Archive for June, 2006

I was using lighttpd web server for my Rails applications.
In development mode I was starting lighttpd server from the rails application directory by
lighttpd -D -f config/lighttpd.conf
But I was facing problem when I tried to run multiple rails applications in production mode. After some trials I succeded.
I inserted the following lines of code in my /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf […]

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 | No Comments

Wufoo is a web-based tool to help you build and host amazing online forms. In only a few minutes, you can create a mailing list, survey, or even a customer management system.
For now in the beta version of Wufoo, Beta Accounts can create 10 forms, use 25MB of disk space for file upload, utilize all field […]

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 | 2 Comments

If you want to insert google maps in your rails application, then you can use cartographer.
This is still in development.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 | No Comments

AD.D SoftWare have developed a new plugin for Rails called cssForm that lets you create forms without tables, entirely using CSS.
The interesting thing about this plugin is the way it lets you wrap certain behavior around standard elements. This technique could be very useful to pick about and redevelop for your own preferences.

Friday, June 23rd, 2006 | No Comments

In my project I have to write a search controller, in which I have to search for a string on multiple fields across joined tables.
There are two controllers Project, Publication and two modles projects and publications.
Project has many publication and publication belongs to project.
I wanted to search for a string on all fields of project […]

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006 | No Comments