i am building a blog and would like to know good tools and plugins to implement a commenting system.
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A:
goto http://www.disqus.com and signup, then try something like norman's disqus plugin
OR:
use http://aboutecho.com/ - it's really nice
stephenmurdoch
2010-09-23 16:25:04
it seems hard to install and configure is there something more basic?
fenec
2010-09-23 17:37:35
@fenec Really? `gem install disqus` then `Disqus::defaults[:api_key] = "my_disqus_api_key"` in config/production.rb then `disqus_thread` on your post page to load the thread, and `disqus_combo(:color => "blue", :hide_mods => false, :num_items => 20)` to show the combo box is hard? How could it get more basic?
ghoppe
2010-10-01 21:05:37
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A:
One good place to go looking for things you need (for ruby and rails) is the ruby toolbox.
For instance: for commenting you can find all the gems here. I would recommend the act_as_commentable gem.
On the other hand, handling comments is in most cases so easy in rails, it is also very easy to do it yourself, and there are a lot of tutorials out there that explain that in great detail. For example here.
Hope this helps :)
nathanvda
2010-10-02 08:56:57
A:
you're probably looking for a CMS system, I've read about Refinery CMS, it already supports Rails 3, http://refinerycms.com/
vrsmn
2010-10-07 22:54:25
A:
The absolutely best resource I have found so far (I am learning Ruby on Rails for the first time) is the online book railstutorial, by Michael Hartl. It is a tutorial that goes through, step by step, the creation of a simple but functional social network. Good luck!
Daniel Lidström
2010-10-08 20:35:27