Spree front-end css and html customisation

[Bartosz Wais]

Hi there,

I am thinking to give Spree a try, thing that I remember from previous attempts is that Spree is using deface gem for html modification, I didn't spend much time on it but I have feeling it is not very enjoyable experience. 

My question is, is there any other way, or how you guys are working with front-end side?

I really liked shoppe gem easiness but projects looks a bit abandoned and far from back-end options Spree has.

Best regards

Bartosz

[omair azam]

To work with spree views, there are two solutions:

1- overriding view all together, this is done when you have completely different front-end and require to change it completely.

2- Deface- it uses hooks to replace particular sections.

If you want to be comfortable with Spree views you should learn Deface, there are some good blogs available.

To work with Spree like a pro, you must understand Ruby very well, specifically meta-programming.

If you are not familiar with meta-programming of Ruby then you cannot customize Spree on your will but will be dependent on existent extensions and most of those extensions have version clashes and you will have to modify those.

If you don’t know Ruby well and you need a customized store than I don’t recommend Spree to you.

Omair Azam

Software Engineer

[Paul Callaghan]

Hi

I agree it can take a bit of time to get the effect you want, but generally, the alternative tends to be worse if you need to update Spree several times! 

We use it for quite a few minor page modifications, but for larger stuff we copy the original view and modify that - but only as a last resort. 

Paul

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From: 'Bartosz Wais' via Spree <spree...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: 09 August 2017 1:39 PM
To: Spree
Subject: [spree-user] Spree front-end css and html customisation

 

[Bartosz Wais]

Hi again,

thanks for sharing thoughts, I see Spree as ruby on Rails app, with ORM ActiveSomething.and controllers to create actions(through router), I used to option when I can just edit Views files.

I liked Shoppe but Spree seems to be choice in 2017 for rails app.

Do you have somewhere example with overriding view all together, my guess is, it is somwhere in gem files, didn't bother yet too look, could be nice generate function.

Best regards

Bartosz

[dam...@sparksolutions.co]

Hi Bartosz

We're sunsetting deface in future Spree releases. It's way easier and more rails-native way to just copy the views and replace them with your own. 

In future releases, we will split views into smaller partials for easier replacements.