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An *.html.erb file is just an html file with some embedded ruby.
Here is a snippet from our production environment's app/views/modules/_header.html.erb, which you can see here: media.dlib.indiana.edu
The snippet sets up the featured items on the front page.
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<div id="featured_content" class="row">
<div class="col-md-4">
<p><%= link_to media_object_path("avalon:6674") do %>
<strong>Featured Film</strong>
<% end %></p>
<p><%= link_to media_object_path("avalon:6674") do %>
<%= image_tag "featured/masters.png", alt: "Featured Film", class: 'thumbnail' %>
<% end %></p>
<p><%= link_to 'The Masters of Disaster (1985)', media_object_path("avalon:6674") %></p>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4">
<p><%= link_to catalog_index_path('f[collection_ssim][]' => 'IUL Moving Image Archive') do %>
<strong>Featured Film Collection</strong>
<% end %></p>
<p><%= link_to catalog_index_path('f[collection_ssim][]' => 'IUL Moving Image Archive') do %>
<%= image_tag "featured/minnieMouse.png", alt: "Featured Video Collection", class: 'thumbnail' %>
<% end %></p>
<p><%= link_to catalog_index_path('f[collection_ssim][]' => 'IUL Moving Image Archive') do %>
Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
<% end %></p>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4 hidden-phone">
<p><%= link_to catalog_index_path('f[collection_ssim][]' => 'Birch Bayh Senatorial Papers') do %>
<strong>Featured Audio Collection</strong>
<% end %></p>
<p><%= link_to catalog_index_path('f[collection_ssim][]' => 'Birch Bayh Senatorial Papers') do %>
<%= image_tag "featured/birchBayhHearings.png", alt: "Featured Audio Collection", class: 'thumbnail' %>
<% end %></p>
<p><%= link_to catalog_index_path('f[collection_ssim][]' => 'Birch Bayh Senatorial Papers') do %>
Birch Bayh Senate Hearings
<% end %></p>
</div>
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The first links to a specific media object using the item's pid, the second links to a search for a collection.
The image_tag looks in app/assets/images/ for its images. We put our pictures into app/assets/images/featured/
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This documentation is still in progress. |