Wow that is exactly what I was looking for :) I tried creating a new radiant app, froze to edge, and added the extension. When I start up, I get this error:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/work/iona/foo$ script/server => Booting Mongrel (use 'script/server webrick' to force WEBrick) => Rails application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000 => Call with -d to detach => Ctrl-C to shutdown server ** Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000 ** Starting Rails with development environment... Exiting ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:477:in `const_missing': uninitialized constant ShareLayoutsExtension::ApplicationController (NameError) from /home/mhughes/work/iona/foo/vendor/extensions/share_layouts/share_layouts_extension.rb:11:in `activate' from ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/lib/radiant/extension.rb:39:in `activate' from ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/lib/radiant/extension_loader.rb:118:in `activate' from ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/lib/radiant/extension_loader.rb:106:in `activate_extensions' from ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/lib/radiant/extension_loader.rb:97:in `select' from ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/lib/radiant/extension_loader.rb:97:in `activate_extensions' from ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/lib/radiant/extension_loader.rb:42:in `run' from ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/lib/radiant/initializer.rb:45:in `initialize_extensions' ... 31 levels... from ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:495:in `require' from ./script/../config/../vendor/radiant/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:39 from script/server:3:in `require' from script/server:3 Any ideas? On 10/25/07, Sean Cribbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > Check out the "share_layouts" extension in the core repository. It lets > you specify a Radiant layout to use when rendering your standard Rails > actions. > > Sean > > Matt Hughes wrote: > > I currently have two Rails apps for my site: one Radiant that serves > > the static context and a regular Rails app that does forms and > > authentication. Apache sits in front and figures out which app gets > > which URL. > > > > It's becoming a problem -- as you can imagine -- since both apps need > > to look the same. What I'd really like to do is merge the dynamic > > functionality into an extension and use Radiant to wrap the dynamic > > content with the specified layout. > > > > I've read the tutorial on creating extensions and have already created > > a custom tag or two. But I can't figure out how to use my layout when > > rendering from my extension: > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > ../extensions/user_status/user_status_extension.rb > > # Define a new custom route > > class UserStatusExtension < Radiant::Extension > > ... > > > > define_routes do |map| > > map.with_options(:controller => 'foo') do |foo| > > foo.bar 'foo/bar', :action => 'bar' > > end > > end > > > > ... > > end > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > ../extensions/user_status/app/controllers/foo_controller.rb > > > > # Have empty action that should point right to view > > def bar > > end > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > ../extensions/user_status/app/views/foo/bar.rhtml > > > > Hello from Bar! > > > > > > > > Now when I hit my Radiant app with: http://localhost:3000/foo/bar > > "Hello from Bar!" is rendered, but it is rendered using the Radiant > > admin layout (in radiant/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml. > > However, I want to be able to specify (either in my controller or my > > view) to use the custom layout that is being pulled from the Radiant > > database. For example, can I do this in my controller: > > > > layout(:from_db) > > > > > > Does this make sense? Is anyone else mixing apps like this? Is > > anyone doing forms in Radiant and how are you going about it? > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot. I hope to add to the site's documentation once I get my > > thoughts together and get through this project. > > _______________________________________________ > > Radiant mailing list > > Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org > > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant