Practical Rails Social Networking Sites

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and the RailsCoders Project

   Pages 1-20

3. Developing a Content Management System

   Pages 21-45

4. Adding Users and Groups

   Pages 47-81

5. Building a News Blog with RSS Feeds and an API

   Pages 83-116

6. Building a Discussion Forum

   Pages 117-151

7. Building a Blogging Engine with Web Services Support

   Pages 153-190

8. Building a Photo Gallery

   Pages 191-215

9. Sending E-mail and Building a Newsletter Mailing List

   Pages 217-245

10. Adding Friends with XFN Details

    Pages 247-275

11. Adding Tags to the Photo Gallery

    Pages 277-299

12. Creating Mashups and Integrating with Web 2.0

    Pages 301-327

13. Adding User-Created Themes to the Blogging Engine

    Pages 329-349

14. Adding a Mobile Interface

    Pages 351-377

15. Deploying, Optimizing, and Scaling the Application

    Pages 379-396

16. Back Matter

    Pages 397-421

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Practical Rails Social Networking Sites shows you the complete development cycle of a social networking community web site. The project develops first as a simple content management system, after which author Alan Bradburne progressively adds features in order to build a full Web 2.0-enabled community-based social networking site using Ruby on Rails.

You will learn how to make the best use of the Ruby on Rails framework within a large project and how to implement and adapt features specific to a community. The book offers practical advice and tips for developing and testing, along with guidance on how to take your site live, as well as optimize and maintain it.

The book also explores how to integrate with other community sites such as Flickr and Google Maps, and how to make good use of Rails Ajax features. You will also learn how to optimize and adapt your site to work well on mobile browsers.

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Alan Bradburne is the co-founder of IncrediblInc Ltd. (IncrediblInc.com), a London-based Ruby on Rails development company specializing in developing community sites for both end-users and enterprise clients. Alan has over 10 years of experience in the web and mobile development industries, and has worked for Motorola, Nextel and Sun Microsystems. Prior to founding IncrediblInc, he created Phlog.net, the world's first dedicated mobile photo blogging community. He also developed the social networking site Cudlz.com. He lives in Berkshire, England with his wife.

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