srushti / vestibule

The CFP platform for Euruko 2013

Vestibule

This is the simple application that we're using to build the CFP platfrom for Euruko 2013. It's simple purpose is to collect talk proposals, and try to channel feedback and suggestions on those proposals into useful forms.

This app is build on top of Ruby Manor 3 original Vestibule app and we thank them for that!

Getting started

1. Setup a Postgres server. The simplest thing to do is to download the Turnkey Postgres Appliance in the OVF format and run it with VirtualBox.
2. Copy config/database.example.yml to config/database.yml and update it appropriately
3. Copy config/application.example.yml to config/application.yml and customize it to fit your needs
4. Set the following environment variable: COOKIE_SECRET with a lengthy key
5. Run the tests: rake
6. Register the app for the "social login" thing. See section below for more info.
7. Start a server: rails server

You should be ready :)

Social login setup

Github:

1. Go to settings/applications and add a new application
2. Set URL to whatever makes sense (for example http://localhost:3000 if it's for your dev environment)
3. Set Callback URL to <base_url>/auth/github/callback (so for this example it would be http://localhost:3000/auth/github/callback)
4. Set the GITHUB_KEY and the GITHUB_SECRET to the Client ID and the Client Secret respectively
5. (Optional) Set these for heroku (after having completed the heroku setup) by running heroku config:add GITHUB_KEY=<the Client ID> and heroku config:add GITHUB_SECRET=<the Client Secret>

Twitter:

1. Go to "create a new application"
2. Set the Website to whatever makes sense (as with Github)
3. Set Callback URL to <base_url>/auth/twitter/callback (so for this example it would be http://localhost:3000/auth/twitter/callback)
4. Set the TWITTER_KEY and the TWITTER_SECRET to the Consumer key and the Consumer secret respectively
5. (Optional) Set these for heroku (after having completed the heroku setup) by running heroku config:add TWITTER_KEY=<the Consumer key> and heroku config:add TWITTER_SECRET=<the Consumer secret>

Google:

Nothing to do, it should just work :)

Facebook:

1. Go to create a new application
2. Set the Website with Facebook Login -> Site URL to <base_url>/auth/facebook/callback (so for this example it would be http://localhost:3000/auth/facebook/callback)
3. Set the FACEBOOK_KEY and the FACEBOOK_SECRET to the App ID and the App Secret respectively
4. (Optional) Set these for heroku (after having completed the heroku setup) by running heroku config:add FACEBOOK_KEY=<the App ID> and heroku config:add FACEBOOK_SECRET=<the App Secret>

Deploying on Heroku (non official site)

1. Sign up on Heroku
2. Download the Heroku toolbelt
3. Login from the command line: heroku login
4. Create your heroku app: heroku create
5. Add the New Relic add on (requires credit card information): heroku addons:add newrelic:standard
6. Deploy: rake release
7. Check the app: heroku open

For more info, checkout the official heroku guide

Sending emails

There are two ways to send emails out of the box: Gmail and Mandrill. The first is pretty much ubiquitous, the latter is the easiest to setup on Heroku. In any case you have to set first the following environment variables:

• DEFAULT_MAILER_HOST which will be used as the :host option for the action_mailer.default_url_options
• SMTP_DOMAIN which will be used as the :domain option for the action_mailer.smtp_settings

Setup Gmail

Set up the additional two environment variables:

• GMAIL_SMTP_USER
• GMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD

Setup Mandrill

Just add the Mandrill Heroku Addon and you should be ready to go.

Keep in mind that this will work only on production environment.

Exceptions & Errors tracking

Sign up for a free account bugsnag account and set the appropriate env variable: heroku config:add BUGSNAG_API_KEY=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Deploying the official site

Contact @nikosd

How to contribute

Fork, patch, test, send a pull request.