# SSI like function in Rails?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssi-like-function-in-rails/54175>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 25, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssi-like-function-in-rails/54175 "2006-02-25T12:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssi-like-function-in-rails/54175/1 "2006-02-25T12:46:11Z")

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Hey

Im slowly learning ruby and rails… still having some problems with  
grasping the basic concepts though.

How do I include a common html snippet in some of my views? (The snippet  
exists in two different flavors, I want to include either one depending  
on what type of user (admin/others) is requesting the page)

I have tried the normal SSI include tags, but my WEBrick server cant  
handle them properly (at all).

// Daniel

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**Author:** ![daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssi-like-function-in-rails/54175/2 "2006-02-25T12:54:34Z")

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You want to learn about ‘partials’

app/views/shared/\_header.rhtml:

# My Great Site!

app/views/layouts/application.rhtml:

 \<%= render\_partial 'shared/header' %\> 

… basically like that.

- james

On 2/25/06, Daniel [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> handle them properly (at all).
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> // Daniel
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**Author:** ![daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssi-like-function-in-rails/54175/3 "2006-02-25T12:58:22Z")

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Great, thank you very much!

// Daniel