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Description: Store translation strings in the database allowing you to update text without requiring a code deploy.
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README
GibberishDb
===========
This plugin adds database support to Gibberish (http://errtheblog.com/posts/55-ya-talkin-gibberish) allowing
you to store (and change) your strings in your database. This probably is a bad idea unless you have a copy-editor
who is always bugging you to change the text on your website. Strings are cached using acts_as_cached to minimize the
database impact.

Author:: Chris Eppstein (chris@eppsteins.net)
Copyright:: (c) Copyright 2008 Caring, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
License:: Released under the same licensing terms as Gibberish

== Installation
Migrate your database like so:
  def self.up
    create_table "languages" do |t|
      t.column :name, :string, :null => false, :limit => 15, :unique => true
    end
    create_table "translations" do |t|
      t.column :language_id, :integer, :null => false
      t.column :key, :string, :null => false, :limit => 100 #max length for a column used in an index in mysql
      t.column :value, :text
      t.column, :format, :string, :null => false, :default => "inline"
    end
    add_index :translations, [:language_id, :key], :name => :one_translation_per_language, :unique => true
  end
  
  def self.down
    drop_table "languages"
    drop_table "translations"
  end

Add this to your environment.rb:
  config.after_initialize do
    Gibberish.load_languages! rescue nil #if you don't rescue, you'll crash during migrations
  end
  
== Dependencies
* Gibberish (duh!)
* acts_as_cached (or cache_fu)

== Usage
Use is the same as before only the strings will come from your database now.

You can now use the following models:
* +Gibberish::Language+
* +Gibberish::Translation+

Translation cache is automatically expired after save, but if you add a new language, you'll need
to call +Gibberish.load_languages!+ again.