rails_website_template/readme.md

Rails Website Template

A template for creating rails websites that includes the following:

• User System (Devise)
• Twitter Bootstrap + Flatstrap + Font Awesome
• Basic Blog
• Admin Panel
• SummerNote editor
• Image upload/File System
• Translation (pt-BR, EN)
• Contact System
• Maintaince Mode
• Email System (PaperClip + Mandrill)
• Subscription form with Mailchimp integration
• Google Analytics
• Tests

Installation and Configurations

1. Clone the project: https://github.com/jamesperet/rails_website_template.git
2. Create a postgres databases for development and test enviorments.
3. Configure the databases in config/database.yml
4. Run rake db:migrate
5. Run rake bootstrap:all to configure the website and create a admin user
6. Create the file config/application.yml with all env variables
7. Set the Google Analytics Tracking code in the file app/assets/javascript/google_analytics.js.coffe
8. Start the server: rails server -p 3000
9. Login as admin@website.com with the password 12345678

Deploy to Heroku

1. Create a new heroku app: heroku create new-app-name
2. Run figaro heroku:set -e production to copy env variables from config/application.yml and set them in heroku
3. Add the heroku postgre addon: heroku addons:add heroku-postgresql to create and configure a postgres database in heroku server
4. Add the heroku Redis to Go addon: heroku addons:add redistogo
5. Push to heroku: git push heroku master to deploy the repo
6. Migrate the database: heroku run rake db:migrate
7. Create the initial config and admin user: heroku run rake bootstrap:all
8. Add your website URL to the Mixpanel Partner program to earn 200,000 data points every month plus 25,000 people profiles.

Env Variables

	AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
	AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 
	AWS_S3_BUCKET:
	AWS_S3_BUCKET_REGION:
	HEROKU_APP_URL: 
	MANDRILL_USERNAME: 
	MANDRILL_KEY: 
	DOMAIN_NAME: 
	SERVER_EMAIL: 
	DEVISE_SECRET_KEY: 
	SECRET_KEY_BASE: 
	MAILCHIMP_KEY: 
	MAILCHIMP_LIST_ID:
	REDISTOGO_URL:

Todo's

• Log
• Background processing (redis)
• Search System
• geo location/maps
• Help
• new admin email
• Invite user/admin
• admin panel tour
• rewrite readme file
• Heroku Deploy button
• Wiki/Codex
• Portfolio
• Store
• Inventory
• Module Controller

BUGS

• page titles!

Example Websites

• Rails Website Template Example
• Velvet Design