#336 Copycopter

Mar 27, 2012 | 6 minutes | Views, Tools, Plugins

Copycopter provides a nice interface that clients can use to edit the text in a Rails application. Learn how to deploy a Copycopter server using Heroku and integrate it in a Rails application through I18n.

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          terminal
        
heroku login
git clone git://github.com/copycopter/copycopter-server.git
cd copycopter-server
heroku create --stack cedar
bundle install --without=test # if heroku command fails
git push heroku master
heroku run rake db:migrate
heroku restart
heroku run rake copycopter:project NAME=Store USERNAME=ryanb PASSWORD=secret
heroku open

          Gemfile
        
gem 'copycopter_client', '2.0.0'

          config/initializers/copycopter.rb
        
CopycopterClient.configure do |config|
  config.api_key = '8df4bc164dd6bc5574eb1efd0499ddcb'
  config.host = 'strong-dawn-1901.herokuapp.com'
end

          app/views/products/index.html.erb
        
<h1><%= t "products.headline", default: "Browse Products" %></h1>
<em><%= t ".tagline", default: "We have what you need at a great low price." %></em>