Two questions for you all...
1. I have an admin section to a site I''m building. Here''s the
pertinent
bit of the layout that all controllers are using:
<div id="main-content">
<%= @content_for_layout %>
</div>
<div id="sidebar">
</div>
I''m using @content_for_layout to display various controller actions
such
as new, edit, list etc. My problem is that for each controller I want a
specific chunk of content to show up in the sidebar. How can I
accomplish this without altering the layout to look something like this:
<div id="main-content">
<%= @content_for_layout %>
</div>
<div id="sidebar">
<% if @controller.controller_name == ''news'' %><%=
render(:partial =>
"news_sidebar") %><% end %>
<% if @controller.controller_name == ''users'' %><%=
render(:partial =>
"users_sidebar") %><% end %>
<% if @controller.controller_name == ''links'' %><%=
render(:partial =>
"links_sidebar") %><% end %>
</div>
...There has to be a much more DRY way of doing that. Perhaps a helper
that takes the controller name as an argument? Other suggestions?
2. I''m used to building searches and sorting mechanisms with PHP that
analyze a $_GET request and display data based on those parametrs. URLs
end up looking like:
http://example.com/search.php&order=desc&category=foo&author=fred
I have no idea how to build something simple like this with Rails -- can
someone provide some code for me to look at that does just this? I''m
very much a learn by seeing kind of guy and would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
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