Rails - Dec 2005 - Rendering text with textilize

I''m building a site where the pages pull from a database so I can
build a simple content management system for the client. The client
will get a giant textarea to edit which then gets textilized on
output.

So I tried this for the homepage, but textilize didn''t work (undefined
method error). Is there a better way to accomplish what I want? I''d
like to avoid using individual rhtml files for the pages since each
page is simply database content.

def index
render(:text=>
textilize(ContentAreas.find_by_name("overview").content),
:layout=>"content")
end


Thanks!

Brian

On 3-dec-2005, at 0:04, Brian Morykon wrote:
> I''m building a site where the pages pull from a database so I can
> build a simple content management system for the client. The client
> will get a giant textarea to edit which then gets textilized on
> output.
>
> So I tried this for the homepage, but textilize didn''t work
(undefined
> method error). Is there a better way to accomplish what I want?
I''d
> like to avoid using individual rhtml files for the pages since each
> page is simply database content.
>
> def index
> render(:text=> textilize(ContentAreas.find_by_name 
> ("overview").content),
> :layout=>"content")
> end
I don''t think textilize() is available as a method inside the  
controller context. You will need to hook it into
your controller or directly call RedCloth (that would be the best in  
your case)
>
def index
   render :text=>RedCloth.new(ContentAreas.find_by_name 
(''overview'').content).to_html,
:layout=>''content''
end



--
Julian ''Julik'' Tarkhanov
me at julik.nl

> def index
>    render :text=>RedCloth.new(ContentAreas.find_by_name
> (''overview'').content).to_html,
:layout=>''content''
> end

def index
  @content = ContentAreas.find_by_name(''overview'').content
  render :inline => "<%= textilize @content %>", :layout
=> ''content''
end


--
rick
http://techno-weenie.net

Julik and Rick,

I ended up going with Rick''s inline approach (although the other is
good to know!). I had tried render :inline before but had the database
call in the render line instead of broken out in a variable. Works
perfect now.

Thank you both!

On 12/2/05, Rick Olson
<technoweenie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> > def index
> >    render :text=>RedCloth.new(ContentAreas.find_by_name
> > (''overview'').content).to_html,
:layout=>''content''
> > end
>
>
> def index
>   @content =
ContentAreas.find_by_name(''overview'').content
>   render :inline => "<%= textilize @content %>", :layout
=> ''content''
> end
>
>
> --
> rick
> http://techno-weenie.net
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