Getting closer....
I'm getting closer to having the majority of the code working. I've got to finish up the account management screens, get all my validation in order, and squash some known bugs.
In addition to the above issues, I still have 2 outstanding programming items that I need to make a descision about before I launch a beta program.
URL Naming
Currently my URL's look like this:
http://domainname.com/company/yourcompanyname
I know that the subdomain style is really popular right now, so I'm considering:
http://yourcompanyname.domainname.com
Pudding is my first Ruby on Rails application. I jumped in fast and furious and I didn't take the time to figure out how to do the subdomain thing. I can figure it out now and implement it, but I'm not sure if it's going to be worth the effort. I'm honestly not sure how much code I'll have to change.
Thumbnails
As you can see, I have thumbnail views of the pieces that are in the project. I'm currently being really ghetto about it and just adjusting the attributes of the "img" tag. I've got ImageMagick installed on my MacBook Pro (local development station), but I haven't implemented anything.
Other than the development work above, I've got to build a marketing web site, and figure out how to do the credit card processing. I've been pointed toward Authorize.net. If anyone knows of a better place, please leave me a comment!
I can't wait to be beta-worthy!
In addition to the above issues, I still have 2 outstanding programming items that I need to make a descision about before I launch a beta program.
URL Naming
Currently my URL's look like this:
http://domainname.com/company/yourcompanyname
I know that the subdomain style is really popular right now, so I'm considering:
http://yourcompanyname.domainname.com
Pudding is my first Ruby on Rails application. I jumped in fast and furious and I didn't take the time to figure out how to do the subdomain thing. I can figure it out now and implement it, but I'm not sure if it's going to be worth the effort. I'm honestly not sure how much code I'll have to change.
Thumbnails
As you can see, I have thumbnail views of the pieces that are in the project. I'm currently being really ghetto about it and just adjusting the attributes of the "img" tag. I've got ImageMagick installed on my MacBook Pro (local development station), but I haven't implemented anything.
Other than the development work above, I've got to build a marketing web site, and figure out how to do the credit card processing. I've been pointed toward Authorize.net. If anyone knows of a better place, please leave me a comment!
I can't wait to be beta-worthy!
posted by Michael Sica at
4:44 PM
3 Comments:
DHH has written a plug-in to help with the subdomain thing, see: http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/account_location
Do use RMagick to generate proper thumbnails because you don't want people downloading a huge image file just to display a thumbnail...
john,
Thanks for the link buddy!
I do plan on doing the thumbnail thing. I just haven't implemented it yet.
Authorize.net is one of the bigger and more established players on the market. They used to have a complete plug-n-play CF tag library (COM-based) for charging, so I wouldn't be surprised if they had something Rails-esque in this day and age. Worst case I expect they'll have a secure web service.
You might want to look at getting your own merchant account, which I think is in the hundreds of $. From what I remember from looking at Authorize.net years back, I think you can save some cash on each transaction if you have your own merchant number.
- max
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