Question

I have a basic scaffold for products. I would like to have a unique spec page for each product. The spec page will be made in regular HTML as each product has unique specs. I figure I can simply create a file in the view and an appropriate route for the spec page. My question is: how to create a link to the spec page from the product show action?

For example: say product one is Honda civic. I will then manually create a spec file for civic, say spec_civic.html.erb. I will then write out the specs for the spec_civic.html.erb in HTML. Product two is Honda Accord. I will make a spec sheet for spec_accord.html.erb My question again is how to make a link from the product’s show action that goes to its spec page.

Answer 1

if File.exist?(File.join(Rails.root, "views", "cars", "_" + @car.model_name.underscore + ".html.erb"))
    render :partial => @car.model_name.underscore
else
    render :partial => "generic_car"
end

this code is not complete and is for example only. You can use it in controller’s show action, or insert in show.html.erb (code needs to be modified for a view)