Split content to inject partial?

#1

Hi everyone!

After realizing today that Jekyll 3 broke my category plugins (and removed the built-in category functionality), I decided to try out Middleman. So far so good. Anyhoo, I have some code in my Jekyll site that looks for a string to text to then replace with HTML. Here’s the relevant snippet:

<main class="main">
  {% if content contains "<!--/ ad /-->" %}
    {{ content | split:"<!--/ ad /-->" | first % }}
      {% include ad.html %}
    {{ content | split:"<!--/ ad /-->" | last % }}
  {% else %}
    {{ content }}
  {% endif %}
</main>

I was wondering if it is at all possible to do the same thing in Middleman.

#2

This community seems to be super dead, but maybe because it’s new? Idk, I’m new so whatevs. Anyhoo! Here’s the solution:

<main class="main">
  <% content = yield %>

  <% if content.include?("<!--/ ad /-->") %>
    <%= content.split("<!--/ ad /-->").first %>
      <%= partial "partials/ad" %>
    <%= content.split("<!--/ ad /-->").last %>
  <% else %>
    <%= content %>
  <% end %>
</main>
#3

Welcome!

Sorry, I put this in my queue to respond to, but you got it figured out first.

Middleman lets you do Ruby code so it will let you do a lot more than Jekyll (Liquid)

I post my questions on StackOverflow - not that the community is great there, but it is OK… and I’d like to see it take off there :slight_smile:

#4

I know this is a rather late entry. I’m still new to Middleman myself and don’t check the forum that often. I saw this post last week some time. But since you seemed to have found your solution, I just continued onward to read the next post. But I came across this again and was bothered a bit - as I was the first time - with the amount of code. And it got me thinking about a different way to do it. Since everything is generated during the build process, why not just do something like this:

<main class="main">
    <%= yield.sub("<!--/ ad /-->", partial("partials/ad")) %>
</main>

Of course, .sub() only replaces the first instance. So if you have multiple instances, you could use .gsub(). I tested it with a small .haml file on one of my own sites and it worked. But for the second .sub() parameter, I had to use either partial("partials/ad") or (partial "partials/ad"). If I just used partial "partials/ad" (no parentheses), I got a syntax error. Maybe you wouldn’t have the same issue in a .erb file. (?)

Cheers

#5

I discovered that I could just continue using an older version of Jekyll so I don’t have to deal with broken category plugins. Still, your answer looks good!