This plugin fixes the problem of how to organize the parts of your app
that are re-used like blocks across pages, like those in side-bars and
top-bars. It allows you to create render-points where content can be
inserted in views.
In short it allows one to set body_parts (variables that can be yielded
in views) from controllers. Also since Rails components are
notoriously slow, this is a nice alternative.
After installing the plugin you can declare body parts in your
controllers (most often only in controllers/application.rb) with:
body_parts :top, :sidebar
Then you can fill them up in the same, or in inheriting controllers
by passing method syms to body-name_body, just like Rails filters:
top_body :navigation_bar
The return value of these methods will be added to the body.
In the view you can display the body with
<= yield :sidebar_body %>
resp.
<= yield :top_body %>.
As you can see Body Builder supports multiple, user-defined bodies.
This contrary to the Simple Sidebar plugin.
See the full Body Builder docs for code examples and installation
instructions: http://www.logilogi.org/pub/doc/plugins/body_builder/
Body Builder is under the Affero GPL, and developed by the LogiLogi
Foundation (http://foundation.logilogi.org)
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