PHP has some default limits that do not work out of the box when you want to work with uploading very large files. So there are a few configuration changes you have to make to the defaults that come with PHP. These are defined in you php.ini file. The...

Here is a simple rake task which will instantiate all of your Active Record models, provided that they are located in the RAILS_ROOT/app/models directory. Interestingly, all plugin models are instantiated by default when you run the task, for instance, if...

Workshop Dog is a free events calendar for dog training workshops and group lessons. Users can list their training workshops as well as create a business profile. Jobs may be posted to the site for a small fee. Events that are created are distributed to...

NDT Buzz is a companion news site to Natural Dog Training. News and information about Natural Dog Training is generated on the web from many different sources. Blogs, tweets and comments are aggregated using the Feedzirra Ruby Gem. The site lets NDT use...

I can't find a strftime() format that will output the hour without the leading zero. For instance 6:20 will be instead 06:20. This just looks a little sloppy. I created a datetime.rb intializer which will contain custom datetime formats for my applicatio...