sinatra-forum

simple forum build on sinatra (2012)

• status: dep update needed
• works only on ruby 2.1?

Features:

• Very Simple and Straightforward
• Easyly Stylable (SASS + CSS3)
• Very fast! (sinatra with few libraries) [check Roda for a modern ruby microframework http://roda.jeremyevans.net/]
• Robust (good spec coverage, important stuff covered, with RSpec)
• DataMapper ORM
• Markdown support
• github icons support
• avatars
• private forums
• more to come...

try it and send feedback to @makevoid

Installation

• download / clone the project and cd into the directory
• create a mysql database named sinforum_development
• extract the zip file containing the icons cd public/images/icons/; tar xfz icons.tgz

example:

mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE sinforum_development;"

• install dependencies

  bundle

• automigrate and apply seeds (includes icon files unpacking)

  ruby config/seeds.rb

• run rack server

example:

rackup

Development mode

note: in development mode the first user (admin) gets logged in by default to ease the development

foreman start

and you are good to go!

Testing

create database

mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE sinforum_test;"

extract the zip file containing the icons (if you didn't di it already)

cd public/images/icons/; tar xfz icons.tgz

run specs

rspec

Todo

• Email notifications on replies and button to opt-in opt/out from the topic