socialtech / forge

• Please note: this particular branch is currently unstable. *

Forge 3

Forge 3: Makin' It Work

• have ruby 1.8.7 installed (inside rvm is okay)

• have bundler working

• cd ~/to/parent/directory

• git clone [e-mail]:socialtech/forge3.git

• cd forge3

• bundle install --path vendor --without linux

• cp config/database.yml.template config/database.yml

• cp config/settings.yml.template config/settings.yml

• cp config/s3.yml.template config/s3.yml

• edit config/database.yml

• edit config/settings.yml

• (optionally) edit config/s3.yml

• mkdir log

• bundle exec rake db:create

• bundle exec rake db:schema:load

• bundle exec rake db:test:prepare

• bundle exec rake forge:load_help

• bundle exec rake forge:deploy

• bundle exec rails server

• navigate to http://localhost:3000/forge

• login with [e-mail], admin

Stuff You Must Know

To use bundle install, use: bundle install --path vendor.

On OS X, use: bundle install --path vendor --without linux

To run the specs once:

bundle exec rspec spec/

To run the specs in continuous integration mode:

bundle exec guard

Stuff You Should Do

• edit config/settings.yml
• ensure your 404, 500 and 422 pages have the information you want on them
• add a secret token to config/initializers/secret_token.rb

Project Organization

Organization is critical for this version of Forge. Consistent focus on organized, clean, reusable, maintainable and modular code is key.

• Shared Forge views go in app/views/forge/shared, not app/views/shared/forge