RubyonRails: How to Integrate Comatose CMS & FCKEditor tutorial in your rails application

Steps

Install CMS Comatose plugin

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1. $ script/plugin install http://comatose-plugin.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/comatose  
2. $ script/plugin install git://github.com/darthapo/comatose.git (For Rails 2.X)  
3.   
4. $ script/generate comatose_migration  
5. $ rake db:migrate  

$ script/plugin install http://comatose-plugin.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/comatose
$ script/plugin install git://github.com/darthapo/comatose.git (For Rails 2.X)

$ script/generate comatose_migration
$ rake db:migrate

Dependencias

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1. $ ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/acts_as_list  
2. $ ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/acts_as_tree  

$ ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/acts_as_list
$ ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/acts_as_tree

Install FCKEditor Plugin

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1. $ script/plugin install git://github.com/davividal/fckeditor.git  

$ script/plugin install git://github.com/davividal/fckeditor.git

Install views in our project

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1. $ rake comatose:admin:customize  

$ rake comatose:admin:customize

Edit "app/views/comatose_admin/_form.rhtml"

replace:

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1. <%= f.text_area :body, :rows=>20, :tabindex=>2 %>  

<%= f.text_area :body, :rows=>20, :tabindex=>2 %>

with:

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1. <%= fckeditor_textarea('page', 'body', :width => '100%', :height => '500px') %>  

<%= fckeditor_textarea('page', 'body', :width => '100%', :height => '500px') %>

Add FCKEditor javascript file to

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1. app/views/layouts/comatose_admin.rhtml   
2.   
3. <%= javascript_include_tag :fckeditor %>  

app/views/layouts/comatose_admin.rhtml 

<%= javascript_include_tag :fckeditor %>

Configure FCKEditor to accept other other Files Types like "PDF".

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1. /vendor/plugins/fckeditor/app/controllers/fckeditor_controller.rb  
2.  MIME_TYPES = [  
3.    "image/jpg",  
4.    "image/jpeg",  
5.    "image/pjpeg",  
6.    "image/gif",  
7.    "image/png",  
8.    "application/x-shockwave-flash"  
9.  ]  

/vendor/plugins/fckeditor/app/controllers/fckeditor_controller.rb
 MIME_TYPES = [
   "image/jpg",
   "image/jpeg",
   "image/pjpeg",
   "image/gif",
   "image/png",
   "application/x-shockwave-flash"
 ]

Comatose Configurations in config/initializers/comatose.rb

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1. Comatose.configure do |config|  
2.   
3.  config.admin_title          = 'Administration'  
4.  config.admin_helpers        = []  
5.  config.admin_sub_title      = 'Administration Pages'  
6.  config.content_type         = 'utf-8'  
7.  config.default_filter       = ''  
8.  config.default_processor    = :liquid  
9.  config.default_tree_level   = 3  
10.  config.disable_caching      = false  
11.  config.hidden_meta_fields   = 'filter'  
12.  config.helpers              = []  
13.  config.includes             = []  
14.   
15.  # These are 'blockable' settings  
16.  config.authorization        = Proc.new { true }  
17.  config.admin_get_author     = Proc.new { request.env['REMOTE_ADDR'] }  
18.  config.after_setup          = Proc.new { true }  
19.   
20.   
21.   # Includes AuthenticationSystem in the ComatoseAdminController  
22.   #config.admin_includes << :authenticated_system  
23.   
24.   # Calls :login_required as a before_filter  
25.   #config.admin_authorization = :login_required  
26.   
27. end  

Comatose.configure do |config|

 config.admin_title          = 'Administration'
 config.admin_helpers        = []
 config.admin_sub_title      = 'Administration Pages'
 config.content_type         = 'utf-8'
 config.default_filter       = ''
 config.default_processor    = :liquid
 config.default_tree_level   = 3
 config.disable_caching      = false
 config.hidden_meta_fields   = 'filter'
 config.helpers              = []
 config.includes             = []

 # These are 'blockable' settings
 config.authorization        = Proc.new { true }
 config.admin_get_author     = Proc.new { request.env['REMOTE_ADDR'] }
 config.after_setup          = Proc.new { true }


  # Includes AuthenticationSystem in the ComatoseAdminController
  #config.admin_includes << :authenticated_system

  # Calls :login_required as a before_filter
  #config.admin_authorization = :login_required

end