Pre-requesites: RVM on your local machine with Ruby 1.9.2 Heroku account Switch to the 1.9.2 version of Ruby, install the rails and heroku gems, create your rails 3.1 application Terminal $ rvm 1.9.2 $ gem install rails $ gem install heroku $ rails new tickets $ cd tickets Add in the nifty-generators gem: /Gemfile gem "nifty-generators", [...]
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Version controlling WordPress themes on simple hosts
Here’s a quick tip if your WordPress host is quite simple and only provides FTP access and no version control tools (svn, git) or specific syncing tools (rsync) Use version control for the theme on your local machine (where you run your dev WordPress environment), then use syncing capability of FTP tool (Cyberduck for MacOSX [...]
Git repositories with Slicehost
No doubt I am really happy with my Slicehost VPS, it has been so hassle free! The best part about Slicehost is all the amazing articles they provide to help you get going with your slice. I’ve setup my slice to host my private git repositories, particularly since I wanted to use them with Rails [...]
Git for dummies
Only just started to finally get stuck into learning git. It certainly seems to be revolutionising the way we do version control. I’m pretty hooked on subversion and I have to admit, I thought that was as good as it gets! But the hype around git to much to ignore. Here’s some resources I’ve found [...]
Accessing github from behind a proxy
If you’re behind a proxy which restricts outbound ports (i.e. only port 80 and 443), then you’ll be pleased to know that you can still access Github. Rather than using the git:// protocol (defaulting to port 9418), you can use the HTTP protocol to do the same thing! Article on Github about it here. git [...]
About Me
My name is Trent McClenahan. I'm passionate about the web and establishing high performance teams. After 15 years in Sydney I am now based in Newcastle, Australia.
