app/views/users/_side_pane.html.erb
<div class="avatar">
<%= image_tag user.avatar.thumb.url, :alt => 'user picture' %>
<%= f.input(:avatar, :as => :file, :input_html => {
'data-components' => 'uploader',
'data-uploader-options' => {url: upload_avatar_user_path(user)}.to_json}) if edit_mode? %>
</div>
<div class="extra-info">
<% if edit_mode? %>
<%= render 'shared/contacts/edit', :object => user %>
<div class="tags"><%= tags_input f, :interests, user.interests %></div>
<% else %>
<%= render 'shared/contacts/view', object: user %>
<%= render 'shared/tags', tags: user.interests, object: user %>
<% end %>
</div>