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.