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Flash Helper Plugin

= What is Flash Helper Plugin ? This is a plugin to aid in the management of the Flash.

= What can I use it for ? You use the Flash Helper Plugin like this:

app/controllers/account_controller.rb: class AccountController < ApplicationController def login if authenticated? then flash_notice ‘Success – you are now logged in !’ end end end

app/views/layouts/application.rhtml: <%= show_flash_messages :textilize => true %>

= Okay, but what is it REALLY used for ? This is an aid to the standardization effort started by Luke Randall on the Rails mailing list. For more information, see this thread on the mailing list: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.ruby.rails/28104

= Cool, but how do I use it ? Drop the plugin in your vendor/plugin area, using one of these methods:
  • svn export http://opensvn.csie.org/flash_helper_plugin/trunk vendor/plugins/flash_helper
  • svn ps svn:externals “flash_helper http://opensvn.csie.org/flash_helper_plugin/trunk” vendor/plugins
  • Get the .tar.gz or .zip file, and unpack into vendor/plugins

== How to use the unit test assertions ? You only need to require the assertions.rb file in test/test_helper.rb:

test/test_helper.rb: require ‘francois_beausoleil/flash_plugin_helper/assertions’

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