ruby-on-rails

Should this app based on CMS or WIKI, any good ruby open source app to recommend?

I may need to explain why I need a app first. Actually, I need a website which can store massive information and users can search through out the website, the functions I need are : admin should be able to add the articles or information in the app , start develop this app based on a wiki or a cms system, which one is better ? We hav...

How would i create a bookmarklet like the one provided with delicious

So a user would add a "add bookmart to the website" bookmark on their bookmarks and when they click it, a page would open and it would take the URL of the website that they were on when they clicked the bookmark... If it matters, i'm trying to build the website on Rails, and i'm in very beginning stages, and i just wanted some ideas on ...

rails specify method for redirect_to

During a post for a new model, I am checking for authentication via Authlogic. There is a before_filter on the create request. It is calling require_user. After the user session has been successfully created, the redirect_back_or_default(default) method is called. The problem is, The request needs to be posted to the stored uri. I ha...

Rails - Dynamic cookie domains using Rack

I'm fairly new to Rails and Rack, but this guy had a seemingly straightforward write-up about using Rack to implement dynamic session domain middleware. The code looks good to and I've implemented it here on my local machine, but I'm still not able to transcend top level domains on a single login. Here's the middleware code: class SetC...

(Ruby On Rails) How to design the structure of functions to create the various documents ?

I want to build a website which can generate a specific employments contracts depends on the users(would be employer or HR manager) inputs and type of the employment. But now, I found it is damn hard to create pages and pages just because they have the different format, e.g the full-time employment contract will not have the sections on...

Where can I download Xcode for Mac OS X 10.4

I'm running Mac OS X v 10.4.11 and I want to install Xcode to compile and run ruby on rails. When I go to apple site I must download latest version of Xcode which does not run on my version of OS X. Where can I download a version of XCode that i can install in my environment. Can anyone provide me with a link? ...

Limit the results of a active record find

I've got a table with employees (id, name, role) and a relations table bosses (employee_id, superior_id; both foreign_keys to employees.id to employees). Now if a employee logs in, I only want to show his/her employees; an admin (role=admin) can see all employees. For the admin it's easy: Employee.find(:all) #to list them Employee.fin...

Ruby on Rails map.root doesn't seem to be working

I am trying to get the root of my application to route to a default controller. From what I read, this should be possible with something like this at the bottom of my routes.rb file: map.root :controller => 'albums' or perhaps even: map.home '', :controller => 'albums' However, when I try navigating to http://myhost:8000/, I just...

authlogic i18n?

Is it possible to i18n-ize authlogic? ...

What is a good Code to Test Ratio?

I am using RSpec for writing tests. What do you think, is a good Code to Test Ratio? ...

radio buttons not updates the value

hi, i want to use radio buttons for survey. ex: Best Article Award Tamil Monica Best Article on Travelogue Award Tamil Selvi ... the answers will be the radio button.. am implementing this as follows <%=radio_button(count, :voting, :nominees ) %> <%= response.nomination %> where count is the id of radio button voting -- model...

increase a field value based on the radio button selection

<% count = 1 %> <% for question in @questions % <%=count%>. <%= question.title if question.title%> <% for response in @response %> <% if response.question_id.eql?(question.id) %> <%=radio_button(count, :voting, :count_modification) %> <%= response.nomination %> <% end % <% end % <% count += 1 %> <% end %> Thi...

authlogic and oauth-plugin

Hi all does somebody tested - will authlogic works with oauth-plugin (https://github.com/pelle/oauth-plugin) or not? ...

Debugging an SMTP Timeout Error

I'm working on a Rails project that utilizes Action Mailer to send out mail campaigns. For the moment I have been testing everything with a plain old GMail account. Getting closer to release now and I've decided to switch the smtp server to our local mail server. This is all well and dandy until we attempt to actually send mail. With th...

Using before_filter in application controller and except

I use a before_filter in the application controller. This filter should be used for every controller except two actions in one controller. How can I define this exception? Thanks! ...

Rails, Get a random record when using :group

Hello, How do I get a random record when using :group? @paintings = Painting.all(:group => "user_id", :order => "created_at DESC") This gives me the latest painting for each user. Now I would like to select a random painting from each user instead of the latest. The order of the paintings should still be the same, so that the user th...

Memcached stores data but Rails is not using it.

environment.rb: config.cache_store = :mem_cache_store, '127.0.0.1', { :namespace => RAILS_ENV.to_s } development.rb: config.action_controller.perform_caching = true This is the memcached output when I call the url. get development:views/127.0.0.1:3000/aktionen.xml sending key development:views/127.0.0.1:3000/aktionen.xml END set ...

Run rake task from outside RAILS_ROOT

Hi, My RAILS_ROOT is /usr/local/www/application/ If I run 'rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production" from within the RAILS_ROOT it works fine. However I can't seem to find a way to run the same command from outside the RAILS_ROOT. Help is appreciated. Many Thanks ...

switching rails controller

I have to separate models: nested sections and articles, section has_many articles. Both have path attribute like aaa/bbb/ccc, for example: movies # section movies/popular # section movies/popular/matrix # article movies/popular/matrix-reloaded # article ... movies/ratings # article about # article ... In routes I have: map.path '*pa...

Testing SWFUpload with Cucumber

Hi all, In a project, I recently replaced a simple form-based file upload with SWFUpload. When SWFUpload returns a success, I generate a form to add tags to the uploaded asset. I'd like to be able to test inputting data into the tags textbox, but to do that I (think I) need to fake out SWFUpload. Has anyone done this in the past? I ...