Acts As Commentable
=================
Allows for comments to be added to multiple and different models.
== Resources
Install
* Run the following command:
script/plugin install http://juixe.com/svn/acts_as_commentable
* Create a new rails migration and add the following self.up and self.down methods
def self.up
create_table "comments", :force => true do |t|
t.column "title", :string, :limit => 50, :default => ""
t.column "comment", :text, :default => ""
t.column "created_at", :datetime, :null => false
t.column "commentable_id", :integer, :default => 0, :null => false
t.column "commentable_type", :string, :limit => 15, :default => "", :null => false
t.column "user_id", :integer, :default => 0, :null => false
end
add_index "comments", ["user_id"], :name => "fk_comments_user"
end
def self.down
drop_table :comments
end
== Usage
* Make you ActiveRecord model act as commentable.
class Model < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_commentable
end
* Add a comment to a model instance
model = Model.new
comment = Comment.new
comment.comment = 'Some comment'
model.comments << comment
* Each comment reference commentable object
model = Model.find(1)
model.comments.get(0).commtable == model
== Credits
Xelipe - This plugin is heavily influced by Acts As Tagglable.
== More
http://www.juixe.com/techknow/index.php/2006/06/18/acts-as-commentable-plugin/
http://www.juixe.com/projects/acts_as_commentable
