Create a helper or something for haml with ruby on rails

Question

I am using haml with my rails application and i have a question how the easiest way to insert this haml code into a html file:

<div clas="holder">  <div class=top"></div>   <div class="content">    Content into the div goes here   </div>  <div class="bottom"></div> </div> 

And I want to use it in my haml document like this:

%html  %head  %body   Maybee some content here.   %content_box #I want to get the code i wrote inserted here    Content that goes in the content_box like news or stuff  %body 

Is there an easier way to do this?

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I get this error:

**unexpected $end, expecting kEND** 

with this code:

# Methods added to this helper will be available to all templates in the application. module ApplicationHelper  def content_box(&block)   open :div, :class => "holder" do # haml helper    open :div, :class => "top"     open :div, :class => "content" do       block.call     open :div, :class => "bottom"   end  end end 

Answer 1

You can use haml_tag too

def content_box   haml_tag :div, :class => "holder" do     haml_tag :div, :class => "top"     haml_tag :div, :class => "content" do       yield     haml_tag :div, :class => "bottom"   end end 

and in haml

%html   %head   %body     Maybee some content here.     = content_box do       Content that goes in the content_box like news or stuff 

Answer 2

The typical solution to this is to use a partial.

Or a helper method in your _helper.rb file:

def content_box(&block)   open :div, :class => "holder" do # haml helper     open :div, :class => "top"     open :div, :class => "content" do       block.call     end     open :div, :class => "bottom"   end end 

And in haml:

%html   %head   %body     Maybee some content here.     = content_box do       Content that goes in the content_box like news or stuff