Category Archives: plantality.com

How not to Choose a Web Designer

May 3, 2010 – 9:39 pm

When I started plantality I didn’t have either a graphic designer or web designer I could turn to. I’d seen recommendations for using Design Outpost and posted a request on there for a designer to create a logo for the site. I had a number of replies, all with great ideas, but while refining those [...]

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plantality, Ruby and Rails

May 2, 2010 – 9:36 pm

plantality is written in Ruby on Rails and is my first project using this language and framework. I can’t really tell you my reasons for choosing Ruby on Rails, other than the fact that there was quite a bit of buzz about both Ruby and Rails, and when I read the now deleted ‘Poignant Guide [...]

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Rudabet and plantality

May 1, 2010 – 4:15 pm

plantality.com is my attempt at creating a dynamic web 2.0 style user driven website. Rudabet.com (this site) is my behind the scenes blog about plantality.com. plantality.com is an interactive website for gardeners to relax and socialise. The first release contains social networking features ala facebook including a social activity stream, messaging, status updates, photo uploads [...]

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