Integrating "Dante" YSIWYG Medium-Style Editor into a Rails Form - ruby-on-rails

I'm attempting to integrate the "Dante" WYSIWYG text editor into my Rails project. I have it installed and displaying on the screen. See screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/lLnEc7n.png
However, in my Rails app I have users that have_many stories. I'd like to use this editor to allow users to create these stories. I need to wire the editor and the form together basically, but I have no idea how to go about doing that, as I've never done something like this before. Would anyone mind giving me some tips please?
Documentation for editor is here: https://github.com/michelson/Dante
Current page:
<%= simple_form_for #story do |f| %>
<%= f.input :title %>
<%= f.input :subtitle %>
<%= f.input :content, :id => "editor" %>
<%= f.button :submit %>
<% end %>
<hr>
<div id="editor">
<h1 id="dante-editor">Click Me Once. Your Title Goes Here.</h1>
<h2>Tell us about your favorite backpacking adventure. This might also be a great place to add a picture.</h2>
<p>Simply replace and highlight any text here to add text. Press "Enter" to add more text or add images. Click on the image to add a caption. It's easy once you get the hang of it, just play around with it for a minute.</p>
</div>
<hr>
<script type="text/javascript">
editor = new Dante.Editor(
{
el: "#editor",
upload_url: "/images.json", //it expect an url string in response like /your/server/image.jpg or http://app.com/images/image.jpg
store_url: "/save" //post to save
}
);
editor.start()
</script>

<%= simple_form_for #story do |f| %>
<%= f.input :title %>
<%= f.input :subtitle %>
<%= f.input :content, :id => "editor" %>
<%= f.button :submit %>
<% end %>
Put the div inside of your form and make it hidden field
into like this
<%= simple_form_for #story do |f| %>
<%= f.hidden_field :title %>
<%= f.hidden_field :subtitle %>
<%= f.hidden_field :content, html: { id: "content"} %> // Use 'id' in your content field and match it in your editor div. Use data field data-field-id="content"
<div id="#editor" data-field-id="content">
<%= #story.cotent.try (:html_safe) %>
// #story is your instance variable and .content is db column from story
</div>
<%= f.button :submit %>
then use jquery to bind the editor content in content field which is
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#editor").bind("input properchange", function(){
$("#story_" + $(this).attr("data-field-id")).val($(this).html())
});
});
NOTE: It only save the text content not the image

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Placing Rails Form_For Fields in Different Locations

I have a model to be fill with a form, consisting of a title and a body of text. Optionally, I want the ability to submit a link as well as a part of this model. If this is filled out, it is submitted, otherwise ignored. The form would have title and body fields at top of page, for instance.
<%= form_for(#micropost, remote: true) do |f| %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.text_field :title %>
<%= f.text_area :content %>
</div>
<%= f.submit "Post" %>
<% end %>
Now, I want to add the field for the link, but in a different location on the page (so as to indicate that it is optional).
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I tried doing this all in one partial,
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<%= f.text_area :content %>
<! insert other content here >
<%= f.text_field :link %>
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<%= form_for(#micropost, remote: true) do |f| %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.text_field :title %>
<%= f.text_area :content %>
</div>
<%= f.submit "Post" %>
<% end %>
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<! somehow sync this with the other form >
<%= f.text_field :link %>
<% end %>
One option is to have an auxiliary text field for link attribute. Copy it's value to hidden variable mapping the link attribute
Assuming you are going to use jQuery,
<%= form_for(#micropost, remote: true) do |f| %>
<%= f.hidden_field :link %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.text_field :title %>
<%= f.text_area :content %>
</div>
<%= f.submit "Post" %>
<% end %>
Somwhere on the same page
<%= text_field_tag 'micropost[link]', '', id: 'aux_link' %>
<script>
$(function(){
$('form').on('submit', function(){
$('#micropost_link').val($('aux_link'));
});
});
<script>
This is just an approach. Adjust code as per your form element ids.
One issue with this approach is it will be difficult to validate if link attribute is compulsory.
Just make the form_for be the root of the view
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Then put the <input> and <button> as you want like making your normal webpage.
Then, because you want to make some inputs optional, you can do that in rails controller.
def create_or_update
params[:micropost].delete(:link) if params[:micropost][:link].blank?
# continue the task
end
This trick is useful for all optional fields like password
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<div class="field">
<%= f.text_field :title %>
<%= f.text_area :content %>
</div>
<%= f.submit "Post" %>
<% end %>
We can then use fields_for to place the desired field elsewhere, linking back to the original form.
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<%= f.text_field :link, form:"micropost_form" %>
<% end %>

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I'm having some problem with Summernote, in a Rails application. I have attached it to a text area, and can successfully create a marked-up document using the new method and form. Then I can display the marked up document using a simple_format.
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I guess that you need in
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height: 120
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Build table dynamically depending on selection in rails

I am looking for the possibility to build a table in my view dynamically, depending on selection.
Currently i have 2 combox ,2 submit buttons and a text_area in my view eg.:
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...
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