rmce_uploadr

Here’s a scenario this gem is suitable for.

You have multiple rack/sinatra/rails CMS-like apps where a page editing is done with TinyMCE. You want all of them use the same storage / database for image manipulation.

This gem uses Sinatra, ActiveRecord and Paperclip.

Install

For this gem to work you have to put your TinyMCE javascripts in public/javascripts/tiny_mce.

1. Install the gem

add config.gem "rmce_uploadr" to environment.rb and run sudo rake gems:install
add gem "rmce_uploadr" to Gemfile if your using Bundler and run bundle install

2. Set RMceUploadr::App as a middleware

for a rails app add the following inside Rails::Initializer.run block:

config.middleware.use "RMceUploadr::App" do |conf|
  # configuration according to ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
  conf.dbconf = {:adapter => 'sqlite3', 
                 :database => File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'shared', 'db.sqlite3')}
end

almost the same if you’re a rack/sinatra app:

use ::RMceUploadr::App do |conf|
  # configuration according to ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
  conf.dbconf = {:adapter => 'sqlite3', 
                 :database => root_path('..', 'shared', 'db.sqlite3')}
end

3. Add plugin loading to TinyMCE init function, e.g.

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  // Initialize TinyMCE with rmce_uploadr plugin and inlinepopups
  tinyMCE.init({
      plugins: "rmce_uploadr,inlinepopups",
      mode : "textareas",
      theme : "advanced",
      dialog_type: 'modal',
      theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold,italic,underline,separator,strikethrough,bullist,numlist,undo,redo,link,unlink,image",
      theme_advanced_buttons2 : "",
      theme_advanced_buttons3 : "",
      theme_advanced_toolbar_location : "top",
      theme_advanced_toolbar_align : "left",
      theme_advanced_statusbar_location : "bottom"
  });
</script>

Notice plugins: "rmce_uploadr" and theme_advanced_buttons1: "image" (which you probably have already).

4. You’re done

Uploaded files will live in public/uploads/g/images/:id_partition/:style_:filename so you probably want public/uploads/g/ to be shared accross all your apps.

5. Check out rails and sinatra examples

examples/rails and examples/sinatra are setup to work with examples/shared/db.sqlite3 and examples/shared/uploads directory.

Note on Patches/Pull Requests

Fork the project.
Make your feature addition or bug fix.
Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.
Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.