From: Cameron McBride <cameron.mcbride@...>
Date: 2005-01-10T02:57:42+09:00
Subject: Re: HTML template recommendations

> Amrita for templating. http://amrita.sourceforge.jp/

+1  I'm also a big amrita fan.

> What I like about it is that it keeps the HTML in the template and the
> Ruby in the script. To me that feels extremely clean (and because it's
> well done it's also fairly flexible). Took literally minutes to learn to
> use, too.

Being able to design the look of a site in standard HTML and CSS, then
just dropping it into the correct file has felt clean and simple. 
Since I'm usually time crunched, it's also a nice mental relief that
it's an easy fix if someone disagree's with my design choice (God
knows I've made some ugle things, I'm no artist).  With Amrita, I can
just tell them to make a new template using what they know and just
put the correct 'id' tags in.

Like Michael said, the logic stays in ruby and the design stays in
HTML (fwiw, I use redcloth/bluecloth for content).  no funky hybrid
templates.

Cameron