We frequently use the handy Paperclip Gem to manage file attachments. If you need to move the files from local...

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This article describes how to reset MySQL's or MariaDB's root password on your workstation. It's meant for...

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In Selenium features the server and client are running in separate processes. Therefore, when mocking time with a tool like...

I've got often this error on just one server: Err http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages 404 Not Found [IP...

Sometimes you need to remove high Unicode characters from a string, so all characters have a code point between 0...

If you're suffering from a huge de.yml or similiar file, cry no more. Rails lets you freely organize your...

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xip.io is a magic domain name that provides wildcard DNS for any IP address. Say your LAN IP address is...

I had trouble serving an MP4 video to my iPad. Although the video complied with all the specs (H.264 codec...

Localizing a non-trivial application can be a huge undertaking. This card will give you an overview over the many...

Note: You might also want to check out BoxCryptor which does pretty much the same, and is supported across many...

You can change which branches will be pushed when saying git push. Our recommendation is to set it to current...

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When trying to install the gherkin gem, you might encounter an error with the following lines: ERROR: Error installing gherkin...

When branches get deleted on origin, your local repository won't take notice of that. You'll still have your...

We experienced problems with Sunspot and Solr on Tomcat: Umlauts (ä, ö, ü) were not correctly handled on Tomcat while...

When deploying code with Capistrano (depending on your configuration) at some point Capistrano tries to check out code from your...

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This describes all the steps you'll need to get Solr up and running for your project using the Sunspot...

Basically, you now need to know if your project uses a "real" time zone or :local, and if config.active_record.time_zone...

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A possible way for localisation in Rails applications that allows editing translations remotely.

After my update from MacOS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to 10.7 Lion the search function in Apple Mail stopped working...

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When internationalizing your Rails app, you'll be replacing strings like 'Please enter your name' with t('.name_prompt'). You...

If you turn on stylesheet caching, it might happen that stylesheets from different locations with different relative pathes will be...

How to ignore new files Globally Add the path(s) to your file(s) which you would like to ignore...

If you would like to use language specific layout (e.g. background-images) in your applications stylesheets you can achieve this...

If you embedded web fonts in the past years (e.g. by copying CSS from a Font Squirrel @font-face kit...