ActsAsBlog
=========
Here is a simple plugin to allow you to allow the use of
RedCloth,BlueCloth, or SmartyPants in your blog.
It''s super simple to use. It will take your blog 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
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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
author: Charlie Bowman
summary: Simple Markup for you Blog.
homepage: http://www.recentrambles.com.com
plugin: http://svn.recentrambles.com/plugins/acts_as_blog
license: MIT
**** TODO ***
I am looking to add the ability to surround text with <view></view>
and
having that code rendered as a template. I haven''t found a way to do
this in a plugin yet, If you know how and are willing to help I would
love to hear from you!
Charlie Bowman
http://www.recentrambles.com
