I\'m new to Ruby on Rails and wanted to install a free template called AdminLTE. It allows you to easily create App (front-end).
I wanted to integrate it into Rails but
Got this implemented just last night. Here's how I did it.
Paste this into your Gemfile :
gem 'bootstrap-sass'
gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'font-awesome-sass'
source 'https://rails-assets.org/' do
gem 'rails-assets-adminlte'
end
Paste the following to app/assets/javascripts/application.js
//= require adminlte
Paste the following to app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
*= require adminlte
*= require skin-blue
Create a new file app/assets/stylesheets/custom.css.scss
and paste in the following:
@import "bootstrap-sprockets";
@import "bootstrap";
@import "font-awesome-sprockets";
@import "font-awesome";
From the source code of AdminLTE that is downloaded separately which you may get from the link you mentioned in your question, browse to
dist/css/skin
and copy the file skin-blue.css
and paste it into vendor/assets/stylesheets/
in your rails project
Then open the starter.html
in the source code of AdminLTE and paste the content within the <body> ......... </body>
and paste it within the <body> ................ </body>
in app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
. Modify the body tag to to <body class="skin-blue sidebar-mini">
Install the included gems by running bundle install
and then restart rails server by running rails s
and you should see the the beautiful template that is AdminLTE
NOTE 1: Maybe there exist other, more efficient ways of doing it. I am not aware though and if anyone knows, I'd be more than glad to learn how it's done. Until then, this works perfectly for me and I hope it saves you some precious time.
NOTE 2: You may of course change the skin to your liking accordingly by changing the stylesheet file you include in the vendor/assets/stylesheets
and making the necessary modifications to your app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
file. Don't forget to change the class of the <body > .......</body>
in your app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
file
Don't need to copy 'skin-blue.css' into
vendor/assets/stylesheets/
Paste the following to app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
//= require adminlte/skins/skin-blue