You'll likely be looking for a function called:
accepts_nested_attributes_for
You put this into the model you're working with (in your case Post) and it will pass paeans for the nested model through to the corresponding controller
There is a good RailsCast about this and I've gr some experience with it too. If you want me to post working live code, let me know (I'm on my iPhone)
Live Code
Models
#app/models/image_post.rb
belongs_to :post, :class_name => 'Post'
belongs_to :image, :class_name => 'Image'
accepts_nested_attributes_for :image, :allow_destroy => true
#app/models/post.rb
has_many :images, -> { uniq }, :class_name => 'Image', :through => :images_posts, dependent: :destroy
has_many :images_posts, :class_name => 'ImagePost'
accepts_nested_attributes_for :images_posts, :allow_destroy => true
Controller
def new
@post = Post.new
@post.images_posts.build.build_image
end
def create
#Using Inherited Resources Gem
create!
end
private
def permitted_params
{:post => params.require(:post).permit(:title, :body, images_posts_attributes: [:caption, image_attributes: [:image]] )}
end
Form
<%= form_for [:admin, resource], :html => { :multipart => true } do |f| %>
<table class="resource_table">
<thead>
<th colspan="2"><%= params[:action].capitalize %> <%= resource_class %></th>
</thead>
<tbody class="form">
<% attributes.each do |attr| %>
<tr class="<%= cycle('odd', '')%>">
<td><%= resource_class.human_attribute_name(attr) %></td>
<td>
<% if attr == "body" %>
<%= f.text_area attr, :rows => 60, :cols => 80, :class => "redactor" %>
<% else %>
<%= f.text_field attr, :value => resource.public_send(attr).to_s %>
<% end %>
</td>
</tr>
<% end %>
<%= f.fields_for :images_posts do |images_posts| %>
<%= images_posts.fields_for :image do |images| %>
<tr>
<td>Image</td>
<td><%= images.file_field :image %></td>
</tr>
<% end %>
<tr>
<td>Caption</td>
<td><%= images_posts.text_field :caption %></td>
</tr>
<% end %>
<tr class="dull">
<td colspan="2"><%= f.submit "Go" %></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<% end %>