Hey everyone, What is a good way to add more variables to the config.yml file? I have been successful at doing the following in my app.rb: module Nesta class Config @settings = %w[ title aftertitle subtitle theme disqus_short_name cache content google_analytics_code ] end class app helpers do def set_common_variables @menu_items = Nesta::Menu.for_path('/') @site_title = Nesta::Config.title set_from_config(:title, :subtitle, :google_analytics_code, :aftertitle) @heading = @title end end end end Is there a better way to do this? thanks in advance, Aaron
On 21 Apr 2012, at 19:58, aaron addleman wrote:
> Is there a better way to do this?
I just had a quick look. Nothing significantly better leapt out at me.
But do you really need to modify config.yml? If you need to vary the
aftertitle thing in multiple sites (and access it in templates in a shared
theme), I can see why you'd want to add new stuff to config.yml.
If it's just for one site, I'd probably just write a helper method (rather
than create a new instance variable) and reference that in my templates.
It could be simpler.
e.g.
helpers do
def aftertitle
'value'
end
end
Ok thanks! On Monday, April 23, 2012, Graham Ashton wrote: > On 21 Apr 2012, at 19:58, aaron addleman wrote: > > > Is there a better way to do this? > > I just had a quick look. Nothing significantly better leapt out at me. > > But do you really need to modify config.yml? If you need to vary the > aftertitle thing in multiple sites (and access it in templates in a shared > theme), I can see why you'd want to add new stuff to config.yml. > > If it's just for one site, I'd probably just write a helper method (rather > than create a new instance variable) and reference that in my templates. It > could be simpler. > > e.g. > > helpers do > def aftertitle > 'value' > end > end >