From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2006-11-01T21:05:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby tools for managing static websites?

On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:08:06 -0000, Chris Pearl <chrispearl@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> The only part that would appear to be helpful is ActionView, and maybe
> some helpers (most helpers are oriented to dynamic web-application
> needs: dynamic forms, AJAX etc.) I'm not sure the above overhead is
> worth it just to get a templating system, that's - let's face it - an
> integrated ERB :)
>

<hard-sell>

Actually, Rote allows you to mix in ActionView helpers to your pages -  
we've already made a start on making the Page API compatible for that.  
Obviously not everything makes sense in a static site, but the tag  
helpers, form helpers, etc. can be pretty useful. All it takes is:

	require 'active_support'
	require 'action_view'

	class Rote::Page
	  include ActionView::Helpers::FormHelper
	end

dropped in the Rakefile rote gives you. We're also looking at getting  
partials working properly, too.

</hard-sell :) >

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Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk