Class Webby::Resources::Layout
In: lib/webby/resources/layout.rb
Parent: Resource

A Layout is any file that is found in the layout folder of the webiste directory. Layouts container the common elements of all the pages in a website, and pages from the content folder are rendered into the layout.

Methods

destination   extension   new   url  

Public Class methods

Layout.new( path )

Creates a new Layout object given the full path to the layout file.

[Source]

# File lib/webby/resources/layout.rb, line 16
  def initialize( fn )
    super

    @_meta_data = MetaFile.meta_data(@path)
    @_meta_data ||= {}
    @_meta_data.sanitize!
  end

Public Instance methods

destination()

The output file destination for the layout. This is the ".cairn" file in the output folder. It is used to determine if the layout is newer than the build products.

[Source]

# File lib/webby/resources/layout.rb, line 41
  def destination
    ::Webby.cairn
  end
extension()

Returns the extension to be applied to output files rendered by the layotut. This will either be a string or nil if the layout does not specify an extension to use.

[Source]

# File lib/webby/resources/layout.rb, line 28
  def extension
    return _meta_data['extension'] if _meta_data.has_key? 'extension'

    if _meta_data.has_key? 'layout'
      lyt = ::Webby::Resources.find_layout(_meta_data['layout'])
      lyt ? lyt.extension : nil
    end
  end
url()

Layouts do not have a URL. This method will alwasy return nil.

[Source]

# File lib/webby/resources/layout.rb, line 47
  def url
    nil
  end

[Validate]