Acts As Commentable
Allows for comments to be added to multiple and different models.
Resources
Install
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To install as a gem (recommended):
** gem install acts_as_commentable ** add the following line to your environment.rb: config.gem ‘acts_as_commentable’ ** If using bundler then just add “gem ‘acts_as_commentable’” to your Gemfile and “bundle install”
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To install as a plugin
** Rails 3: script/plugin install github.com/jackdempsey/acts_as_commentable.git ** Rails 2: script/plugin install github.com/jackdempsey/acts_as_commentable.git -r 2.x
Generate your comment model:
script/generate comment
Then migrate your database:
rake db:migrate
Usage
* Make your ActiveRecord model act as commentable.
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_commentable
end
* Add a comment to a model instance
commentable = Post.create
commentable.comments.create(:title => "First comment.", :comment => "This is the first comment.")
* Fetch comments for a commentable model:
commentable = Post.find(1)
comments = commentable.comments.recent.limit(10).all
Credits
Xelipe - This plugin is heavily influenced by Acts As Taggable.
Contributors
Jack Dempsey, Chris Eppstein, Jim Ray, Matthew Van Horn, Ole Riesenberg, ZhangJinzhu, maddox, monocle
More
www.juixe.com/techknow/index.php/2006/06/18/acts-as-commentable-plugin/ www.juixe.com/projects/acts_as_commentable