does anyone know how to use SSI on ruby on rails?
I could not find an example anywhere. I just want to include and
external file in a rhtml document but can’t seem to be able to find an
example anywhere.
Hi Sam,
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 19:30 +0200, Sam G. wrote:
does anyone know how to use SSI on ruby on rails?
I could not find an example anywhere. I just want to include and
external file in a rhtml document but can’t seem to be able to find an
example anywhere.
If by SSI, you mean Server Side Includes, this is kind of an odd
question given the nature of Ruby on Rails.
If what you’re asking is specifically how to render an external file in
a Rails view, in your model or controller, read the file into an
instance variable and then use that instance variable in your view.
HTH,
Bill
Hi Bill,
I’m trying to embed a google doc into a rhtml page. I do not want to use
an iframe so I would like to do it with ruby. I’m not sure I understand
why it is an odd question. PHP is using codeigniter as an MVC and you
can still include files. Why is ruby on rails so different? And how
would I be able to do the same thing?
thanks
bill walton wrote:
Hi Sam,
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 19:30 +0200, Sam G. wrote:
does anyone know how to use SSI on ruby on rails?
I could not find an example anywhere. I just want to include and
external file in a rhtml document but can’t seem to be able to find an
example anywhere.If by SSI, you mean Server Side Includes, this is kind of an odd
question given the nature of Ruby on Rails.If what you’re asking is specifically how to render an external file in
a Rails view, in your model or controller, read the file into an
instance variable and then use that instance variable in your view.HTH,
Bill
You’re absolutely right. it is a rails template. I was trying to load an
external document into that rhtml template from and external url. The
easy way is to add an iframe and load the url in the src. I just wanted
to avoid the iframe because of scrolling issues.
regards
sam
bill walton wrote:
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 20:15 +0200, Sam G. wrote:
Hi Bill,
I’m trying to embed a google doc into a rhtml page. I do not
want to use an iframe so I would like to do it with ruby.When you say ‘into an rhtml page’, it immediately implies to Rails
developers that you’re talking about a Rails template that’s part of a
Rails app. I have the feeling though, from what you’ve said now, that
you have a static HTML page into which you want to include this google
doc and you have it in mind to rename the file with an rhtml extension
to tell Apache to parse it for SSI directives. Is that right?I’m not sure I understand why it is an odd question.
From the “Apache Tutorial: Introduction to Server Side Includes”
SSI (Server Side Includes) are directives that are placed in HTML pages, and evaluated on the server while the pages are being served. They let you add dynamically generated content to an existing HTML page, without having to serve the entire page via a CGI program, or other dynamic technology. The decision of when to use SSI, and when to have your page entirely generated by some program, is usually a matter of how much of the page is static, and how much needs to be recalculated every time the page is served. SSI is a great way to add small pieces of information, such as the current time. But if a majority of your page is being generated at the time that it is served, you need to look for some other solution.Rails programs are a means for generating pages on the server at the
time a page is requested / served. Rails is one example of the ‘some
other solution’ the tutorial’s author speaks to in the last sentence
above.You might be better off asking your question on the Ruby-talk mailing
list.Best regards,
Bill
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 20:15 +0200, Sam G. wrote:
Hi Bill,
I’m trying to embed a google doc into a rhtml page. I do not
want to use an iframe so I would like to do it with ruby.
When you say ‘into an rhtml page’, it immediately implies to Rails
developers that you’re talking about a Rails template that’s part of a
Rails app. I have the feeling though, from what you’ve said now, that
you have a static HTML page into which you want to include this google
doc and you have it in mind to rename the file with an rhtml extension
to tell Apache to parse it for SSI directives. Is that right?
I’m not sure I understand why it is an odd question.
From the “Apache Tutorial: Introduction to Server Side Includes”
SSI (Server Side Includes) are directives that are placed in
HTML pages, and evaluated on the server while the pages are
being served. They let you add dynamically generated content to
an existing HTML page, without having to serve the entire page
via a CGI program, or other dynamic technology.
The decision of when to use SSI, and when to have your page
entirely generated by some program, is usually a matter of how
much of the page is static, and how much needs to be
recalculated every time the page is served. SSI is a great way
to add small pieces of information, such as the current time.
But if a majority of your page is being generated at the time
that it is served, you need to look for some other solution.
Rails programs are a means for generating pages on the server at the
time a page is requested / served. Rails is one example of the ‘some
other solution’ the tutorial’s author speaks to in the last sentence
above.
You might be better off asking your question on the Ruby-talk mailing
list.
Best regards,
Bill