var navigationView = Backbone.View.extend({ el: '.header', init: function () { }, template: new EJS({url: '/_admin/html/js/templates/navigationView.ejs'}), render: function() { $(this.el).html(this.template.text); return this; }, selectMenuItem: function (menuItem) { $('.nav li').removeClass('active'); if (menuItem) { $('.' + menuItem).addClass('active'); } } });