Middleman-Layout-Switchboard

middleman-layout-switchboard is an extension for the Middleman static site generator that makes it possible to set the layout using tags or other variables in the front matter.

Installation

Add

gem "middleman-layout-switchboard", :git => 'https://github.com/tommysundstrom/middleman-layout-switchboard.git'

to your Gemfile and run bundle install

Configuration

In config.rb:

activate :layout_switchboard do |switchboard|
  switchboard.trigger_layout = [ ]
end

To configure, fill the array with suitable values. An example:

activate :layout_switchboard do |switchboard|
  switchboard.trigger_layout = [
    {:region => 'Albania',     :layout => 'albanianstyle'},
    {:region => 'New Zealand', :layout => 'kiwistyle'},
    {:tag => 'Sweden',         :layout => 'scandinaviandesign'}
  ]

First of all, it the page has a layout: option in its front matter, it will take precedence.

Else, the list will be searched until a match is found.

In this case, it will first look for a region: option with the value 'Albania' (case sensitive). If found, a layout named albanianstyle will be used.

If not found, it will look for New Zealand.

Then it will look for a 'Sweden' tag. This behaves slightly different. It will look for a tags: option, parse it into individual tags and see if any of those matches.

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Tommy Sundström. MIT Licensed, see LICENSE for details.