Tutorial - Hike On, part 3

Create the news template definition Create the news page and enter content Create the news view Add news to the menu Finished for now

Create the news template definition

Create a new template definition called /geego/news.rb with the following code

{:name=>'r_news_items', :fields=>['tm_Title', 'dt_Date', 'tl_Article', {:name=>'img_Photo', :width=>200}]}

Note we are automatically setting all photos to 200px rather that letting the client set the photos size themselves.

Add the template definition to the template list with a type of page.

Create the news page and enter content

Add a new page called /news using the template.

Edit the content creating various news items as you see fit.

Create the news view

Create the view /app/views/g_pub/news.rhtml with the following code

<h1><%= @g[:page_title] %></h1>

<table>
<%
for item in @g[:news_items]
    %>
    <tr>
        <td>
                <h2><%= item[:title] %></h2>
                <%= image_tag item[:photo][:show], :style=>"float: right" %>
                <p style="font-style: italic"> <%= item[:date].strftime("%d-%m-%Y") %></p>
                <p> <%= item[:article] %></p>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <%
end
%>
</table>

Add news to the menu

Publish /news

and then edit content for /main_menu and add an item to the principal menu items with a text of News and linking to our newly created news page.

Publish main_menu.

Finished for now

We now have a basic information website setup with a heirachical menu, unlimited news items and the ability to add muliple images & new pages.

In the next tutorial we will publish news items to their own model/table so that we can search them and generally have more flexiibilty in their display.