This tutorial is about how to add basic authentication to a RoR app through a simple user table, no ACL or fancier stuff is implemented.... Read More

I just found myself in need of a cron job that needed to call the same code that a Rails action view is calling in an ApplicationController.... Read More

We’ve arrived at the final piece of the puzzle when it comes to the latest WP MU mass posting addition to SEO tools.... Read More

Update: here is the file upload equivalent using form_for:... Read More

Update: Check out the HTTP Client article for more on how the below setup is later used to make life easier.... Read More

So for the last two days I’ve completed my first RoR application that is actually used by somebody, my SEO colleagues to be more precise, their first wish was a script that would make it much easier to submit links to link directories, that and an article spinner.... Read More

Update: I just had to install the whole stack again, now apart from the gems the following is needed:
1.) Mysql drivers/libs/dev files, beats me which ones, I just installed them all in synaptic.
2.) OpenSSL libs/dev files, installed them too via synaptic.... Read More