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How to setup a Refinery custom content type and view (aka "page template")
<!-- path: app/views/refinery/admin/pages/_actions.html.erb -->
<!--
You could override this view, if you want to add links to each page type via the admin UI. If you don't you'll have to add a param the the URL.
WARNING: You most probably want to do it cleaner than that and find a way to hook to this view instead of overriding it if at all possible.
-->
<ul>
<li>
<%= render '/refinery/admin/search', :url => refinery.admin_pages_path %>
</li>
<li>
<%= link_to t('.create_new_page') + " (standard)", refinery.new_admin_page_path,
:class => "add_icon" %>
</li>
<% Refinery::Pages.types.each do |type| %>
<li>
<%= link_to t('.create_new_page') + " (#{type.name.to_s})", refinery.new_admin_page_path + "?view_template=" + type.name.to_s, :class => "add_icon" %>
</li>
<% end %>
<% if @pages.many? and !searching? %>
<li>
<%= link_to t('.reorder_pages'), refinery.admin_pages_path,
:id => "reorder_action",
:class => "reorder_icon" %>
<%= link_to t('.reorder_pages_done'), refinery.admin_pages_path,
:id => "reorder_action_done",
:style => "display: none;",
:class => "reorder_icon" %>
</li>
<% end %>
</ul>
<!--
path: app/views/refinery/pages/my_new_view.html.erb
usage: this is a view_template you can choose in the advanced part of a page creation, see the initializer to enable it.
-->
<%= raw @page.content_for(:intro) %>
<%= raw @page.content_for(:body) %>
<%= raw @page.content_for(:right) %>
<%= raw @page.content_for(:footer) %>
<%= raw @page.content_for(:related) %>
#config/initializers/refinery/pages.rb
Refinery::Pages.configure do |config|
# ...
# this is how to define a new type of page with custom parts.
config.types.register :my_content_type do |content_type|
content_type.parts = %w[intro body right footer related]
end
# this is the list of views that you can choose from the admin UI, see the added custom view template.
config.view_template_whitelist = ["home", "show", "my_new_view"]
# this will enable the use of custom view templates.
config.use_view_templates = true
# ...
end
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Soldo commented Apr 10, 2012

@jipiboily, I am always pleasantly surprised how people like you are always ready to help. Thanks!

Concerning the code, I'd have to say that I've already posted all my code. I started to work on the new project. And these things we are discussing here (defining layouts, and "yield" parts) are, as I believe, the things that should be done very late, if not first during the development of a project.
I am just trying to get this "2. option" robyurkowski suggested to work. So, as I said before, I've overridden pages_controller and added:
def bidon
render_with_templates?
end

Then I've created "bidon.html.erb" and placed just some silly text I want to be returned in my browser, just to see that its working. I wrote "Hello world" inside h1 tags.
And then I tried to add a route inside routes.rb file (config folder). I tried with "match '/novi-template' => 'pages#bidon'" line.

I'm not sure which part I didn't do right, but I've thought that route was the wrong one. I'm not 100% sure about that. The fact is that I can't get the content I placed in "bidon.html.erb" file, that is "hello world".
Thanks one more time.

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Soldo commented Apr 10, 2012

Just to add this, maybe you'll think it's useful:
When I hit "rake routes" command, I got this output (it's just a part of the output):

[slasticarnica]$ rake routes
refinery / Refinery::Core::Engine
/novi-template(.:format) pages#bidon

Routes for Refinery::Core::Engine:

                  /system/resources/*dragonfly(.:format)       <Dragonfly::App name=:refinery_resources >

insert_admin_resources GET /refinery/resources/insert(.:format) refinery/admin/resources#insert
admin_resources GET /refinery/resources(.:format) refinery/admin/resources#index
POST /refinery/resources(.:format) refinery/admin/resources#create
new_admin_resource GET /refinery/resources/new(.:format) refinery/admin/resources#new
...

Looking at the route "/novi-template(.:format) pages#bidon" I notice it's not same as other routes, so maybe the problem is here. What do you think?

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Soldo commented Apr 10, 2012

@jipiboily, also I noticed one other thing, and that is: even if my "bidon.html.erb" file is completely empty, I still get the same result.
What I did was I deleted bidon.html.erb (my_new_view.html.erb file you posted) with this content:

<%= raw @page.content_for(:intro) %>
<%= raw @page.content_for(:body) %>
<%= raw @page.content_for(:right) %>
<%= raw @page.content_for(:footer) %>
<%= raw @page.content_for(:related) %>

And what happened was, I got a content from "intro" section, and that was the content I defined in backend (administration).

This is becoming more and more confusing. Do you have some logical explanation? Thanks!

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@Soldo: please create a gist with ALL the content of your routes.rb, PagesController override, pages.rb initializer, your new view (bidon or my_new_view, whichever is current). Currently, I don't have enough material to give you an explanation. I would need all your code concerning the problem. Can you also tell me what are the exact specs of what your are trying to do.

Thanks!

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