If you’re thinking of starting a blog in Rails, there are a few things you’ll need to get started. First, create a new application on Heroku and set up a foundation for your blog.
Next, set up your blog’s settings in Rails. Finally, add some content and start promoting your blog!.
Creating a New Application on Heroku
To start creating your blog on Rails, first create a new application on Heroku. To do this, go to Heroku’s website and sign in.
From the main page, select Create New App. Enter the name of your new application and click Continue.
In the next step, you’ll be asked to set up your application’s foundation. This includes setting up an email address for notification purposes and choosing a domain name for your app.
For this tutorial, we’ll be using blog-rails as the domain name.
After you’ve completed these steps, the next step is to set up your app’s settings in Rails. To do this, go to the applications overview page for your newly created app and select App Settings from the sidebar. On the Settings page, enter the following information:
Domain: blog-rails
URL: http://blog-rails.herokuapp.com
Email Notification: true
Now that you’ve set up your app’s settings in Rails, it’s time to add some content! To add content to your blog, first install Ruby on Rails by running gem install rails . Once Ruby is installed, start Rails by running rails server .
You can now open http://blog-rails.com in your browser to view your blog!.
Setting Up Your Blog’s Settings in Rails
To enable users to access your blog via HTTP or HTTPS, edit config/environments/development.rb and add the following line: config . https = true , config . http = false If you want users to be able to comment on posts and subscribe to RSS feeds from your blog, edit config/routes.rb and add the following lines: post “comments” , :to => “comments#comment” , :via => “comments” post “subscribe_rss” , :to => “subscribe#feed” , :via => “subscribe” Finally, edit config/application. root = ‘http://blog-rails.
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