Painless PNG
The Painless PNG plugin allows your Rails application to support PNG images with transparencies for Internet Explorer 5.5+ through 6.x without changing existing code.
homepage: http://wheremydogs.at/articles/2007/04/30/the-rails-way-painless-png-in-ruby-on-rails
svn: http://svn.wheremydogs.at/painless_png/tags/painless_png
Scaffolding Extensions Plugin
- Tons of improvements to Rails’ default scaffold method
svn: svn://suven.no-ip.org/rails/plugins/scaffolding_extensions
file: http://suven.no-ip.org/scaffolding_extensions.tar.gz
Streamlined
- Declarative views for your models
svn: http://streamlinedframework.org:8079/streamlined/plugins/streamlined
file: http://streamlinedframework.org/streamlined.tar.gz
homepage: http://streamlined.relevancellc.com/
ActiveScaffold
Create production ready UIs for your data model (great for building admin pages) easily:
class UsersController < ApplicationController active_scaffold :user end
For that you get:
- An AJAX-enabled UI component for creating, updating, and deleting objects (CRUD)
- Rich DSL for configuring rendering
- Security framework
- Automatic handling of ActiveRecord associations
- Sorting, Search and Pagination
- RESTful API support (XML/YAML/JSON) baked in
- Sexy CSS styling and theming support
svn: http://activescaffold.googlecode.com/svn/tags/active_scaffold/
file: http://activescaffold.googlecode.com/files/active_scaffold_1.0.1.zip
homepage: http://activescaffold.com/
demo: http://demo.activescaffold.com/
Error Messages For
This is a rails plugin that overrides the default error_messages_for helper and extends it to make it useful. It adds the ability to display messages for an error of AR objects, it can use a partial to render the errors, plus other enhancements.
svn:
svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/railserrorsfor
Error Messages For Clickable Links
This makes the errors list, have a clickable link that takes you to the individual form object.
svn:
http://zachinglis-rails-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/svn/clickable_error_messages/
Multi Asset Locations?
This plugin helps you leverage a setting of action controller. asset_host. Normally in rails you have one location, and one location only for all of your assets, being images, stylesheet or javascripts. Since browsers usually have a limit of 2 downloading pipelines (http pipelining | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_pipelining) per domain, it means that the more domains you serve your assets from, the more concurrent downloads you can have, the quicker the page download happens. Couple this technique with minizing and gzipping for maximum result.
Normally you can now set your ActionController::Base.asset_host to only one location by passing a string.
ActionController::Base.asset_host = “http://myasset.domain.com”
Once you do that your imagetag, includejavascripttag, stylesheetlink_tag are all served from that domain. (the default is an empty string)
With this plugin you can choose to pass either a string or a hash. The acceptable keys are :javascripts, :stylesheets and :images. You can pass either one or all of the keys.
For Ex.:
ActionController::Base.asset_host = {:images => “http://images.domain.com”, :javascripts => “http://javascripts.domain.com”, :stylesheets => “http://stylesheets.domain.com”}
ActionController::Base.asset_host = {:stylesheets => “http://stylesheets.domain.com”}
to install run
ruby script/plugin install http://simple-rails-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/multi-asset-locations/
For more info on how to optimize your page load time, check out: http://www.die.net/musings/page_load_time/
svn:
svn://simple-rails-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/multi-asset-locations/
Php Compatibility?
This plugin helps you quickly migrate a large php codebase to ruby by allowing you to use your favorite php functions (i.e. PhpCompat.date(‘F y d H:i’), PhpCompat.stripslashes, etc).
svn:
svn://ahgsoftware.com/php_compat/trunk
Object & Embed Tag Helper?
Extremely Simple Embed/Object tag helper. Although parameters can be overridden, basic defaults are inferred from the provided ‘source’ parameter. Creating a tag for an mp3, flash or video, is as easy as ‘simple_object_tag ”/swfs/game.swf”’. No external js libs needed.
svn:
svn://ahgsoftware.com/simple_object/trunk
Nested Output Buffering for ERB Templates?
For those of you that just absolutely need output buffering (a’la php’s ob_start(); $content = ob_get_contents();ob_end_clean();), here’s a plugin that should make it easy for you.
bq. website:
http://www.ahgsoftware.com/pages/erb_buffer
svn:
svn://ahgsoftware.com/erb_buffer/trunk
RelatedSelectForms?
This plugin allows to generate multiple, dependent HTML selects, by handling the relations with simple JavaScript (requires prototype.js library), so you do not need to code any AJAX callbacks (handy when you deal with a not too large amount of data). It works also well with RJS templates and supports recursive pre-selection.
browse svn:
http://svn.dvisionfactory.com/
svn:
svn://dvisionfactory.com/rails/plugins/related_select_forms
Blueprint
A general purpose DSL for dynamic hierarchical data structures. Works great for procedural UI generation and defining an application’s information architecture.
website:
http://blueprint.devjavu.com
Button Labels
Add labels to radio buttons.
svn:
svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/button-labels/trunk/
Tabnav
UPDATE: A new version of the Tabnav Plugin is available inside the Widgets plugin!
It’s just the easiest and quickest way to add tabbed navigation to your rails app! Just one line in your view and a per-navigation class defining all your tabs. Handles complex highlighting rules and tab visibility conditions. Fully customizable.
website:
http://www.seesaw.it/en/toolbox
Juggernaut
Juggernaut for Ruby on Rails initiates a flash xmlsocket between server and browser allowing real time communication between the two. This opens the door to all sorts of functionality such as chats and collaborative wikis/cms. The open socket connection allows the server to ‘push’ base64 encoded javascript to the browser which is subsequently decoded and evaluated.
website:
http://juggernaut.rubyforge.org
Email Enkoder
The Enkoder, a tool that hides your email address from email address harvesters, is now available as a Ruby on Rails plugin!
website:
http://hivelogic.com/articles/2006/02/07/enkoder_plugin
Unobtrusive Javascript For Rails
- A plugin that makes attaching javascript behaviour to your page elements in an unobtrusive fashion a breeze. Also includes updates to Rails AJAX helpers to make use of this new functionality.
blog entry: http://www.lukeredpath.co.uk/index.php/2006/06/06/introducing-unobtrusive-javascript-for-rails/
wiki/docs: http://opensource.agileevolved.com/trac/wiki/UnobtrusiveJavascript
source: http://opensource.agileevolved.com/svn/root/rails_plugins/unobtrusive_javascript/trunk
Author: Luke Redpath/Agile Evolved (www.agileevolved.com)
On Idle
- Lets you call actions when the user is idle (doesn’t move the mouse or type, or…), and when the user “wakes up”.
Javascript Require
- Simplifies management of many JS files by dynamically including javascript file dependencies at the application level.
svn:
http://eventualbuddha.textdriven.com/svn/javascript_require/
Browser Logger
- Appends just this request’s logs to the end of the response. It’s a little more convenient than tailing a log, especially when you’re not logged in. For now, it’s ‘always on.’ Feel free to modify init.rb to incorporate whatever on/off switch you want.
homepage:
http://revolutiononrails.blogspot.com/2007/01/stop-tailing-your-logs.html
Debug View Helper Plugin
- A plugin that makes it easy to raise a Smarty like popup dumping all assigns, sessions, parameter and flash variables for a view.
homepage: http://www.realityforge.org/articles/2006/03/20/rails-plugin-to-help-debug-views
svn: http://www.realityforge.org/svn/code/debug-view-helper/trunk/
LiveTree
- DHTML tree widget that can load data asynchronously as-needed
Liquid Plugin
- Liquid is a non evaling template engine which looks good and can be rendered from the database.
svn: svn://home.leetsoft.com/liquid/trunk/liquid
MasterView Plugin
- MasterView is a ruby/rails optimized HTML/XHTML friendly template engine. Edit in WYSIWYG editor and still use partials and rails helpers.
bq. homepage: http://masterview.org/
svn: svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/masterview/tags/masterview
Google Maps Plugin
- Quick and easy Google Maps.
homepage: http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-on-rails/
YM4R/GM Plugin + YM4R/Mapstraction Plugin
homepage: http://thepochisuperstarmegashow.com/projects/#ym4r
- The YM4R/GM plugin helps the use of Google Maps from Rails. Bundles some advanced extensions (GeoRss, Clusterer, WMS layers).
svn: svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/ym4r/Plugins/GM/trunk/ym4r_gm
- The YM4R/Mapstraction plugin helps the use of the Mapstraction JS library, which provides a common API for Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps and Virtual Earth so one can switch between them easily.
svn:
svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/ym4r/Plugins/Mapstraction/trunk/ym4r_mapstraction
MapLayers Plugin
- MapLayers makes it easy to integrate a dynamic map in a Rails application. It can display map tiles and markers loaded from from many different data sources. With MapLayers you can display and publish ActiveRecord models with geographic data.
homepage: http://www.sourcepole.com/2008/3/23/maplayers-plugin-for-rails
Theme Support Plugin
- Add theme support to your application (Typo style). Includes support for liquid templates.
Rails PDF Plugin
svn: svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/railspdfplugin/railspdf/
Rails XLS Plugin
homepage: http://rubyforge.org/projects/railsxls/
svn: svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/railsxls/trunk/
RTex Plugin
- Adds support for .rtex templates which generate PDF files using pdflatex.
homepage: http://rtex.rubyforge.org/
svn: svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/rtex/trunk
Rfpdf Plugin
- Adds support for .rfpdf templates which generate PDF files using Ruby FPDF.
homepage: http://rubyforge.org/projects/rfpdf/
svn: svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/rfpdf
Cartographer Plugin
- Adds support for displaying and manipulating Google Maps
svn: svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/cartographer/plugins/cartographer
numbersToWords (english and Japaneese)
- Convert numbers to their japaneese or english counterpart or convert the number into dollars (1.01 == one dollar and one cent)
svn: http://www.svn.recentrambles.com/plugins/numbersToWords/
Numeric Spell Plugin
- Probably superseded by numbersToWords—BenStiglitz
Safe Render Plugin (for partials)
- Wrapper for render allowing inclusion of partials from templates or other shared views that don’t exist across all controllers.
bq. svn: http://filetofsole.org/svn/public/projects/rails/plugins/safe_render/trunk/
Markaby Plugin
- Write your template code in Ruby using a Builder-style syntax.
CSS Graphs Plugin
- Helper for making pure CSS bar graphs.
Calendar Helper Plugin
- Helper for making simple calendars, as seen on http://rubyonrailsworkshops.com
- Generator that copies a stylesheet for making the calendar look pretty. One red theme is available now. Others will be added to the plugin later.
Label Helpers Plugin
Helpers for generating label elements on forms.
svn: http://www.eric-stewart.com/svn/rails/plugins/label_helpers
HTML Helpers
- Allows you to encode/decode HTML entities in your views/helpers in a painless way.
homepage: http://www.leftbee.net/
svn: http://svn.bountysource.com/leftbee-plugins/html_helpers
Real-Time Form Validation Plugin
- The RTV plug-in uses AJAX to validate form data against a model in real-time. AJAX requests are made as the user is filling in form fields. The form data is then validated against a model on the server-side. RTV then responds with javascript that dynamically updates the HTML document. This enables you to mark form fields as valid/invalid using CSS.
homepage:
http://railsrtv.rubyforge.org/
Sub-List Form Plugin
- A plugin that makes it easy to have dynamic lists of related models on a single editing page by presenting the user with a single page to edit/create the parent model as well a list of it’s children. (Uses AJAX)
homepage: http://rorsublist.rubyforge.org/
bq. video: http://rorsublist.rubyforge.org/sublist.html
MicroID Plugin?
- A plugin that adds a MicroID helper tag.
HTML Output
Makes Rails tag helpers output HTML instead of XHTML.
Homepage: http://dev.turnipspatch.com/trac/wiki/HTMLOutput
SVN: https://svn.turnipspatch.com/public/html_output/trunk/
SyntaxHighlight Helper Plugin
- Adds a helper method to syntax highlight code.
svn: http://filetofsole.org/svn/public/projects/rails/plugins/syntax_highlight/trunk/
LatexRender Helper Plugin
- Adds a helper method to render a latex fragment into an image.
FCKeditor Plugin
- Easy inclusion of the FCKeditor into your code. Installs all files and adds various helpers to ease use.
Homepage:
http://fckeditor.caronsoftware.com
SVN
svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/fckeditorp/trunk/fckeditor
Useless Ajax Mux-Demux Plugin
- Allows you to multiplex a bunch of ajax requests into a single one to the server. These requests will be disptached on the server and the results collected as a single JSON string. This makes it very easy to update multiple sections of a page using a single ajax call.
homepage: http://rubyforge.org/projects/mux-demux/
svn: svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/mux-demux
Rails Widgets
- These babies are a cross between helpers and partials. The idea is that they can encapsulate a piece of UI logic and template, sort of similar to the idea of components, only so much more lightweight.
homepage: http://blogrium.com/?p=60
svn: http://progrium.com/svn/vforge/plugins/widgets
Simple Date Select Plugin
- Use a text box instead of multiple select boxes for date and datetime fields in scaffolded forms
svn: svn://suven.no-ip.org/rails/plugins/simple_date_select
file: http://suven.no-ip.org/simple_date_select.tar.gz
Exiguous Formatter
- Exiguous formatter is a very simple formatter that adds paragraphs to newline separated blocks of text. It also includes Rubypants, which converts all types of quotes to better looking alternatives.
svn: https://fngtps.com/svn/rails-plugins/trunk/exiguous_format
InPlaceControls Plugin
- InPlaceControls creates “active” checkboxes, selects and radio buttons in the view that update your model via the builtin Rails in-place editing features.
svn: svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/inplacecontrols
REST in Place
- REST in Place is an AJAX Inplace-Editor that talks to RESTful controllers. It requires absolutely no additional server-side code if your controller is written in REST style. Comes in two flavours, jQuery and Prototype.
Safe ERB
- Safe ERB checks if the string written by “<%= %>” in your rhtml template is escaped correctly and raises an error if it is not escaped, which will significantly reduce the possibility of putting cross-site scripting vulnerability into your web application.
file: http://www.kbmj.com/users/shinya/rails/safe_erb-0.1.zip
CSS Form Builder
- A little plugin containing a form builder that uses css to produce tableless, lined-up forms
svn: svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/cssformbuilder/trunk
BBCodeizer
Implements BBCode markup in an easy to use helper.
svn: svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/agtools/plugins/bbcodeizer
homepage: http://agtools.rubyforge.org/bbcodeizer/
Gravatar
Makes it easy to display gravatars (globally-recognized avatars) for your users. For example, you can use the following code in your views to create the full img tag for the given user’s gravatar:
<%= gravatar_for @user %>svn: svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/gravatarplugin/plugins/gravatar
homepage: http://gravatarplugin.rubyforge.org/
Sifr Helper
A helper for using sIFR-based rich fontography in your Rails-based website. sIFR allows use of any Truetype font on any modern browser.
Note, this plugin requires the Engines plugin
svn: svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/sifrhelper
Widgets
Widgets lets you put common UI components in your application at lightning speed! In a minute you can add tabbed navigation, hiddend details for items, fancy layouts and more!
svn: svn://svn.seesaw.it/widgets/trunk
bq. info: http://blog.seesaw.it
Malline template system
Malline is a smart, full-featured template system. All templates written with it are pure ruby. Check the homepage for examples and documentation.
div.page do
h1 'Header one'
ul.list! do
li { a 'Link to somewhere', :href => '/foo' }
end
endhomepage: http://www.malline.org/
Tooltips
Add tooltips to your app in seconds:
<% tooltip do %>
Woot! My first tooltip!
<% end %>
Tooltips are part of the Widgets plugin.