[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Andrew Timberlake
> I just about always have domains in /etc/hosts to mirror the real > ones, ie if the app was deployed at www.example.com & > orders.example.com I'd have www.example.local & orders.example.local. > I like keeping my development environment close to the production one. > > Fred Agreed, I just wish

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Frederick Cheung
On Apr 11, 1:47 pm, Ram wrote: > Andrew, > > Awesome! That did it. > Edited /etc/hosts as you suggested, > changed Subdomain_fu's tld_size for development to 1 > restart server > boom! > I just about always have domains in /etc/hosts to mirror the real ones, ie if the app was deployed at www.ex

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Ram
Andrew, Awesome! That did it. Edited /etc/hosts as you suggested, changed Subdomain_fu's tld_size for development to 1 restart server boom! Great stuff! learnt a lot! thanks a lot.. both of you.. On Apr 11, 5:41 pm, Ram wrote: > Actually, on second thought, this could be a pain. I use FF with

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Ram
Actually, on second thought, this could be a pain. I use FF with Firebug to debug my JS. And also once in a while, check for browser compatibility. You think I can access and edit this 'list' FF might be working off? :) kinda like editing /etc/hosts? Or could there be a development domain that FF

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Andrew Timberlake
To get sub-domains working in development, I update my hosts file with domains like x.test.com and y.test.com and test.com in my hosts file all pointing to localhost and then do the various tests with the cookie set on .test.com Then you can access the sites on x.test.com:3000 etc Andrew Timberla

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Ram
Bang on! :) Its working in production. Not working in dev. I can live with that :). (i hope...) Thanks again Fred! On Apr 11, 5:23 pm, Frederick Cheung wrote: > On Apr 11, 12:40 pm, Ram wrote: > > > :) I checked that the first time, of course. I know I came off a lil > > dim last time but come

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Frederick Cheung
On Apr 11, 12:40 pm, Ram wrote: > :) I checked that the first time, of course. I know I came off a lil > dim last time but come on :D > > I dumped all the cookies and authentication data and all other private > data twice and restarted FF and checked again to make sure nothings > hanging around

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Ram
:) I checked that the first time, of course. I know I came off a lil dim last time but come on :D I dumped all the cookies and authentication data and all other private data twice and restarted FF and checked again to make sure nothings hanging around and then cleared it again and I tried logging

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Frederick Cheung
On Apr 11, 12:25 pm, Ram wrote: > :D > > ok i cleared the relevant cookies in Safari and its working now. > > But Firefox is throwing me the InvalidAuthenticityToken error when i > try to login. any idea why? maybe it also had duff cookies? authenticity tokens are based on the session, so if

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Ram
:D ok i cleared the relevant cookies in Safari and its working now. But Firefox is throwing me the InvalidAuthenticityToken error when i try to login. any idea why? On Apr 11, 4:09 pm, Frederick Cheung wrote: > On Apr 11, 12:01 pm, Ram wrote: > > > I guessed I should be checking that but I r

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Frederick Cheung
On Apr 11, 12:01 pm, Ram wrote: > I guessed I should be checking that but I really couldnt figure out > HOW to check them! Wasn't thinking of anything more sophisticated than checking in your browser's preferences. Fred > I use restful_authentication so where in the flow should i be raising

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Ram
I guessed I should be checking that but I really couldnt figure out HOW to check them! I use restful_authentication so where in the flow should i be raising an exception and what should i be throwing up to debug? Im actually pretty sure there're excess cookies hanging around. Because when I go to

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Frederick Cheung
On Apr 11, 11:43 am, Ram wrote: > Im using Rails 2.1.0 so I understand the option is still > session_options[:session_domain] for me (as opposed to session_options > [:domain] for 2.2.0+) > > By the way, ive tried setting ActionController::Base.session_options > [:session_domain] to both 'domai

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-11 Thread Ram
Hi Fred, Andrew, Thanks a lot! I did some searching on this. Mainly because it still isnt working for me. It still leads me back to the login page after failing the before_filter :login_required callback on dashboard_controller. Im using Rails 2.1.0 so I understand the option is still session_o

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-10 Thread Andrew Timberlake
>> Hi all, >> >> Ive got a login form for users with the fields subdomain, username and >> password. This is at the URLhttp://domain.com. >> >> When the user submits the form and login is successful, i need the URL >> to change tohttp://subdomain.domain.com/whatever. >> How can I do this? > > You

[Rails] Re: Changing URL from domain.com to subdomain.domain.com on login

2009-04-10 Thread Frederick Cheung
On Apr 10, 11:26 am, Ram wrote: > Hi all, > > Ive got a login form for users with the fields subdomain, username and > password. This is at the URLhttp://domain.com. > > When the user submits the form and login is successful, i need the URL > to change tohttp://subdomain.domain.com/whatever. >