A Rails plugin is either an extension or a modification of the core framework.
Questions tagged [ruby-on-rails-plugins]
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Rails Generator: generate files based on already existing rails files
I wanted to make a generator that created files (and directories, etc...) based on already existing files in the app (for instance, the views or controllers). So if we had views set up like this
-app
-views
- layouts
-…

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What Rails plugins would you like to see?
What behavior have you had to implement in your Rails applications that you feel could exist nicely as a plugin?
What plugin functionality have you searched for in the past but couldn't find?
What existing Rails plugins could be improved or…

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Rails 3: Including a plugin inside an engine
I know it sounds kinda nuts, but I'm building an engine that will power and tie several applications, and since all applications will use a given plugin, I was wondering whether I could just put the plugin in the engine.
So I put it inside…

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ambethia's reCAPTCHA plugin on Rails 3. Override flash message div defaults?
I have ambethia's reCAPTCHA plugin on Rails 3 working. Does anyone know how to override it's flash message markup? I'd like to reuse my own flash_error div id instead of using the plugin's flash_recaptcha_error div id:

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How do I implement gradual engagement using Devise and Rails 3?
I'm trying to implement a delayed-signup (aka delayed authentication aka gradual engagement) website flow using Devise + Rails.
By gradual engagement, I mean
"Don't make the user sign in until she
absolutely has to, but let her play
around and…

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Acts-as-taggable-on - Trouble putting all of the pieces together
I'm having a heck of a time getting acts-as-taggable-on working. I am new to Ruby/RoR, and I feel that sometimes these plugins (although great) lack the very basic implementation instructions for people who aren't used to working in Rails.
I have a…

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How to make use of "username or Email", to login in devise?
I found a way to customize devise to use username to login instead of email address.
But actually I want to use combination :-
Enter username or Email:
Enter your password :
So how to achieve this ?
Actually we…

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i18n assets management / translation UI
i'm building a multi-lingual webapp with i18n from the ground up, and while i myself can deal with an army of yml files, the languages i speak are ( very ) limited, and would eventually like to ask for outside help.
I'd like to know if anyone here…

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Callback after delayed_job process job
I need to update a model after delayed_job processes a task on it, e.g:
foo.delay.something
After something is done, I need to update the foo object, what is the best way to achieve this? I was thinking in coding a callback on the…

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Extracting a Rails application into a plugin or engine
I have a Rails 2.3 application which I would like to extract into a plugin, or engine. The application has user authentication, and basic cms capabilities supported by ancestry plugin.
I want to extract the logic for the application into a…

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Problem running Thinking Sphinx with Rails 2.3.5
I just installed Sphinx (distro: archlinux) downloading the source. Then I installed "Thinking Sphinx" plugin for Rails.
I followed the official page setup and this Screencast from Ryan Bates, but when I try to index the models it gives me this…

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How to install ferret gem on Windows 7?
I was trying to run an OpenSource project which requires ferret to be installed. While installing it using gem install ferret, it's giving this error ->
Building native extensions. This
could take a while... ERROR: Error
installing ferret:
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Deploy rails app to non-root context - restful_auth not working
I'm running a rails app on http://www.naildrivin5.com/scalatour. It works fine. When I log in to the app using restful_authentication, I get taken to the http://www.naildrivin5.com instead of the app. Weird.
This seems like I've misconfigured…

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RoR && "coming soon" page
I am looking for a simple way to implement simple "coming soon" (pre-launch) page for my project on Ruby on Rails.
User should be able to leave an email in order to be notified when project is launched.
Is there such a plugin\gem? Or I should do it…

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jRails Alternative
do you know an alternative to jrails?
It's more or less outdated (uses jQuery 1.5 - now 1.7 is the current release).
Does anybody know an alternative?
Thanks
EDIT:
I know how to build the rails helper with jquery allone - but I like the rails…

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