I thought I understood Ajax in Rails 3 to a point but think I am confusing myself somewhere or misinterpreted something. My understanding is that if I want to call different content on the same page then i create a js.erb file for that particular action. For example if i have an action of tynewyddnews, I will have an tynewyddnews view and a tynewyddnews.js.erb file.
I then create a partial to render on that page and call that partial in my .js.erb file.
Example
View
<% @tynewyddpost.each do |t| %>
<li>
<% single = t.photos.first %>
<a class="photo" href="#"><%= image_tag(single.avatar.url(:thumbnail_news_images)) %></a>
<p><%= link_to t.title, tynewyddnews_path(:type => 'tynewyddnews'), :post_id => t.id, :remote => true %></p>
<p class="date"><%= date_output(t.published_on) %></p>
</li>
<% end %>
<div class="post-item">
<h2><%= @tynewyddpostlatest.title %></h2>
<div id="work-samples">
<% for photo in @tynewyddpostlatest.photos %>
<%= image_tag(photo.avatar.url(:news_images), :class => 'work-sample') %>
<% end %>
</div>
<p class="post-description"><%= @tynewyddpostlatest.comments.html_safe %></p><a class="post-more" href="#">Continue Reading »</a>
<div class="post-item-panel">
<ul>
<li class="date">
<p><%= date_output(@tynewyddpostlatest.published_on) %></p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
So the historical posts go down the left hand side and the latest post goes in the center
.js.erb
<% if params[:type] == 'tynewyddnews' %>
jQuery('.post-item').html('<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'tynewyddnewspost') %>');
<% end %>
Partial
<div class="post-item">
<h2><%= @tynewyddpost.title %></h2>
<div id="work-samples">
<% for photo in @tynewyddpost.photos %>
<%= image_tag(photo.avatar.url(:news_images), :class => 'work-sample') %>
<% end %>
</div>
<p class="post-description"><%= @tynewyddpost.comments.html_safe %></p>
<div class="post-item-panel">
<ul>
<li class="date">
<p><%= date_output(@tynewyddpost.published_on) %></p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
Controller
def tynewyddnews
tynewyddpost = Post.tynewydd_posts.find(params[:post_id])
tynewyddpost.shift
@tynewyddpost = tynewyddpost
@tynewyddpostlatest = Post.tynewydd_posts.first
end
tynewydd_posts is a scope
scope :tynewydd_posts, :include => :department, :conditions => {"departments.name" => "Ty Newydd"}, :order => "posts.published_on DESC"
So my issue at the moment is when i try and render the page i get the error
Couldn't find Post without an ID
Apologies for the long post but if someone could point me in the right direction that would be great
Thanks