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I have an app that I would like to add a blog to. I'd like to integrate it with my current site. I only have a few simple requirements:

  • Being able to add formatting (headers, paragraphs, etc..)
  • Adding images that can be embedded in the content.
  • Categories

That's it! I don't want to start from scratch, so a simple gem would be ideal. I don't want a big full featured blog because it will undoubtebly contain many things I don't need. Is there a gem that will allow me to add this functionality to my site easily, or should I just go ahead and build it myself? If so, do you have any resources that could help me with my first 2 requirements (I don't know how exactly I could make paperclip work with the second one)

I'll be hosting this site on Heroku.

Thanks!

Simone Carletti
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goddamnyouryan
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  • you first bullet list functionality is not so clear can you please ellaborate? – Muhammad Sannan Khalid Sep 15 '11 at 08:04
  • @sannankhalid Think of a simple version of wordpress. I'd like to be able to include tags in the content and have them work. for example, save the content of a page as "

    Title

    content

    " and have it display using the html tags.     – goddamnyouryan Sep 15 '11 at 19:33

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I stumbled upon this rails app on github: https://github.com/jipiboily/monologue

Was looking for the same solution. Adding a blog on an existing site on rails. Good luck!

Alvin Ang
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Some rudimentary Googling brought back Typo and Jekyll. They are non-simplistic but you can strip and chuck what you won't need, surely.

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I'd go with with nesta

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I use Enkiblog. It's small and simple, so you can easy customize it.

And i host it on Heroku.

Vladimir Tsukanov
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