/craigslist-clone

railslist is a craigslist clone

Primary LanguageRuby

NOTE

This is a rescue project. The original has been abandoned. I just did the minimal amount of work to get it to function under the latest version of the Rails 2.3 series.


Welcome to Railslist

Railslist has been developed in Ruby on Rails, hence the name. It uses MySQL database. It runs out of the box with very little configuration. It comes with a very clean and simple interface like Craigslist™. Using Railslist does not require extensive technical expertise. An average internet user will be at ease setting up Railslist. It's Open Source, that means it is 100% free. Railslist can be used on unlimited domains / websites without any license restrictions. Try it now. You would love it.

Railslist Features

  • Open Source, 100% Free & SEO Enabled.
  • Customizable Titles, Keywords, Descriptions & even URLs.
  • 99% Text Based - Extremely Fast, Superb Performance.
  • Powerful Search - by City, by Category, by Subcategory.
  • Image Upload & Email Verification.
  • Easy Setup and Installation.
  • Simple, Clean and Easy to use interface.
  • Unlimited Categories, Subcategories & Cities.
  • No registration / No Signup to post ads.
  • Stripped down and simplified Admin Interface

Setup & Installation

Railslist can be installed either on a Webserver or locally (Desktop). Irrespective where you install, it is assumed that the target system is already installed with Ruby, Rails, MySQL and ImageMagick/RMagick (used for captcha).

Prerequisites

Ruby 1.9, Rails 2.3, RMagick/ImageMagick and SQLite (The production database choice is left as an exercise for the reader)

Installing Locally / Desktop Installation

  • Clone Railslist to your local machine
  • execute >bundle install
  • execute >rake db:setup
  • Then, execute >script/server

Thats it!. Open your browser and visit http://localhost:3000.

Logging in as Administrator

Goto: http://localhost:3000/user and use default password: railslist You must change default admin password at application_controller.rb