Scott Motte

Rewrites in rails

How to do a rewrite rule in rails .htaccess to disallow rails in certain subfolders (for example, you might want to run a php forum software under /public/forum)

Mainly, you can just edit the .htaccess file in your rails app under public/.htaccess. Inside there is a short explanation and example of how to do this.

For example,

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum.*   RewriteRule .* - [L]

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Optizimizing your rails app for the iphone

CSS stylesheet & viewport meta tag

Basically, you want the following in your header tag - this will give you a css stylesheet just for the iphone, and make the scale to 1.

	<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'iphone-app', :media => 'only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)' %>
	

Developing on mac with internet explorer - vmware

If you are a ruby on rails web developer like me, use a mac, and would prefer to test your rails creations in internet explorer without having to upload your app every time you make a change and then testing on a windows computer, here is how you can develop and test on windows using vmware.

First, follow this tutorial: Setting up vmware

Then, follow this tutorial: Setting up localhost through vmware