I ended up creating one controller without a model. (rails g
controller staticpages)
I then created a layout file which imported the individual changes to
the layout, via a "yield" tied to a "content_for" in the view
files(static files(pages) in the "view of staticpages"(for example
abbreviations, aboutthissite etc etc).
The rest of the static file loaded with the usual "yield" to the
layout. Works a treat. No more updating the menu bar all done
automatically.
To get to the correct static file I created a route using:-
match 'static/:static_page_name'=> 'staticpages#show' (or in rails
2.x:-
map.connect 'static/:static_page_name', :controller=>
"staticpages", :action=> "show"
"static_page_name" variable accepted anything after "/static/" in the
url and passed it to the controller "staticpages" in which I set up a
show action containing:-
def show
@static_page_name = params[:static_page_name]
allowed_pages = %w(abbreviations aboutthissite etc, etc,)
if allowed_pages.include?(@static_page_name)
render @static_page_name
else
redirect_to '/' #redirects to
homepage if link does not exists
end
end
I then only had to change the links in the website. (e.g.<%= link_to "
About This Site ", '/static/aboutthissite' %>)
and viola! its all working.
On Nov 26, 7:12 pm, Luis Saffie <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sounds to me that you need to use layouts for your application.
> By doing this, you need to only update one file and it'll be reflected
> everywhere on your site.
>
> L
>
> --www.saffie.ca
>
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