Helpers for blog

config.rb

@@ -50,11 +50,28 @@
 end
 
 # Methods defined in the helpers block are available in templates
-# helpers do
-#   def some_helper
-#     "Helping"
-#   end
-# end
+helpers do
+  def articles(limit = 5)
+    blog.articles[0..limit]
+  end
+
+  def article_title(article)
+    article.data.title
+  end
+
+  def article_author(article)
+    article.data.author
+  end
+
+  def article_date(article)
+    date = article.date
+    date.strftime('%B %d, %Y')
+  end
+
+  def article_summary(article)
+    article.data.excerpt
+  end
+end
 
 set :css_dir,    'stylesheets'
 set :js_dir,     'javascripts'

source/blog.html.erb

@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ title: Lotus - Blog
 <h1>Lotus Blog</h1>
 
 <section class="blog wrapper animated fadeIn">
-<div class="container-fluid">
-  <% blog.articles[0...5].each do |article| %>
-    <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 main">
-      <h2 class="page-header">
-        <%= article.title %>
-        <div class="meta">Posted by <strong class="author"><%= article.data.author %></strong> on <%= article.date.strftime("%B %d, %Y") %></div>
-      </h2>
+  <div class="container-fluid">
+    <% articles.each do |article| %>
+      <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 main">
+        <h2 class="page-header">
+          <%= article_title(article) %>
+          <div class="meta">Posted by <strong class="author"><%= article_author(article) %></strong> on <%= article_date(article) %></div>
+        </h2>
 
-      <p class="lead"><%= article.data.excerpt %></p>
+        <p class="lead"><%= article_summary(article) %></p>
 
-      <%= link_to 'Read more…', article %>
+        <%= link_to 'Read more…', article %>
+      </div>
     </div>
+  <% end %>
   </div>
-<% end %>
-</div>
 </section>

source/layouts/blog.erb

@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
       <div class="col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 main">
         <!-- <img src="images/sample-photo.jpg" class="img-rounded img-responsive"> -->
         <h1 class="page-header">
-          <%= current_page.data.title %>
-          <div class="meta">Posted by <strong><%= current_page.data.author %></strong> on <%= current_page.date.strftime("%B %d, %Y") %></div>
+          <%= article_title(current_page) %>
+          <div class="meta">Posted by <strong><%= article_author(current_page) %></strong> on <%= article_date(current_page) %></div>
         </h1>
 
-        <p class="lead"><%= current_page.data.excerpt %></p>
+        <p class="lead"><%= article_summary(current_page) %></p>
         <hr>
 
         <%= current_page.body %>

source/layouts/home.erb

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <p class="sub">Lotus brings back Object Oriented Programming to web development,<br />
       leveraging a stable API, minimal DSL and plain objects.</p>
 
-      <a href="https://rubygems.org/gems/lotusrb" target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary version">Download v{{version}}</a>
+      <a href="https://rubygems.org/gems/lotusrb" target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary version">Install v{{version}}</a>
 
       <!-- terminal-window -->
       <div class="terminal-window animated bounceInUp">
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@
 
     <section class="cta">
       <div class="wrapper">
-        <h3>Download</h3>
+        <h3>Install</h3>
         <h2>Get Started with Lotus</h2>
-        <a href="http://rubygems.org/gems/lotusrb" target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary version">Download v{{version}}</a>
+        <a href="http://rubygems.org/gems/lotusrb" target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary version">Install v{{version}}</a>
 
         <!--
         <article class="case-studies">