Archive for the ‘Rails’ Category
Apache Virtual Hosts, Rails, Rack, Passenger on Local Net
This one has been bugging me for a couple of years and I just didn’t want to put in the time and testing to nail it down. But tonight was ...
Authlogic – Rails Authentication Done Right
Sorry to borrow the title line directly from Ben’s site, but Authlogic is the authentication system I have been looking for. Bye, bye restful authentication. Hello easy, simple, get out ...
Butt Biter: Rails ‘truncate’ Method Broken in Ruby 1.8.7
This one threw me for far too many minutes. In ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper the truncate method is broken for Ruby 1.8.7. I’m not exactly sure the version of ruby that it stopped working ...
Ruby on Rails Ubuntu Server VM with VMPlayer
I had to setup a Ubuntu (8.04) Server virtual machine and get Rails up-to-speed on it this morning, so I thought I would document my steps for those who find ...
[UPDATE] Capistrano Deploy for Shared Hosting with GIT Repository
Like I said in my original post Capistrano Deploy for Shared Hosting with GIT Repository, I would add the ability to rotate log files and backup your database. Also added a ...
Butt Biter: Fix State Abbreviations && Large Data Set Updates
Ran into a little butt biter today… I imported a few thousand addresses that had the state in long form, like ‘Arizona’. But I commonly used the us_states plugin for ...
Capistrano Deploy for Shared Hosting with GIT Repository
Would you like to deploy your Rails apps on a shared hosting account via Capistrano? I keep a couple of small projects on A Small Orange and since I update ...