thanks Boris! This just happened to be on my todo list!
On Aug 27, 5:06 pm, Boris Masis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I just did a little bit of work to remove prototype/scriptaculous from
> Lovd By Less and replace it with jQuery/jQuery UI. jQuery is much
> lighter than Prototype and already used in Lovd By Less. Following
> these instructions will also greatly reduce the file size of the
> javascript includes on your Lovd By Less install.
>
> 1. Install jRails, a drop-in jQuery replacement for Rails
> fromhttp://ennerchi.com/projects/jrails. jRails essentially re-routes
> rails helpers to use jQuery instead of prototype.
>
> On windows you would run the following in your Lovd By Less root
> folder to install jRails:
> ruby script\plugin
> installhttp://ennerchi.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/plugins/jrails
>
> 2. Modify the headers in your app\views\layouts\application.html.erb
> file and app\views\layouts\plain.html.erb file to remove prototype/
> scriptaculous and reference jQuery. I'm also using the google ajax API
> to serve jQuery which reduces server load and allows for the
> posibility of your user already having the library cached.
>
> Your headers in the application.html.erb and plain.html.erb should
> look like this:
>
> <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi";></script>
> <script>
> google.load("jquery", "1.2.6");
> google.load("jqueryui", "1.5.2");
> </script>
> <%= javascript_include_tag 'jrails', 'application', 'thickbox',
> 'truncator', :cache=>true %>
>
> 3. Modify your public\javascripts\application.js file and add the
> following at the top:
>
> // jQuery definition
> jQuery.noConflict();
> jq = jQuery;
> $ = jQuery;
> $$ = jQuery;
>
> 4. That's it, there's no step 4.
>
> I'm new to Lovd by Less, and clicking around so far I haven't noticed
> any issues with jRails. All of the effects seem to work. Long term it
> would be great to re-write the RJS helpers as stand-alone javascipt,
> but for now, this solution seems to work.
>
> - Borishttp://www.borism.net
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