I have a Ruby on Rails app that I built myself, but which needs a redesign by a professional designer. I know most designers just give you Photoshop mockups and slices, but I would like to hire someone to implement the design as well, which means rewriting the css style sheets and the erb and haml templates.
The problem is that I want someone else to implement the redesign without exposing my code to the redesign implementer. Also, I wish there was a way to allow a designer to implement a redesign on a Ruby on Rails site without having to know anything about Ruby on Rails. Are either of these scenarios possible using any combination of software tools?
I guess I’m looking for something like Zope Page Templates, but for Ruby on Rails.
I have been using a gem by dr nic that allows to quickly slap a html template on your rails site called install_theme.
It allows your designer to just code a pure html/css solution, which this gem then translates into a rails layout, and allows to fill in the partials and main content area automatically. You will still have to design/code your own views, but at least the main layout is achieved quickly.
I hope it helps.