I am new to Rails and am wondering how to share code across views. I have two views and want to share website logo & header. Any thoughts would be very helpful.
Thanks.
Use a partial. It's just a file that starts with an underscore in your views folder. And then call it via render :partial => :logo
All partials & views can access instance variables set in your controller. Partials can also be passed local variables through a :locals hash.
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Vish
You need to use layouts. Create one called application.rhtml which is where you keep the site-wide html. For an excellent introduction to layouts, see this screencast:
Hope that helps,
DAZ
These are the most common and simple ways of sharing code:
You have two methods, depending on what you want to achieve. A
layout under app/views/layout allows you to declare a page that
serves as a shell for your content and then you can add a
content_for_layout reference where you want your content to appear.
You can even have multiple layouts. Another way to share code is to
create partials, such as a common header or footer, that your views
can include.
Paul
