Integrating comatose into existing application layout

[opoplawski]

I'm trying to integrate comatose into my existing rail application
layout to manage static content. I currently have a app/views/layouts/
application.rhtml file that defines the layout and a "site" controller
that is currently serving up the basic pages:

map.connect '', :controller => "site"

If I change to:

map.comatose_root ''

I get only the basic pages as defined in comatose, not my layout. Is
there a simple way to replace my current site controller with comatose
and get the comatose output integrated into the application layout?

Thanks!

Orion

[opoplawski]

Here's what I did:

In config/routes.rb:

map.comatose_root '', :layout => "layouts/application"

But I also had to edit /lib/comatose/controller.rb and changed the
base class of the Comatose Controller to be my "ApplicationController"
which includes my ApplicationHelper functions used in my layout. Not
sure if there is a better way.

- Orion

[Andrew Kuklewicz]

I think for what you want, all you need to do is specify the layout for comatose to use:

map.comatose_root '', :layout=>'application'

-Andrew

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[vvan]

Its not actually clear how to get comatose to load your own layout.
Cant get comatose.root to point to a layout which resides in app/view/
layouts folder.

Any suggestions?

[vvan]

Also after you point comatose.root to a file do you call it in the
address bar instead of comatose_admin?

Thanks in Advance

[Thibaut Barrère]

Hi,

> Its not actually clear how to get comatose to load your own layout.
> Cant get comatose.root to point to a layout which resides in app/view/
> layouts folder.

As Andrew stated it, map.comatose_root can include a :layout
parameter. If you write :layout => 'application' like Andrew did, the /
app/views/layouts/application.rhtml will get picked for all the public
part.

Another tip that can be useful: you can also create a named route with
a layout for a specific part of the site, eg:
map.comatose_footer 'information', :index => 'information',:layout =>
'my_specific_layout'

Finally, if you need to customize the admin part, use the rake
comatose:admin:customize task which will copy the necessary files to
your app and public folder. You will get a app/views/comatose_admin
folder with all the default templates, ready to be customized.

cheers!

Thibaut
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[vvan]

thanks for the info
much appreciated