content_for?(:thing) returns a boolean indicating whether there is content stored for :thing. So you should use an if statement with it:
- if content_for?(:sidebar) .sidebar= yield(:sidebar) chris On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Slava Mikerin <mikerin.sl...@gmail.com>wrote: > thank you for trying to help! > I double checked everything and it still does not work. To summarize > again I have > > in a layout: > .. > - content_for?(:sidebar) do > .sidebar= yield(:sidebar) > > and in a view > .. > - content_for :sidebar do > .signup > %h2 'placeholder' > > .signup and content do not get rendered to the page. changing - > content_for? to = content_for? in the layout shows the word 'true' on > the page, but not .sidebar > Is this a bug in haml for rails? > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Phil Crissman <phil.criss...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Slava Mikerin <mikerin.sl...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > >> > >> inside the layout > > > > According to everything you've said, everything is fine. You'll want to > > double check. > > > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Phil Crissman < > phil.criss...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Phil > >> > > >> > > >> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:07 AM, slavix <mikerin.sl...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> .signup and the rest does not get rendered on the page.. not sure > why. > >> > > >> > Where do you have: > >> > =yield :sidebar > >> > ? > >> > > >> >> > >> >> On Feb 24, 9:58 pm, Phil Crissman <phil.criss...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > Phil > >> >> > > >> >> > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Slava Mikerin > >> >> > <mikerin.sl...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > > inside a view i have: > >> >> > > .. > >> >> > > - content_for :sidebar do > >> >> > > .signup > >> >> > > %h2= 'Placeholder' > >> >> > > >> >> > That looks fine. You don't really need the '=' after the h2 if > you're > >> >> > only > >> >> > putting plain text there, but it will still work. > >> >> > > >> >> > What's not working? > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Phil Crissman > >> >> > > <phil.criss...@gmail.com> > >> >> > > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:20 PM, slavix < > mikerin.sl...@gmail.com> > >> >> > > > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Hello, > >> >> > > >> Can someone please tell what is wrong with this syntax. For > some > >> >> > > >> reason it does not work.. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> - content_for?(:sidebar) do > >> >> > > >> .sidebar= yield(:sidebar) > >> >> > > >> >> > > > Where is the rest of the code? > >> >> > > > If that .sidebar is inside your content_for block, then nothing > >> >> > > > is > >> >> > > > going > >> >> > > to > >> >> > > > happen... it's never actually being yielded in the view. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> -- > >> >> > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >> >> > > >> Google > >> >> > > Groups > >> >> > > >> "Haml" group. > >> >> > > >> To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. > >> >> > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >> > > >> haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> >> > > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> >> > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > >> >> > > >> >> > > > -- > >> >> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >> >> > > > Google > >> >> > > > Groups > >> >> > > > "Haml" group. > >> >> > > > To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. > >> >> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >> > > > haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> >> > > > For more options, visit this group at > >> >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > >> >> > > >> >> > > -- > >> >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > >> >> > > Groups > >> >> > > "Haml" group. > >> >> > > To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. > >> >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >> > > haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> >> > > For more options, visit this group at > >> >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> >> Groups > >> >> "Haml" group. > >> >> To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. > >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >> haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> >> For more options, visit this group at > >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > >> >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups > >> > "Haml" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Haml" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Haml" group. > > To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Haml" group. > To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Haml" group. 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