hklebs/plots2

The PublicLab.org website - a collaborative research sharing platform and wiki.

PublicLab.org

A complete rewrite of the Public Lab website on a new platform, with a whole new look. Rails, Bootstrap; intended to:

• boast more usable, friendly, but also more powerful interfaces
• simplify and refine common tasks like posting research notes and filtering spam
• enable faster development (based on Ruby on Rails and Twitter's Bootstrap frameworks)
• completely revise and streamline "following" other contributors or specific keywords, with email alerts work on tablets, smartphones, and in recent versions of Internet Explorer

###Key new features:

• new simpler/faster note posting form
• vastly improved advanced search
• fast and easy auto-complete search
• faster, nicer wiki revision interface
• revamped integrated subscriptions interface
• events and mailing list info for place wiki pages
• recent notes, wiki pages, and active contributors per topic in page sidebar
• easy tag-based pages
• "follow" and "star" for each page
• new simplified/improved wiki editing form
• sorting and prioritization of notes and pages by popularity metric

##Installation

You'll need:

• ruby (1.9.3 recommended; try using http://rvm.io)
• mysql (not adverse to others, but this is what we run)

Installation steps:

• in the console, git clone https://github.com/publiclab/plot2.git or git clone git@github.com:publiclab/plots2.git
• cd into the new 'plots2' directory
• bundle install
• create a database (usually in mysql) and grant permissions to youruser
• copy config/database.yml.example to config/database.yml and add database login info for development and/or production (a separate database for testing is helpful too)
• rake db:migrate to set up the database
• rake db:setup to populate it with initial data
• passenger start to start up the app
• in a browser, navigate to http://localhost:3000
• wheeeee!

##Become a contributor

• Join the 'plots-dev@googlegroups.com' discussion list to get involved
• some devs hang out in http://publiclab.org/chat (irc webchat)
• look for open issues at https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues and https://github.com/jywarren/plots2/issues (we are retiring the latter, so only create new issues at the publiclab repo, please!

##Troubleshooting

File issues at https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues