beast

Is there a replacement for Beast for Ruby on Rails

An open source project called Beast implemented a forum in about 500 lines of Ruby on Rails code. The project seems to have fallen silent (http://beast.caboo.se/). Is there an open source project that replaces beast and is compatible with the database schema defined for Beast? I have used Beast to sponsor a forum and would like to upgrad...

Is there a PHP implementation of the Rails "Beast" forum?

The question about says it all! I'm aware of the different flavours of RoR Beast, but I'm wondering if there is a PHP rewrite/port out there anywhere to be had. Many thanks! ...

Two Rails applications, one userbase, looking for a simplest solution to handle this

I have two Rails applications, let's call them A and B. A has existing user base and i want these users to be able to log in to B with the username and password managed in A. B is altered version of Altered Beast forum and it would be nice if users of my application do not have to create another user account to use forum. My initial tho...

Integrating beast in existing rails app (database conflict)

Hi, I want to integrate the beast forums in an existing rails app, but there is a database conflict. I already have a "post" model for the blog and beast requires it. How do I eliminate the problem? Regards ...

ApplicationController methods in Rails 2.0.2 not overriding plugin methods using Engines

I am trying to use the Savage Beast 2 plugin in my project. This plugin requires the use of Engines plugin. My project is on Rails 2.0.2. There are some methods in /main_app/vendor/plugins/savage_beast/lib/authentication_system.rb that I mean to override in /main_app/app/controllers/application.rb The views within the plugin (e...