3 files changed, 47 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/models/plugin.js b/lib/models/plugin.js
index 6891d7d..ed7ad82 100644
--- a/lib/models/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/models/plugin.js
@@ -87,12 +87,13 @@ Plugin.prototype.getFilters = function() {
 */
 Plugin.prototype.getBlocks = function() {
     var blocks = this.getContent().get('blocks');
+    blocks = blocks || Immutable.Map();
 
     return blocks
         .map(function(block, blockName) {
-            block.name = blockName;
-            return new TemplateBlock(block);
+            return TemplateBlock.create(blockName, block);
         })
+        .valueSeq()
         .toList();
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/models/templateBlock.js b/lib/models/templateBlock.js
index ec7dc7c..cce636e 100644
--- a/lib/models/templateBlock.js
+++ b/lib/models/templateBlock.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var TemplateBlock = Immutable.Record({
     shortcuts:      Immutable.List(),
     post:           null,
     parse:          true
-});
+}, 'TemplateBlock');
 
 TemplateBlock.prototype.getName = function() {
     return this.get('name');
@@ -251,6 +251,24 @@ TemplateBlock.indexBlockResult = function(blk) {
 };
 
 /**
+    Create a template block from a function or an object
+
+    @param {String} blockName
+    @param {Object} block
+    @return {TemplateBlock}
+*/
+TemplateBlock.create = function(blockName, block) {
+    if (is.fn(block)) {
+        block = new Immutable.Map({
+            process: block
+        });
+    }
+
+    block = block.set('name', blockName);
+    return new TemplateBlock(block);
+};
+
+/**
     Extract kwargs from an arguments array
 
     @param {Array} args
diff --git a/lib/models/templateEngine.js b/lib/models/templateEngine.js
index 1f93879..aaa70fd 100644
--- a/lib/models/templateEngine.js
+++ b/lib/models/templateEngine.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var nunjucks = require('nunjucks');
 var Immutable = require('immutable');
 
+var Promise = require('../utils/promise');
+
 var TemplateEngine = Immutable.Record({
     // List of {TemplateBlock}
     blocks:     Immutable.List(),
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ var TemplateEngine = Immutable.Record({
 
     // Nunjucks loader
     loader:     nunjucks.FileSystemLoader('views')
-});
+}, 'TemplateEngine');
 
 TemplateEngine.prototype.getBlocks = function() {
     return this.get('blocks');
@@ -103,4 +105,26 @@ TemplateEngine.prototype.bindToContext = function(fn) {
     return fn.bind(this.getContext());
 };
 
+/**
+    Render a template
+
+    @param {String} filePath
+    @param {String} content
+    @param {Object} ctx
+    @return {Promise<String>}
+*/
+TemplateEngine.prototype.render = function renderTemplate(filePath, content, context) {
+    context = context || {};
+    var env = this.toNunjucks();
+
+    return Promise.nfcall(
+        env.renderString.bind(env),
+        content,
+        context,
+        {
+            path: filePath
+        }
+    );
+};
+
 module.exports = TemplateEngine;