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Plugins - Acts As Blog

ActsAsBlog
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Install:
script/plugin install http://svn.recentrambles.com/plugins/acts_as_blog
ignore the anchor tag in the above command. I don’t know how to turn off auto linking
Here is a simple plugin to allow you to allow the use of RedCloth,BlueCloth, or SmartyPants in ruby on rails your blog. It’s super simple to use. It will take your blog’s post or comment and transform it into html. This allows you to write in a much simpler syntax and allows your users to post valid html into their comment. It also allows you to block all html tags that weren’t created using the markup. This model uses two fields, one to store the raw post (this way you can edit it later) and the other to store the transformed text. This also keeps you from having to do it on the fly each time the post is accessed. This creates a pretty good speedup for some applications. You can pass in any of the available filters for each of the markup styles.
#example of posts model
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_blog
## before we save, we need to transform the markup into html
before_save :transform_post
has_many :comments
# we need to keep the posts table in good shape!
validates_presence_of :date, :raw_post, :title, :category, :description
## transform the text into valid html
def transform_post
self.post = Post.convert_to_html(self.raw_post, ‘textile’)
end
#Here is an example of the comments model.
class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_blog
belongs_to :post
before_save :transform_comment
## validation checks
validates_presence_of :name, :raw_comment
## we filter out all html tags except those created by the markup
def transform_comment
self.comment = Comment.convert_to_html(self.raw_comment,’textile’,[:filter_html])
end
The available markup style are markdown,textile,smartypants. To run the method, you just need to pass the raw text,markup style, and then any filters you need to use. It will return the valid html from your raw text. Just remember, to use one of the markup styles, they need to be installed
gem install RedCloth
gem install BlueCloth
gem install RubyPants
install: script/plugin install http://svn.recentrambles.com/plugins/acts_as_blog
author: Charlie Bowman
summary: Simple Markup for you Blog.
homepage: http://www.recentrambles.com/pragmatic/view/63
plugin: http://svn.recentrambles.com/plugins/acts_as_blog
license: MIT
I plan on adding many more features so stay tuned!