#20 Restricting Access
Apr 18, 2007 | 4 minutes | Security, Administration
In this second part of the series on administration, you will learn how to lock down the site to keep the public from accessing the administration features.
Edit Multiple (revised)
Editing one record at a time can be tedious work. Here you will learn three different ways to edit multiple records at once using checkboxes.
(15 minutes)
Dynamic Forms
Learn how to add fields to a form dynamically using another form, complete with custom field types. It's fieldception!
(14 minutes)
Autocomplete Search Terms
Learn how to add autocompletion to a search form and improve performance using Rack middleware, caching and switching from SQL to Redis.
(17 minutes)
Importing CSV and Excel
Allow users to import records into the database by uploading a CSV or Excel document. Here I show how to use Roo to parse these files and present a solution for validations.
(10 minutes)
Tree-Based Navigation (revised)
If your Rails app is content-heavy, consider organizing it in a tree menu structure. Here I show how to add top-level tabs, nested links in a side bar, and breadcrumbs to go up the hierarchy.
(10 minutes)
