Lorem Ipsum Generator ===================== Install the plugin using the usual script/plugin install git://github.com/gsavage/lorem_ipsum.git Using the generator: script/generate lorem_ipsum That will add a file to your lib directory, and to app/helpers To use the helper: <%= lorem_ipsum %> (Generates a chunk of it as raw text with \n line breaks) <%= lorem_ipsum(25) %> (Generates approximate number of bytes of it as raw text with \n line breaks) <%= lorem_ipsum(25, "<br/>") %> (Generates approximate number of bytes of it as raw text with \n line breaks converted to <br/>) It's rough and ready. Lorem Ipsum extract taken from http://www.lipsum.com/ courtesy of James Wilson