Media72 Hosting Articles and Tips

Hot on the heals of the Ruby on Rails 2.0 & 1.2.4 announcement the Rails team have released Rails version 1.2.4. At Media72 Hosting we always keep bang up to date with our Rails software so that you guys always have the option of using the latest release. Customers now have the option, on most servers, of using Rails 1.2.4, 1.2.3, 1.2.2, 1.2.1, 1.1.6, or 1.1.3, along with our large number of installed gems.

Ever wanted to be able to publish your events calendars online using Apples iCal but don’t want to subscribe to Apples .mac service? With Media72 Hosting you can publish calendars from iCal, and any other application that supports publishing via webdav, just like you can using .mac. Read on for instructions…
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We have now completed upgrading all of our servers to cPanel 11. Aside from a few small teething problems the upgrade has gone smoothly. So, what does this upgrade mean for you the customer? There are a large number of upgrades and updates that will make things a lot easier, especially for Ruby on Rails account customers.

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Capistrano 2.0 Preview 1 has been announced on the Riding Rails weblog, along with the release of Capistrano 2.0 is a new website called capify which is being updated as we speak.

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We have updated all servers with the latest version of ClamAV, this software is used by our Mail Guard system. The release is mostly a security update so no new features this time I’m afraid.

Another release of rails this week. We have upgraded all servers to Rails version 1.2.3, to take advantage of the new version in your existing applications edit your environment.rb file and edit the rails version line to read:

RAILS_GEM_VERSION = ‘1.2.3′

A minor update to Ruby on Rails has been released, version 1.2.2 was released on Tuesday, see David’s post for details. We are pleased to announce we have upgraded all servers to Ruby on Rails version 1.2.2.

Late last week the long awaited Ruby on Rails 1.2 was released including a whole host of new features. David’s blog post talks about the new release.

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