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Blankman
Blankman

Reputation: 267040

How to load a static file from within a controller action with a layout

I have multiple versions of a document:

about_version1.html
about_version2.html
about_version3.html

In my controller I want to render the text from either version 1,2 or 3.

I want to also use a layout.

How can I load the contents file with a layout? Is there built-in way in rails to read from a static asset like this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 328

Answers (1)

EJAg
EJAg

Reputation: 3298

Of course. Rails will use /views/layouts/application.html.erb as the default layout for all templates. To use a different layout, create a file in /views/layouts called about.html.erb and put <%= yield %> where you want to insert your template.

Then assuming you have all three template files under /views/static, do something like this:

## static_controller.rb
    def about
      version = params[:version]
      render "static/about_version#{version}.html.erb", layout: "about"
    end

Your will need to supply the param :version when you call #about of course.

Upvotes: 1

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