Posted by Daniel Butler Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:51:00 GMT
Tanjun'ka, Japanese for "simplification", allows you to quickly post entries to your blog which include photos. The software is open source and is written in C# on the .NET 2.0 framework.
Looks promising!
Tanjun'ka Home Page
Tanjun'ka Download Page
Project Page @ SourceForge
Posted by Daniel Butler Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:01:00 GMT
If you're running any Rails installations in production, do yourself a favor and sign up to the Rails-Security mailing list. DHH says:
In light of the past days of fun and games, we’ve started a new mailing list focused entirely around security. This list will be much lower volume than the main list and be exclusively about security concerns. You can signup at the rails-security mailing list page.
You'll only receive announcements about Rails security, not discussion, so it won't be too painful when something like this happens again.
Posted by Daniel Butler Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:04:00 GMT
Scott Laird has released version 4.0.1 of Typo, the premiere blogging application written in Ruby on Rails. This release includes Rails 1.1.5, which fixes substantial security problems, and everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
The new installer script has several changes, according to Scott:
Thanks for all the hard work!
Scott's Blog Annoucement
Typo 4.0.1 @ RubyForge
Download Page @ TypoSphere
Posted by Daniel Butler Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:59:00 GMT
DHH has decreed:
This is a MANDATORY upgrade for anyone not running on a very recent edge (which isn’t affected by this). If you have a public Rails site, you MUST upgrade to Rails 1.1.5. The security issue is severe and you do not want to be caught unpatched.
The issue is in fact of such a criticality that we’re not going to dig into the specifics. No need to arm would-be assailents.
So upgrade today, not tomorrow. We’ve made sure that Rails 1.1.5 is fully drop-in compatible with 1.1.4. It only includes a handful of bug fixes and no new features.
So, if this blog goes down in the next few minutes for a nick, that's bloody well why.
Posted by Daniel Butler Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:07:00 GMT
Ed Moss loves the DRY principle enough that he's posted a Rails engine that attempts to prevent code duplication across model, views, and controllers that allow data editing.
The engine includes support for parent-child relationships, sorting, filtering, in-context editing, as well as being completely customizable. Take a look:
The engine looks great and is easy to use. Thanks, Ed!
dry_scaffold Page @ Rubyforge
Download Plugin from Rubyforge
DRY Rails Engine Plugin Demo
Posted by Daniel Butler Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:23:00 GMT
While nothing can really compare to TextMate on OS X for its simplicity and natural flexibility, Windows users have yet another Ruby on Rails IDE to satiate your need of file drawers, tab completions, and that debilitating syntax-highlighting addiction: RideMe. Jeff Cohen declared version 1.0 as indulging you in the following ways:
Posted by Daniel Butler Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:01:00 GMT
While researching web site statistics packages, I came across Webalizer-ASN, which identifies the Autonomous System a host belongs to.
Init Seven AG has developed an extension of The Webalizer called 'webalizer-asn', that supports AS number (Autonomous System Number) lookups to generate additional statistics based on the origin of the hosts that have visited a website.
The AS number identifies the AS (Autonomous System) a host is belonging to. An Autonomous System is a group of IP networks operated by one or more network operator/s which has a single and clearly defined external routing policy. (See RFC1930 for more information about AS numbers.)
It is useful for high-traffic sites and ISPs when they know from which networks the visitors are coming from. For example they can plan future peerings or other things based on this information.
Another interesting Webalizer derivative is AWFFull - A Webalizer Fork, Full o' Features!, which adds, among other features, more than 12 months of history and CSS-styling for the reports.
Webalizer-ASN Home Page
Webalizer-ASN Demo Page
Gentoo Portage ebuild
