Comments for Web Side Attractions http://www.websideattractions.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:16:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on No Color for Git by Anonymous http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/10/21/no-color-for-git/#comment-769 Anonymous Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:33:51 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/?p=37#comment-769 <p>You really don't want to use GREP_OPTIONS="--color=always". Use GREP_OPTIONS="--color=auto" instead, and grep will only colorize output sent to a terminal.</p> You really don’t want to use GREP_OPTIONS=”–color=always”. Use GREP_OPTIONS=”–color=auto” instead, and grep will only colorize output sent to a terminal.

]]> Comment on Squish the slug the Rails way by Patrick Reagan http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/11/06/squish-the-slug-the-rails-way/#comment-765 Patrick Reagan Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:28:21 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/?p=39#comment-765 <p>I've always wondered why this isn't built in to Rails - you should take this and submit it as a patch. I was thinking about cleaning mine up and doing something similar, but your version is way more robust.</p> I’ve always wondered why this isn’t built in to Rails - you should take this and submit it as a patch. I was thinking about cleaning mine up and doing something similar, but your version is way more robust.

]]> Comment on Ruby script to convert file(s) character encoding by Ben http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/10/24/ruby-script-to-convert-files-character-encoding/#comment-703 Ben Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:32:50 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/10/24/ruby-script-to-convert-files-character-encoding/#comment-703 <p>Straight-forward character conversion with a 'built-in' Ruby lib. Just what I was looking for. Thanks.</p> Straight-forward character conversion with a ‘built-in’ Ruby lib. Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

]]> Comment on `is_blank` Function for PHP by Brian http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/24/is_blank-function-for-php/#comment-448 Brian Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:38:48 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/24/is_blank-function-for-php/#comment-448 <p>The "empty()" function is very close to what I want but I also usually want to consider nested enumerable objects (arrays or otherwise) that have all "empty" objects to be also considered blank/empty. And that's why I created this function.</p> The “empty()” function is very close to what I want but I also usually want to consider nested enumerable objects (arrays or otherwise) that have all “empty” objects to be also considered blank/empty. And that’s why I created this function.

]]> Comment on `is_blank` Function for PHP by segunda mano http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/24/is_blank-function-for-php/#comment-446 segunda mano Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:43:47 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/24/is_blank-function-for-php/#comment-446 <p>what about http://www.php.net/empty ??</p> <p>i think that is what you need</p> what about http://www.php.net/empty ??

i think that is what you need

]]> Comment on Converting Video to Flash in Rails by Tim Kadom http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/07/converting-video-to-flash-in-rails/#comment-356 Tim Kadom Thu, 01 May 2008 18:42:18 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/07/converting-video-to-flash-in-rails/#comment-356 <p>I have a screencast and project on the same topic. It also uses activemessaging instead of backgrounDrb. It does the whole upload and convert in under 100 lines of code. Actually, I will probably chop another 30 lines or so by using paperclip... The project files, and screencast are here:</p> <p>http://blog.skiptree.com/?cat=21</p> <p>uses rvideo, activemessaging, ffmpeg, activemq</p> I have a screencast and project on the same topic. It also uses activemessaging instead of backgrounDrb. It does the whole upload and convert in under 100 lines of code. Actually, I will probably chop another 30 lines or so by using paperclip… The project files, and screencast are here:

http://blog.skiptree.com/?cat=21

uses rvideo, activemessaging, ffmpeg, activemq

]]> Comment on New Release of UJS Date-Picker Rails Plugin by Brian http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/08/new-release-of-ujs-date-picker-rails-plugin/#comment-320 Brian Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:34:18 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/08/new-release-of-ujs-date-picker-rails-plugin/#comment-320 <p>Steve, this issue has now been fixed.</p> <p>Thanks for helping report the issue, and thanks for using the plugin!</p> Steve, this issue has now been fixed.

Thanks for helping report the issue, and thanks for using the plugin!

]]> Comment on New Release of UJS Date-Picker Rails Plugin by Steve http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/08/new-release-of-ujs-date-picker-rails-plugin/#comment-315 Steve Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:14:59 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/08/new-release-of-ujs-date-picker-rails-plugin/#comment-315 <p>Hello Brian; I'm sure I'm being completely clueless here but... I <em>think</em> I followed the instructions. :( First, I wasn't getting the calendar, or anything but the basic html select form widgets. It seems the stylesheet thinks the graphic assets are in a directory called "media" when in fact they are in images/datepicker</p> <p>I made that change and now that part works. Cool!</p> <p>But... When I clicked the submit button to save a new record I got the following error:</p> <p>NoMethodError in AssignmentsController#create undefined method `to_i' for {"hour"=>"9"}:HashWithIndifferentAccess</p> <p>(In this little test my model is named Assignment. I made the test project with the basic 2.0.2 scaffold, and defined the table data type as datetime. Was that the right thing to have done? I have it set to distinguish between AM and PM, and I tried to save a new Assignment for May 30, 2008 at 9:00 AM. It seems to have trouble with the hour.)</p> <p>Thanks for your help, and <em>thanks</em> for this great plugin!</p> <p>I've got another question not specifically related to your plugin. I can't figure out how to work with time separate from date. The project I hope to use this for will be aimed at managing bookings for the photo studio I work for. When booking a new assignment we will need to record the day, month and year obviously. And a start time (hour and minute). But ideally I'd also like to be able to define an <em>end</em> time. Most of our jobs don't span multiple days, so the only thing I need to record for the end time is... the time, since the date is the same. Do you have any tips for how to save only the time for this bit (excluding the date)? There is a Date object that doesn't hold any time data, but seemingly no corresponding Time object that doesn't have a reference to date info. And it seems that even if you only <em>display</em> the time part, somehow some default date data gets saved with the time data which could really mess things up down the road. Or maybe I'm just not grasping some obvious basic concept.</p> <p>Anyway - thanks again!</p> <p>Steve</p> Hello Brian; I’m sure I’m being completely clueless here but… I think I followed the instructions. :( First, I wasn’t getting the calendar, or anything but the basic html select form widgets. It seems the stylesheet thinks the graphic assets are in a directory called “media” when in fact they are in images/datepicker

I made that change and now that part works. Cool!

But… When I clicked the submit button to save a new record I got the following error:

NoMethodError in AssignmentsController#create undefined method `to_i’ for {”hour”=>”9″}:HashWithIndifferentAccess

(In this little test my model is named Assignment. I made the test project with the basic 2.0.2 scaffold, and defined the table data type as datetime. Was that the right thing to have done? I have it set to distinguish between AM and PM, and I tried to save a new Assignment for May 30, 2008 at 9:00 AM. It seems to have trouble with the hour.)

Thanks for your help, and thanks for this great plugin!

I’ve got another question not specifically related to your plugin. I can’t figure out how to work with time separate from date. The project I hope to use this for will be aimed at managing bookings for the photo studio I work for. When booking a new assignment we will need to record the day, month and year obviously. And a start time (hour and minute). But ideally I’d also like to be able to define an end time. Most of our jobs don’t span multiple days, so the only thing I need to record for the end time is… the time, since the date is the same. Do you have any tips for how to save only the time for this bit (excluding the date)? There is a Date object that doesn’t hold any time data, but seemingly no corresponding Time object that doesn’t have a reference to date info. And it seems that even if you only display the time part, somehow some default date data gets saved with the time data which could really mess things up down the road. Or maybe I’m just not grasping some obvious basic concept.

Anyway - thanks again!

Steve

]]> Comment on Converting Video to Flash in Rails by Peter Zingg http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/07/converting-video-to-flash-in-rails/#comment-305 Peter Zingg Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:58:31 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/03/07/converting-video-to-flash-in-rails/#comment-305 <p>A lot of us are trying to do this, I have a feeling. I'd love to be able to learn from your source code, but thanks for posting your process. I did find a smaller project from last year (also uses S3 storage and background conversion):</p> <p>http://blog.snowonrails.com/articles/2007/05/31/how-to-build-a-mini-youtube-using-activemessaging-plugin-and-amazon-s3</p> <p>Peter Zingg, Kentfield School District</p> A lot of us are trying to do this, I have a feeling. I’d love to be able to learn from your source code, but thanks for posting your process. I did find a smaller project from last year (also uses S3 storage and background conversion):

http://blog.snowonrails.com/articles/2007/05/31/how-to-build-a-mini-youtube-using-activemessaging-plugin-and-amazon-s3

Peter Zingg, Kentfield School District

]]> Comment on My First Rails site is Live by Bill Eisenhauer http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/02/29/my-first-rails-site-is-live/#comment-298 Bill Eisenhauer Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:03:32 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2008/02/29/my-first-rails-site-is-live/#comment-298 <p>Congrats on the site -- always nice to see who is using GeoKit. Nice design!</p> Congrats on the site — always nice to see who is using GeoKit. Nice design!

]]> Comment on Why make yet another Rails date picker plugin! by Brian http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/12/06/why-make-yet-another-rails-date-picker-plugin/#comment-296 Brian Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:44:13 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/12/06/why-make-yet-another-rails-date-picker-plugin/#comment-296 <p>max: You need to make sure to include the javascript and css files needed by the plugin, they should have been installed in your apps "public/" directory when you ran "script/plugin install" You can include it either by adding "<%= unobtrusive_datepicker_includes %>" to the <head> tag in your layout, or by manually including the files via the "javascript_include_tag" and "stylesheet_link_tag" helper methods. The respective file names are "datepicker.js" and "datepicker.css".</p> max: You need to make sure to include the javascript and css files needed by the plugin, they should have been installed in your apps “public/” directory when you ran “script/plugin install” You can include it either by adding “<%= unobtrusive_datepicker_includes %>” to the <head> tag in your layout, or by manually including the files via the “javascript_include_tag” and “stylesheet_link_tag” helper methods. The respective file names are “datepicker.js” and “datepicker.css”.

]]> Comment on Why make yet another Rails date picker plugin! by max http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/12/06/why-make-yet-another-rails-date-picker-plugin/#comment-187 max Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:12:28 +0000 http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/12/06/why-make-yet-another-rails-date-picker-plugin/#comment-187 <p>Well, this sounds amazing and checking the widget site I cannot wait to use this plugin. Unfortunately, I have no idea how ;) I installed the plugin via "script/plugin install" but when I use the functions, I only get the select boxes. No image, no popup calendar, nothing! Is there anything I have to configure?</p> <p>Thanks in advance. Max</p> Well, this sounds amazing and checking the widget site I cannot wait to use this plugin. Unfortunately, I have no idea how ;) I installed the plugin via “script/plugin install” but when I use the functions, I only get the select boxes. No image, no popup calendar, nothing! Is there anything I have to configure?

Thanks in advance. Max

]]> Comment on Script and Droplet for forcing an app to run with the old WebKit by Thomas Aylott http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/07/20/script-and-droplet-for-forcing-an-app-to-run-in-the-old-safari/#comment-122 Thomas Aylott Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:04:51 +0000 http://blog.brianjlandau.com/2007/07/20/script-and-droplet-for-forcing-an-app-to-run-in-the-old-safari/#comment-122 <p>Michel Fortin has released Multi-Safari. Now you can just download a standalone version of every Safari version evar!</p> <p>http://subtlegradient.com/articles/2007/10/10/multiple-standalone-safaris</p> <p>Thanks for the link :D</p> Michel Fortin has released Multi-Safari. Now you can just download a standalone version of every Safari version evar!

http://subtlegradient.com/articles/2007/10/10/multiple-standalone-safaris

Thanks for the link :D

]]> Comment on A Shell Script for renaming an hg project and files by Wahoo http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/04/25/a-shell-script-for-renaming-an-hg-project-and-files/#comment-121 Wahoo Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:03:05 +0000 http://blog.brianjlandau.com/2007/04/25/a-shell-script-for-renaming-an-hg-project-and-files/#comment-121 <p>Thank you for sharing!</p> Thank you for sharing!

]]> Comment on Setting up Mercurial and Trac for personal version control on your Mac by links for 2007-06-07 « Bloggitation http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/03/07/setting-up-mercurial-and-trac-for-personal-version-control-on-your-mac/#comment-6 links for 2007-06-07 « Bloggitation Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:22:16 +0000 http://blog.brianjlandau.com/2007/03/07/setting-up-mercurial-and-trac-for-personal-version-control-on-your-mac/#comment-6 <p>[...] Setting up Mercurial and Trac for personal version control on your Mac (tags: scm mercurial mac sysadmin) [...]</p> [...] Setting up Mercurial and Trac for personal version control on your Mac (tags: scm mercurial mac sysadmin) [...]

]]> Comment on Fun with Mii Editor and Photoshop by Nate http://www.websideattractions.com/2007/05/01/fun-with-mii-editor-and-photoshop/#comment-2 Nate Thu, 10 May 2007 03:59:32 +0000 http://blog.brianjlandau.com/2007/05/01/fun-with-mii-editor-and-photoshop/#comment-2 <p>Just a tad blurry, but cool nonetheless.</p> Just a tad blurry, but cool nonetheless.

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