Blocky is a Ruby gem for adding editable content blocks to a Rails project.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem "blocky"Install the Blocky gem with Bundler:
bundle installUse the install generator to set up Blocky:
rails g blocky:installRun the installed database migrations to add the required tables:
rake db:migrateTo create a content block, simply use the blocky helper and specify a content key in
your ERB template. Each content key must be unique across your entire application for
each content block that has unique content.
<%= blocky(:contact_info) %>You can specify a block of HTML to be loaded into the content block the first time the that content key is loaded. This means you won't have a bunch of empty content blocks in development when a new developer spins up the app for the first time.
<%= blocky(:product_faq) do %>
<h1>Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
<ul>
<li>How do I add content blocks?</li>
<li>How do I edit my content blocks?</li>
</ul>
<% end %>Blocky registers the content blocks with Active Admin to
provide the editing interface. Everything works best if you are using Active Admin and
if current_admin_user is used to return an authenticated user who can manage the
content blocks when signed in.
If you're not using Active Admin, it should be pretty easy to create a simple interface for managing your content blocks. The reason the old admin interface was removed was to simplify the project and remove authorization methods that don't belong in this gem.
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request