[LRUG] [Request] Rails 3.2 Layout Advice

[Jesse Waites]

Hi everyone,

A little while back, I emailed the list asking for advice about reskinning
a Rails app. So far things are going well, but now I'd like to ask your
advice about application layouts.

Formerly, a guest user could only visit the root path, otherwise they would
be forced to log in via constraints in the application controller. I
changed this to allow guests (potential customers) to view a few static
pages I whipped up (About Us, Contact, Pricing, Etc.) I am calling this the
"External" layout.

I have decided to have a different look for the inside of the app, which I
am calling "Admin". My goal is to use this exact Pen, basically:
http://jsfiddle.net/indream/hSu4c/

The thing with that is, the page content renders in:

<section class="main-section">Page Content</section> <a
class="exit-off-canvas"></a>

This causes me an issue because I obviously need that page content to be
dynamic. I was hoping I could render than menu above the page content and
call it using a partial but that does not seem to be the case. (If anyone
knows how to do that that would work.

One option is, I could use this "Admin" layout as the primary application
layout style, and just throw <%= yield %> there. That would have me change
some things around, so I want to be thoughtful about the solution here.
Measure twice and cut once, as the saying goes.

Any advice?

Thanks!



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Jesse Waites
JesseWaites.com
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