Build ambitious content websites in Rails
Brad Gessler • November 19, 2024 • San Francisco, CA • Talk

Brad Gessler (Rocketship, Fly) "Content management in Rails with Sitepress.cc"

This talk dives into https://sitepress.cc, a tool for integrating content management directly into Rails applications. Originally conceived to combine the power of static site generators like Middleman with Rails’ flexibility, Sitepress simplifies building and managing content-heavy websites. It’s designed to work as a standalone static site generator, a Rails engine, or a dynamic server.

During the talk, we explore how the developer documentation at https://terminalwire.com use Sitepress’s advanced features, such as using markdown for pages, frontmatter for metadata, and traversing content with powerful tools like globbing and page models. A live demo showcased how these features come together to create polished documentation sites for developers.

Links:
Longer extended version of the talk: https://youtube.com/watch?v=K2N8fp2P7Ms
Website with Sitepress documentation and examples: https://sitepress.cc
Example used in presentation that uses Sitepress: https://terminalwire.com

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