Ruby on Rails is an open-source web development framework optimized for programmer happiness and maintaining sustainable productivity. Many things are defined by convention, freeing you from having to re-invent things to stay productive.
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Can someone explain the true landscape of Rails vs PHP deployment, particularly within the context of Reseller-based web hosting (e.g., Hostgator)?
Currently, I have a reseller account with the company HostGator. I design websites, which up until now have occasionally been wrapped in Wordpress CMSs and the like (PHP applications). I then sell ...
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PHP framework to use on GoDaddy host with no shell access
I'm a Ruby-on-Rails developer but am trying to develop a site to run on a GoDaddy Economy hosting account. This means I don't have Ruby and Rails available so I've decided to go with PHP 5 since the ...
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Installing Ruby on Rails without access to command line
I'm VERY new to this whole web dev thing but I can program and I liked Ruby when I used it before.
Now, I've got web hosting and a domain and a site on there that's currently ran under Joomla but ...
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How can I allow search engines to index my invite only website in ruby on rails?
I have a ruby on rails website that will be in invite-only mode for the next couple of months. Currently I have it set up so visits to any page performs an authentication:
before_filter ...
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What is the best and cheapest CMS for an E-Commerce site?
My client needs a site customers can use to pay the membership fees and join. It should also track when old members need to pay again. There are some members that will not want to pay online and they ...
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Recaptcha statistics
Of late recaptcha images have become excessively difficult to decipher. Is there any way to get analytics on unsuccessful attempts before a successful one for your website? I'm pretty certain the ...
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To WWW or not to WWW
I'm getting ready to deploy my Rails app. Currently whether you browse to it using www.domain.com or just domain.com you get the same site.
I'm pretty new at this, so I'm looking for some wisdom from ...
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Hidden form and SEO
I'm using hidden forms, to collects some statistics.
Will it have any penalty from search engines ?
Update 1:
I'm collecting some statistics, based on user interaction with my website. For example, ...
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Free open source feature request web site platform?
I am looking for a web platform where people can submit feature requests for software. Visitors should be able to up-vote feature requests, in order for software developers to see the most popular ...
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Google webmaster Verification failed
I have a site created by Ruby on Rails. I had successfully verified the site with Google Webmaster Tools some months ago. However, recently Webmaster Tools has been asking me to verify my site. I ...
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Everything needed to run a high-traffic web site
I'm an experienced front-end web developer, while my back-end experience has occurred only within the context of Drupal. Basically, the deeper things go into the back end, the more inexperienced I am. ...
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what redirect do i use?
I have a hosted rails application that gives every account a sub domain eg company.hosted_site.com
I have pointed our customers own domain to their subdomain via a A record and a cname so it looks ...
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How to register a domain for a beginner? [duplicate]
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How to register a domain for a beginner?
I've never registered a .com , .net like domain before, and I would like to do some research before doing so.
I currently have ...
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Testing the application
We are nearing finish of the web application done in RoR (it is Social website). I am not RoR person, I am just JS/Jquery side.
All of us do not have much experience with big applications, and this ...
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Suggestions on Website Development [closed]
I am a novice programmer in Website development. Just to get some experience, I am interested to try the following things:
Have my own personal website
Build some Ruby on Rails project for Web ...
