Proper way to handle multiple “pages” in meteor

Question

What is the \"formal\" way of handling multiple \"pages\" in meteor? I say \"pages\" I\'ve seen people do it a couple of different ways. I\'ve seen people create actual full

Answer 1

There are several ways to handle multiple pages in meteor

1.iron-router

using iron router you can create a layout template and inject all other templates inside it using {{> yield}}. Check the iron-router guide to know more about layout template.

2.{{> Template.dynamic}}

if you do not want to add iron-router you can use {{> Template.dynamic}} to achieve the same.

  

    
Home

    
About

    
Contact

  

  {{> Template.dynamic template=template_name }}

template_name can be changed reactively using a template helper

Meteor.startup(function () {
  Session.setDefault("templateName", "index")
});

Template.body.helpers({
  template_name: function(){
    return Session.get("templateName")
  }
});

Template.body.events({
  "click .home": function() {
    Session.set("templateName", "index");
  },
  "click .about": function() {
     Session.set("templateName", "about");
  }
  // ..
});

If the Session returns "about" then, {{> Template.dynamic template="about"}} which is equivalent to {{> about}}.