+        </a>
+      </div>
+      <div class="desc">
+        <p>
+          <%= @item.desc %>
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div><!-- div.scroll -->
+    <a href="<%= @item.link %>" class="link" target="_blank">
+      <%= @item.link %>
+    </a>
+  </div>
+</div>