MODEL MANAGER¶ ↑

This is a Rails plugin to create admin pages to manage resource style models. Simple and flexible, does no more than it needs to.

NOTE!¶ ↑

This plugin is being extracted from an active project and is under active initial development. Use at your own risk for now.

INSTALLATION¶ ↑

As a gem inside your environment.rb

config.gem 'model_manager'

As a plugin

# FROM RAILS_ROOT
ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/conorh/model_manager.git

The plugin will install a model_manager.css file into your public directory.

USAGE¶ ↑

Create the model that you want to manage:

class BlogEntry < ActiveRecord::Base
end

Create a controller for that model that extends from ModelManager. It must be named the plural of the model name:

class BlogEntriesController < ModelManagerController
end

Add a resource route for that controller:

map.resources :blog_entries

Going to /blog_entries will now let you view/create/update/delete BlogEntry models.

To override methods just define that method in the controller. For example:

class BlogEntriesController < ModelManagerController
  def index
    @current_objects = BlogEntry.paginate(:conditions => {:public => true})
  end
end

COPYRIGHT¶ ↑

Copyright © 2010 Conor Hunt <conor DOT hunt AT gmail DOT com> Released under the MIT + GPL licenses