1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 240df61..da6cf3e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     end
   end
 
+  #
+  # same as render page, but returns the string
+  #
+  def page_body(page)
+    begin
+      render_to_string :template => page.template_path
+    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate => exc
+      begin
+        render_to_string :template => page.template_path(DEFAULT_LOCALE)
+      rescue
+        raise exc
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  helper_method :page_body
+
   ##
   ## INITIALIZATION
   ##