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chrisaiv on 07/04/10


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Rails: Simple nav link helper

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In an effort to stay DRY, here's a simple way to organize your main navigation.

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  1. #1. Insert this in /rails_app/helpers/application_helper.rb
  2. def nav_link( text, controller, action="index" )
  3.   link_to_unless_current text,  :controller => controller,
  4.                                 :action => action
  5. end
  6.  
  7. #2. Make a Call from /views/layouts/application_helper.rb
  8. <div id="nav">
  9.     <%= nav_link "Home", "site" %>
  10.     <%= nav_link "About", "site", "about" %>
  11.     <%= nav_link "Help", "site", "help" %>
  12. </div>

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