Parse for Links with Prototype JS
Parsing for links with the Prototype javascript library is easy. Here is the pattern for finding links
/(http|https):\/\/[\w\-_]+(\.[\w\-_]+)+([\w\-\.,@?^
=%&:/~\+#]*[\w\-\@?^=%&/~\+#])?/
And to implement it you can loop through your con...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Add User Directories to Apache2 Web Server
You can either link up the modules yourself like this:
ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/userdir.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf
ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/userdir.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.load
Or you can use the Apach...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Rails 3 Config Auto Load Paths in Application.rb
In Rails 3 files in lib/ are no longer loaded by default. It's a snap to auto load these classes by adding the following line to config/application.rb
config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib)
This is commented out around line 16. Either rep...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Using the PHP Mail Function with Additional Headers
Pass a fourth parameter to the mail() function with the header information.
<?php
$to = "jane@example.com";
$subject = "Hello World!";
$body = "This will be sent from email-addr@example.com";
$headers = "From: email-addr@example.com\r\nX-Mailer: php";...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Reading, Writing, Removing Files and Directories in Ruby
These aren't all of them, but I think they are some of the most useful.
# making a directory in another directory that doesn't yet exist...
FileUtils.mkdir_p '/path/to/your/directory/that/doesnt/exist/yet'
# recursively remove a directory and the conten...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
