From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-12-03T02:37:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Hobix: Modifying sidebar

In article <41AECBCF.4000609@whytheluckystiff.net>,
why the lucky stiff  <ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net> wrote:
>Phil Tomson wrote:
>> I'm trying to modify the sidebar of my hobix blog.  I want to add a 
>> 'contacts' section to the sidebar.
>> 
>> From reading through some of the archives it seems like I should add an 
>> index.html.quick file to my skel directory which contains:
>> 
>>   sidebar_list: [sidebar_archive, sidebar_links, sidebar_contacts, 
>> sidebar_syndicate, sidebar_hobix]
>> 
>> Where 'sidebar_contacts' is a new entry.
>
>What do you mean exactly by 'entry'?  The 'sidebar_contacts' is, yes, a 
>new entry in the Quick Template YAML file 'index.html.quick', but, no, 
>not a new blog entry.

Yep. Sorry for the ambiguity.  I mean new entry in the list.

>
>Try this:
>
>   sidebar_list: [sidebar_archive, sidebar_links, sidebar_contacts,
>                  sidebar_syndicate, sidebar_hobix]
>   sidebar_contacts: |
>     <div class="sidebarBox">
>         <h2 class="sidebarTitle">Contacts</h2>
>         <ul>
>             <li><a href="mailto:sj@example.org">Steve Jux</a></li>
>             <li><a href="mailto:ct@example.org">Carl Thin</a></li>
>         </ul>
>     </div>

This worked!  Thanks.


>
>For the full details on Quick templates, try these two howtos:
>
>+ Using Quick Templates
>http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/hobix-is-the-way/2004-September/000003.html
>+ Using Quick-Summary and Quick-Archive
>http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/hobix-is-the-way/2004-September/000008.html
>

I looked at those prior to posting.  I have to say I found them a bit 
confusing...  do I use yaml or do I use erb?  Apparently I could use 
either or both.

>> 
>> When I do a 'hobix regen blogName' I get:
>> 
>> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/hobix/out/quick.rb:79:in `method': 
>> undefined method `sidebar_contact_erb' for class `Hobix::Out::Quick' 
>> (NameError)
>
>I will remedy this tomorrow.  Heil.
>

Thanks, why. Out of the box, Hobix is very nice.  I've got it set up so 
that whenever I send email to a certain address with a certain subject it 
gets posted (along with attached photos) to my hobix trip-blog 
automatically.

Phil