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Ajax pagination links: Create pagination links with link_to_remote
Aug 16th
Here is a method by mixonix to create pagination links by link_to_remote. Copy this code in your helpers/application_helper.rb
def ajax_pagination_links(paginator, options={})
options.merge!(ActionView::Helpers::PaginationHelper::DEFAULT_OPTIONS) {|key, old, new| old}
window_pages = paginator.current.window(options[:window_size]).pages
return if window_pages.length <= 1 unless
options[:link_to_current_page]
first, last = paginator.first, paginator.last
returning html = ” do
if options[:always_show_anchors] and not window_pages[0].first?
html << link_to_remote(first.number, :update => options[:update], :url => { options[:name] => first }.update(options[:params] ))
html << ' ... ' if window_pages[0].number - first.number > 1
html << ' '
end
window_pages.each do |page|
if paginator.current == page && !options[:link_to_current_page]
html << page.number.to_s
else
html << link_to_remote(page.number, :update => options[:update], :url => { options[:name] => page }.update(options[:params] ))
end
html << ' '
end
if options[:always_show_anchors] && !window_pages.last.last?
html << ' ... ' if last.number - window_pages[-1].number > 1
html << link_to_remote(paginator.last.number, :update => options[:update], :url => { options[:name] => last }.update( options[:params]))
end
end
end and use following code for creating links
<%= ajax_pagination_links @pages, {:params => {:search_query => @params[:search_query]} } %>
Tab Problem in rails .rhtml files
Aug 10th
The situation was: running Ruby 1.8.4, Rails 1.1.2, on WinXP & WEBrick server.
My application was working fine, but as I installed Rmagick my application crashed.
I got strange errors like:
compile error /script/../config/../app/views/layouts/application.rhtml:18: parse error, unexpected $, expecting kEND
if I refresh again the error actually changes(further refreshes flip back & forth between errors):
compile error
/script/../config/../app/views/layouts/application.rhtml:18: Invalid char `01′ in expression
./script/../config/../app/views/layouts/application.rhtml:19: parse error, unexpected tCONSTANT, expecting kEND
./script/../config/../app/views/layouts/application.rhtml:20: parse error, unexpected tCONSTANT, expecting kEND
./script/../config/../app/views/layouts/application.rhtml:21: Invalid char `06′ in expression
./script/../config/../app/views/layouts/application.rhtml:21: parse error, unexpected $, expecting kEND
Then my colleagues told me the root of this problem, this was because of tabs in .rhtml files. Also they told me the simple solution:
Put template = template.gsub(/\t/, ” “) in your
\vendor\rails\actionpack\lib\action_view\base.rb file at line 496 as very first line of def compile_template
Restart webserver and you are done….
converting all newline characters to br tag
Aug 7th
I was surprised as there is no function in ruby to convert all newline characters to <br>.
Here is a php nl2br equivalent method to convert all newline characters (\n) to break tag (<br>) in a string.
def nl2br(s)
s.gsub(/\\n/, '<br>')
endPlugin: validate_request
Jul 26th
A very useful plugin by Scott A. Woods.
validate_request plugin allows us to check the request method and parameters that are used to call your action.
For Example consider an add_to_cart action as:
def add_to_cart
@product = Product.find(params[:id])
@cart.add_product(@product)
end
The link to add an item to our cart should like store/add_to_cart/nnn, where nnn is an integer. There will be an error if some one intentionaly enter store/add_to_cart/some_string_here.
ValidateRequest allows us to double check these things, and act appropriately. For instance, we could solve the above problem by adding one line to our action:
def add_to_cart
validate_request(:get, :id => :integer) or return
@product = Product.find(params[:id])
@cart.add_product(@product)
endThe validate_request method will now verify that incoming requests are via the GET method, and that they contain one argument called ‘id’ whose value is an integer. If any of these conditions aren’t true, the requester is redirected to the site’s home page (configurable, of course), and flash[:error] is set with a polite message (also configurable).
Install the plugin by running the following commands from your rails application’s directory:
./script/plugin source svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/validaterequest/plugins ./script/plugin install validate_request
For more details visit http://rubyforge.org/projects/validaterequest/
Plugin: tabnav
Jul 24th
Add tabbed navigation to your Rails application in a easiest way.
For more details please visit http://blog.seesaw.it/articles/2006/07/23/the-easiest-way-to-add-tabbed-navigation-to-your-rails-app
An Escalator Puzzle
Jul 22nd
Bob takes the underground train to work and uses an escalator at the railway station. If Bob runs up 6 steps of the escalator, then it takes him 52.5 seconds to reach the top of the escalator. If he runs up 14 steps of the escalator, then it takes him only 32.5 seconds to reach the top.
How many seconds would it take Bob to reach the top if he did not run up any steps of the escalator at all?
JotSpot.com
Jul 14th
JotSpot Live allows you, your colleagues or clients to take notes together on the same web page at the same time. Imagine everyone simultaneously typing and editing the same Microsoft Word document and you’ll get the idea. Visit JotSpot.com
19 Rails Tricks Most Rails Coders Don’t Know
Jul 10th
I was searching for some Rails tips and found a very good post, Click here to visit
Configuring Multiple Rails Application with Lighttpd
Jun 28th
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 file
$HTTP["host"]== “domain.com” {
server.error-handler-404 = “/dispatch.fcgi”
server.document-root = “/home/railsapp/public/”
server.errorlog = “/home/railsapp/log/lighttpd.error.log”
accesslog.filename = “/home/railsapp/log/lighttpd.access.log”
url.rewrite = ( “^/$” => “index.html”, “^([^.]+)$” => “$1.html” )
fastcgi.server = ( “.fcgi” => ( “localhost” => (
“min-procs” => 1,
“max-procs” => 1,
“socket” => “/home/railsapp/tmp/sockets/fcgi.socket”,
“bin-path” => “/home/railsapp/public/dispatch.fcgi”,
“bin-environment” => ( “RAILS_ENV” => “production” )
) ) )
}
$HTTP["host"]== “another.domain.com” {
server.error-handler-404=”/dispatch.fcgi”
server.document-root = “/home/anotherrailsapp/sparitual/public/”
server.errorlog = “/home/anotherrailsapp/log/lighttpd.error.log”
accesslog.filename = “/home/anotherrailsapp/log/lighttpd.access.log”
url.rewrite = ( “^/$” => “index.html”, “^([^.]+)$” => “$1.html” )
compress.filetype = ( “text/plain”, “text/html”, “text/css”, “text/javascript” )
compress.cache-dir = “/home/anotherrailsapp/tmp/cache”
fastcgi.server = ( “.fcgi” => ( “localhost” => (
“min-procs” => 1,
“max-procs” => 1,
“socket” => “/home/anotherrailsapp/tmp/sockets/fcgi.socket”,
“bin-path” => “/home/anotherrailsapp/public/dispatch.fcgi”,
“bin-environment” => ( “RAILS_ENV” => “production” )
) ) )
}
Then started the lighttpd server by
lighttpd -D -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
And it worked…
Cartographer: A Google maps API in Rails
Jun 27th
If you want to insert google maps in your rails application, then you can use cartographer.
This is still in development.