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Final

My final project is a Ruby on Rails install on my Dreamhost account with a setup similar to my masters project. It is here: http://staceylunden.com/rails/rortrial/public/.

In learning new things, I eventually scrapped my original creation and have re-created the site from scratch. To make the re-creation easier, I planned out the steps I would take. Those notes are included here.

The functionality I wanted to work on is dynamic page creation of About and Search (search is not an actual search at all, it is a dummy page, as a search box is the one thing I decided not to include), the maintenance of two tables that are called dynamically: stories and users, and limiting certain functions to registered users.

First: At command line:

• script/generate scaffold page name:string title:string body:text
• script/generate controller viewer show list
• script/generate scaffold story title:string author:string book:text bibliography:text region:string country:text character1:string emotions1:text character2:string emotions2:text character3:string emotions3:text audience_emotion1:string audience_emotion2:string audience_emotion3:string runtime:string scenes:text synopsis:text flavor:text performance_risks:text grade_range:string title2:string author2:string book2:text bibliography2:text title3:string author3:string book3:text bibliography3:text title4:string author4:string book4:text bibliography4:text comparison:text video:text developmental_characteristic1:text how_addressed1:text developmental_characteristic2:text how_addressed2:text developmental_characteristic3:text how_addressed3:text approved:text
• script/plugin install http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/restful_authentication/
• script/generate authenticated user sessions

Second: Further tasks to accomplish

• modify db users and stories
• modify app:models: users.rb
• rake
• script/generate migration AddDefaultUser
• model: adddefaultuser.rb:
  • self.up
  • if !User.find_by_login('admin')
  • User.create(:login => 'admin', :email => 'admin@sample.com', :password => '*****', :password_confirmation => '*****')
  • end
  • end
• rake
• viewer controller.rb: show: @page = Page.find_by_name(params[:name])
• viewer controller.rb: list: @story = Story.find(:all)
• show.html.erb: < %= @page.body % >
• list.html.erb:
  • < % for story in @stories % >
  • <p><b>Title</b><br />
  • < % = h story.title % ></p>
  • <p><b>Synopsis</b><br />
  • < % = h story.synopsis % ></p>
  • < % end % >
• check/modify all views
• create user list, show, delete, edit
• check/modify all controllers
• route.rb:
  • map.view_page ':name', :controller => 'viewer', :action => 'show'
  • map.list_story ':title', :controller => 'viewer', :action => 'list'
  • map.root :controller => 'viewer', :action => 'show', :name => 'about'
  • map.logout '/logout', :controller => 'sessions', :action => 'destroy'
  • map.login '/login', :controller => 'sessions', :action => 'new'
  • controllers: application.rb: include AuthenticatedSystem

Smaller Iterms Completed:

• change links
• login/logout button:
  • < % if logged_in? % >
  • < % = link_to "Log Out", logout_path % >
  • < % else % >
  • < %= link_to "Log In", login_path % >
  • < % end % >
• add login_required to actions
• change checkbox words in 4 views
• all 4 stories put links in p tags
• all 4 stories make approved a checkbox
• route login to form
• route users create to login
• stories index put in p tags
• all 4 stories views h3 in p tags? or css

Items Checked:

• pages: new, create, edit, index, show, delete
• stories: new, create, edit, index, show
• users: new, create
• login, logout, session new, session create, session destroy
• viewer show
• users: edit, list, show, destroy
• viewer list

Still to do:

• define admin_required
• edit actions to specify login vs admin
• finish validation in models