Working With Rails

Acts As Commentable

Allows for comments to be added to multiple and different models.

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Install

Rails

• To install as a plugin:

script/plugin install http://github.com/jackdempsey/acts_as_commentable.git

Merb/Rails

• To install as a gem:

rake install

Generate your comment model:

script/generate comment

Then migrate your database:

rake db:migrate

Usage Merb Users: * add ‘dependency “acts_as_commentable”’ to your init.rb or dependencies.rb if using merb-stack * Make your ActiveRecord model act as commentable. class Model < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_commentable end * Add a comment to a model instance commentable = Model.create commentable.comments.create(:title => “First comment.”, :comment => “This is the first comment.”) * Fetch comments for a commentable model: commentable = Model.find(1) comments = commentable.comments.recent.limit(10).all # Following doesn’t work/make sense to me. Leaving for historical sake—Jack # * Each comment reference commentable object # # model = Model.find(1) # model.comments.get(0).commentable model Credits

Xelipe – This plugin is heavily influenced by Acts As Taggable.

== More

http://www.juixe.com/techknow/index.php/2006/06/18/acts-as-commentable-plugin/ http://www.juixe.com/projects/acts_as_commentable

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