[Archivesspace_Users_Group] RoR Guidance/Help with Index Page

[Maura Carbone]

I can! I just included it in the body of the e-mail because that way people
didn't have to go to external links, but here it is on gist:

https://gist.github.com/librarymaura/7a3a303e5c579aaed917

Thanks,
Maura

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Chris Fitzpatrick <
Chris.Fitzpatrick at lyrasis.org> wrote:

>  Hi Maura,
>
>
>  Can't you put your code up on http://gist.github.com/
> <http://gist.github.com/>
>
> and send a link to it? What you're doing sounds about right, but it'll be
> easier for me to see what's up if I can look at the code...
>
> b,chris.
>
>
>   Chris Fitzpatrick | Developer, ArchivesSpace
> Skype: chrisfitzpat  | Phone: 918.236.6048
> http://archivesspace.org/
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Maura Carbone <mauraa at brandeis.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 21, 2015 10:02 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] RoR Guidance/Help with Index Page
>
>   Hi all,
>  I've been playing with RoR and html.erb and have a question on how to
> implement something I've written. Hoping someone with more experience may
> be able to offer a little guidance as the stuff I've read hasn't been super
> helpful (in part because I'm already working with pre-built stuff rather
> than starting entirely from scratch).
>
>  Right now this is our index.html.erb page:
>
>  http://findingaids.brandeis.edu/
>
>  I wrote some ruby code that would allow the images to be randomized, and
> tested said ruby code in irb (so I know I get correctly returned values):
>
>  x=Dir["../assets/images/aspace_home/col-1/*.jpg"]
> y=Dir["../assets/images/aspace_home/col-2/*.jpg"]
> z=Dir["../assets/images/aspace_home/col-3/*.jpg"]
>
>  def pickImage(directory)
>    dirSize=directory.length
>    ranNum=0+rand(dirSize)
>    fileName=directory[ranNum]
>    return fileName
> end
>
>  @img1=pickImage(x)
> @img2=pickImage(y)
> @img3=pickImage(z)
>
>  However, I'm not entirely sure how to implement this in RoR/my html.erb
> file. I found the index controller (I believe), the site_controller.rb and
> put the code inside (and outside on a few tries) the def index end block,
> and then added an <img src="<%= @img1 %>" /> to my index.html.erb file but
> no variable is found (the page display but its like the img tag is empty).
>
>  I also tried something like <% image_tag , '"' +
> pickImage(Dir["../assets/images/aspace_home/col-1/*.jpg"]) + '"', :alt =>
> "Finding Aids Display Image" %> which just broke the page.
>
>  Any guidance on how this works/if I'm even doing this right? I haven't
> found anything in archivesspace.out that indicates if what I'm doing is
> even being rendered; is there another log somewhere I can check?
>
>  --
>  Maura Carbone
> Digital Initiatives Librarian
> Brandeis University
> Library and Technology Services
> (781) 736-4659
> 415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110)
> Waltham, MA 02454-9110
> email: mauraa at brandeis.edu
>
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-- 
Maura Carbone
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Brandeis University
Library and Technology Services
(781) 736-4659
415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110)
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
email: mauraa at brandeis.edu
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