Build a Dropbox-like File Sharing Site with Ruby on Rails: Premium

Hi there,
I’m afraid there’s a glitch in the tutorial. When the instructions say “Now, let’s create our first model, User, using “devise”.”, the code block is simply the same code block as before, where routes are modified.
Perhaps you could look into this.

Thank you,
Thomas

is there a way to have this dropbox like site auto update an offline folder the same way that dropbox does?

When I get to step 5 “Integrating Amazon S3,” I run into a weird UnknownAttributeError in AssetsController#Create, where the unknown attribute is “uploaded_file”

It only happens when I change my code to :

has_attached_file :uploaded_file,
:path => “assets/:id/:basename.:extension”,
:storage => :s3,
:s3_credentials => “#{Rails_ROOT}/config/amazon_s3.yml”,
:bucket => “shareboxapp”

It also doesn’t upload to the S3 server.

Really excellent tutorial, I’m hoping to see more Rails content here!

when i try to upload a file i get this – http://cl.ly/5Jqs http://cl.ly/5IuD

I already use Dropbox, but I can’t wait to give this a try.

When i visit /users/sign_out im getting the following error, has this happen to anyone ??

Routing Error

No route matches “/users/sign_out”

@Jun, regarding the

undefined method ‘ancestors’ for nil:NilClass

error you’re receiving. I had the same problem, and noticed that it was only happening for files that were in the top level folder (which, actually, isn’t a folder… and that’s the issue). If you browse into your database, you’ll see that assets in the top level folder have a “NULL” value for its parent folder_id.

In my particular case, I don’t want people uploading files to the top level, so I’m removing the upload button there, and each asset with the be assigned a folder_id by the nature of where they are uploaded. If you want assets in the top-level, I’d recommend making that level an official folder so it has a folder_id assigned to the asset.

Fantastic Tutorial. For the most part it was a breeze and was able to work through the errors on my own. However, I am also stuck on step 13 and emailing shared folders.

When I click the “Share” button next to the file the dialogue opens up fine. When I click the “SHARE” button on the dialogue WITHOUT typing anything in the email or message field, it closes and the alert shows up correctly. The icons also change.

The problem is when I enter an email address and message, for some reason, the “SHARE” button no longer works or closes the dialogue. The folder seems to be set as shared in the background but but the dialogue just wont close. Emails aren’t sent, either. It feels like a Javascript error to me. I just can’t find it.

Here is my share.js.erb file:

//closing the dialog box
$(“#invitation_form”).dialog(“close”);

//making sure we don’t display the flash notice more than once
$(“#flash_notice”).remove();

//showing a flash message
$(“#container”).prepend(“&ltdiv id=’flash_notice’&gtSuccessfully shared the folder&lt/div&gt”);

//Removing the css class ‘folder’
$(“#folder_&lt%= params[:folder_id] %&gt”).removeClass(“folder”);

//Adding the css class ‘shared_folder’
$(“#folder_&lt%= params[:folder_id] %&gt”).addClass(“shared_folder”);

Here is my application.js file:

$(function () {
//open the invitation form when a share button is clicked
$( “.share a” )
.button()
.click(function() {

//assign this specific Share link element into a variable called “a”
var a = this;

//First, set the title of the Dialog box to display the folder name
$(“#invitation_form”).attr(“title”, “Share ‘” + $(a).attr(“folder_name”) + “‘ with others” );

//a hack to display the different folder names correctly
$(“#ui-dialog-title-invitation_form”).text(“Share ‘” + $(a).attr(“folder_name”) + “‘ with others”);

//then put the folder_id of the Share link into the hidden field “folder_id” of the invite form
$(“#folder_id”).val($(a).attr(“folder_id”));

//the dialog box customization
$( “#invitation_form” ).dialog({
height: 300,
width: 600,
modal: true,
buttons: {
//First button
“Share”: function() {
//get the url to post the form data to
var post_url = $(“#invitation_form form”).attr(“action”);

//serialize the form data and post it the url with ajax
$.post(post_url,$(“#invitation_form form”).serialize(), null, “script”);

return false;
},
//Second button
Cancel: function() {
$( this ).dialog( “close” );
}
},
close: function() {

}
});

return false;
});
});

Hi

The tutorial was exactly what i was looking, but like everyone else encountered numerous problems, however got there in there end and wouldnt of known where to start if it wasnt for this tutorial.. Anyway my problem now is that when i upload a document within a folder I can then view that document in every folder in the sharebox? Has anyone else experienced this or does anyone have a solution?

Thanks

is this still working ? and if i get premium membership will they will provide support in case i have questions about this ? thanks i really need this ^_^