Colin Mr. wrote in post #1144182: > So like many other beginners in Rails I'm following along to Michael > Hartl's tutorial. I'm nearing the end, and I'm thinking I would like to > implement the ability for users (in the social network) to upload pics > along with their comments and maybe even add a text editor type thing > (not > sure the correct term for this either)... ? Can this be accomplished > through a gem, and/or is this something a little advanced for a newbie > like > myself? Really appreciate your feedback!
Text area (as in the <textarea> tag) has no support for image data. It accepts plain text only. In order to upload images you need a <input type="file"> along with adding the enctype="multipart/formdata" attribute to the form tag (<form enctype="multipart/formdata" ...>). There are gems to help you with this: http://bcjordan.com/posts/rails-image-uploading-framework-comparison/ I've used Paperclip myself in the past, but have also heard good things about Carrierwave. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/70109866ad8b1f93cc691fbbfe642756%40ruby-forum.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
