#8 Layouts and content_for

Mar 21, 2007 | 3 minutes | Views

If you want to change something in the layout on a per-template basis, content_for is your answer! This allows templates to specify view code that can be placed anywhere in a layout.

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          projects/index.rhtml
        
<% content_for :head do %>
  <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'projects' %>
<% end %>

          layouts/application.rhtml
        
<head>
  <title>Todo List</title>
  <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application' %>
  <%= yield :head %>
</head>