ButterCMS Rails SDK

The ButterCMS Rails SDK provides a generator that expedites setup of your blog.

Documentation

For a comprehensive list of examples and API docs, check out our documentation.

Installation

To get started, first install the gem by adding it to your Gemfile:

gem 'buttercms-rails'

After installing, run the genereator provided by the gem:

rails generate butter:install_blog

The generator creates an initializer file and default controllers and views:

|-- app
    |-- controllers
        |-- buttercms
            |-- authors_controller.rb
            |-- base_controller.rb
            |-- categories_controller.rb
            |-- feeds_controller.rb
            |-- posts_controller.rb
    |-- views
        |-- buttercms
            |-- authors
                |-- show.html.erb
            |-- categories
                |-- show.html.erb
            |-- posts
                |-- _post.html.erb
                |-- index.html.erb
                |-- show.html.erb
        |-- layouts
            |-- buttercms
                |-- default.html.erb

|-- config
    |-- initializers
        |-- buttercms.rb

It also adds routes to your routes.rb file:

  scope :module => 'buttercms' do
    get '/categories/:slug' => 'categories#show', :as => :buttercms_category
    get '/author/:slug' => 'authors#show', :as => :buttercms_author

    get '/blog/rss' => 'feeds#rss', :format => 'rss', :as => :buttercms_blog_rss
    get '/blog/atom' => 'feeds#atom', :format => 'atom', :as => :buttercms_blog_atom
    get '/blog/sitemap.xml' => 'feeds#sitemap', :format => 'xml', :as => :buttercms_blog_sitemap

    get '/blog(/page/:page)' => 'posts#index', :defaults => {:page => 1}, :as => :buttercms_blog
    get '/blog/:slug' => 'posts#show', :as => :buttercms_post
  end

After running the generator, set your API token in config/initializers/buttercms.rb and then start your server to view your blog.

Customization

Extending and customizing your blog is easy. The ButterCMS Rails SDK uses the ButterCMS Ruby API Client. Email support@buttercms.com for help!

Fallback Data Store

The ButterCMS Ruby client supports automatic fallback to a data store when API requests fail. Learn more in the buttercms-ruby README.

Test mode

Test mode can be used to setup a staging website for previewing content or for testing content during local development. To fetch content from test mode add the following to your initializer:

ButterCMS::test_mode = true

Other

View Rails Blog engine and Full CMS for other examples of using ButterCMS with Rails.