Generating your site menu with the 'simple-navigation' gem

blog_level_navigation.rb

  navigation.items do |primary|
    # ...
    primary.item :menu_blog, 'Blog', posts_path, highlights_on: /\/blog/ do |blog|
      blog.item :menu_popular, 'Popular', popular_posts_path
      blog.item :menu_recent, 'Recent', recent_posts_path
    end
    # ...
  end

blog_navigation.rb

  navigation.items do |primary|
    # ...
    primary.item :menu_blog, 'Blog', posts_path, highlights_on: /\/blog/
    # ...
  end

configure.sh

rails generate navigation_config

Gemfile

gem 'simple-navigation'

navigation.rb

SimpleNavigation::Configuration.run do |navigation|
  navigation.selected_class = 'current'
  navigation.items do |primary|
    primary.item :menu_home, 'Home', root_path
    primary.item :menu_about_us, 'About Us', about_us_path
    primary.item :menu_blog, 'Blog', posts_path
    primary.item :menu_contact_us, 'Contact Us', contact_us_path
  end
end

render.rb

<%= render_navigation %>