Connecting ideas to code
Last time, I promised that we’d make our testimonial application more friendly for users and less so for spammers and that’s what we’re going to do today, among other things of course. Let’s get’r done!
Somehow, we overlooked the user’s name when we created the schema for the testimonial leaving us only the email address to [...]
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It just occurred to me that I never mentioned how to log in to the testimonial demo application. If you would like to play with the admin interface, such as it is, you will have to login as the user demo using the password demo. Feel free to add, delete, approve, and unapprove testimonials [...]
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In this installment, we’re going to catch up on a few changes that have been made since the last post. If you look at the demo site, you’ll see some differences in presentation. I’ve added space for a banner (yes, it’s ugly, but it’s meant as a placeholder) and that the default view is no [...]
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Applications are worthless without users. Really, what’s the point of writing a hot rails-based web app if no one uses it? So what kind of users does Testimony have? If you think about it, you’ll realize that we have two distinct types of users: the site owner (or administrator), and happy customers that leave testimonials. [...]
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[This is part II of the Testimony Rails Application Walkthrough ]
Note: The Testimony app is now live. This url will always for the latest installment in this series.
Before we go too much farther, we need to make a couple of adjustments to the default behaviour. The first revolves around time: ActiveRecord stores time in [...]
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Feature Branches
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Fixing bugs
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Go forth and read! (0)
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If you’re afraid of using em-based layouts, or just haven’t got around to using them in your designs, head on over to Jon Tan’s blog and read his great article, The Incredible Em & Elastic Layouts with CSS . He does a great job of demonstrating how easy it is to create an elastic layout in terms even engineers can understand. (1)
Is Google Evil? Here's Proof!
Many people wonder if Google is evil, despite their motto. But I have discovered proof that Google is Evil. See for yourself!
What's a Snow Flake?
There are times when I want to make a quick point without having to write an essay on the topic. Apparently there’s a whole meme of a blog within a blog, aka a sideblog or “asides”. I found a nice plugin that lets me do the same thing. I needed a name for this feature and since it’s just a little piece of Snowmoon Software, that “Snow Flake” would be a good name. Like it? Hate it? Leave a comment! (0)
