Smaller changes.

lib/ace.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ require "yaml"
 require "fileutils"
 
 module Ace
+  module Helpers
+    # include your helpers here
+  end
+
   class RawItem
     attr_accessor :path, :metadata, :content
     def initialize(path)
@@ -19,11 +23,11 @@ module Ace
 
     def parse
       pieces = @data.split(/^-{3,5}\s*$/)
-      if pieces.size < 3
-        raise RuntimeError.new(
-          "The file '#{content_filename}' appears to start with a metadata section (three or five dashes at the top) but it does not seem to be in the correct format."
-        )
-      end
+      # if pieces.size < 3
+      #   raise RuntimeError.new(
+      #     "The file '#{path}' appears to start with a metadata section (three or five dashes at the top) but it does not seem to be in the correct format."
+      #   )
+      # end
 
       # Parse
       self.metadata = YAML.load(pieces[1]).inject(Hash.new) { |metadata, pair| metadata.merge(pair[0].to_sym => pair[1]) } || Hash.new
@@ -132,9 +136,4 @@ module Ace
 
   class Asset < Item
   end
-
-  module Helpers
-    def link_to(anchor, path_or_item, options = nil)
-    end
-  end
 end

lib/ace/filters/layout.rb

@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ end
 
 module Ace
   class LayoutFilter < Filter
+    class Scope
+      include Ace::Helpers
+    end
+
     def initialize(options)
       @path = options[:layout]
     end
 
     def call(item, content)
-      template = TemplateInheritance::Template.new(@path)
+      template = TemplateInheritance::Template.new(@path, Scope.new)
       return template.render(item: item)
     end
   end

lib/ace/version.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
 module Ace
-  VERSION = "0.1"
+  VERSION = "0.2"
 end