Xinha wysiwyg Text Editor Plugin for Ruby on Rails
17 Mar
Posted by dan as Javascript, Ruby on Rails
I discovered Xinha a couple of days ago after coming across this blog post and I was quite impressed with it. After playing around with it a little, I noticed it does not have the same issues with pre tags that both TinyMCE and FCKeditor exhibit variations of. This makes it a good choice […]
- Tags: Javascript, plugins, wysiwyg, xinha
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It feels like I’m never going to stop writing about restful_authentication. This post is a combination of the previous two (here and here)with the addition of openid. I won’t display any code snippets this time, but just discuss what to expect from the demo app.
First of all, I wanted to add openid support […]
Symbolically Linking Your app/public Directory to a Public HTML Directory
28 Feb
Posted by dan as Ruby on Rails
If your rails apps are placed in one directory and you use a symbolic link to the public folder from your public directory, this info is for you. A hosting company, for example, might have you do this and my host is one of them.
The issue is, after creating the symbolic link, the url just […]
- Tags: commands, deployment, production, rails
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Syntax Highlighting with TinyMCE and Ruby on Rails
28 Feb
Posted by dan as Javascript, Ruby on Rails
As I went about figuring out how to get some syntax highlighting for my rails apps, I did not think it would turn out to be such a process. I’m not saying the available syntax highlighters are of inferior quality. I just ran into a few problems combining all the pieces I wanted to use.
When […]
- Tags: chili, highlighter, jquery, rails, regex, syntax, tinymce javascript
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Automating Rails App Creation and SVN Repository Setup
24 Feb
Posted by dan as Ruby on Rails, SVN, Shell Scripting
The Deploying Rails Applications book is a good read and if you are new to deploying rails apps, I highly suggest you read it. One of the first things explained is how to correctly setup your rails app and your svn repository. While I have known for awhile that certain files are not […]
- Tags: bash, project setup, script, SVN
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I always seem to overlook testing. For one reason or another, it is really easy to forget about. But before getting too far into a project, it is a good idea to make sure you have some tests and that they are passing. Getting the initial tests to pass will be the […]
When creating any rails project, restful_authentication is usually one of the first things I install. Although it is a great plugin, adding all the extra login stuff can be quite a task. I found this railsforum thread very helpful, but not exactly what I wanted. What follows is what I’ve come up with […]
