Blocks in config

[jasonmorganson]

Provide a way to set block content from the configuration file(s).

It would be good to be able to add styles or scripts into the configuration that are merged into their respective blocks.

[balupton]

There are two ways we generally can do this.

Via TemplateData

templateData:
    site:
        scripts: [
            '/vendor/jquery.js'
            '/vendor/jquery-ui.js'
            ]

Then inside your layout:

<%- @getBlock('scripts').add(@site.scripts).toHTML()

Via Populate Collections Event

events:
    populateCollections: ->
        @getBlock('scripts').add([
            '/vendor/jquery.js'
            '/vendor/jquery-ui.js'
        ])

Btw, would be great if you could catalog this on our stackoverflow forum as that is a better medium for questions. We generally just have the github issue tracker for bug reports and dev tasks related to milestones etc :) Let me know if there is anything I can do to make that more clear. Cheers! Also let me know if the above snippets work :)

[jasonmorganson]

That did the trick. I will add it to stackoverflow. Thanks!

[sergeylukin]

Is it @Getblock() or @docpad.getBlock() ?

Also is it possible to add strings to block on per-page basis? When I call @docpad.getBlock('scripts').add() on one page (via render event), it's added to all pages..

[sergeylukin]

Sorry, @balupton actually answered this already: #328 (comment)