Thanks Walter for the recommendation. I also will need to upload other non-image file types to S3. Do you recommend Paperclip for that as well?
On Oct 4, 11:41 am, Walter Lee Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Paperclip makes this desperately easy, even the S3 part. It's a simple > configuration change and your files will be saved in S3 versus local > storage. > > Files are saved as attributes of another model record, so you don't > have a separate Image model, you have post_image and user_image, and > Paperclip takes care of all the dependencies for you. If you wanted to > have multiple pictures per blog post, then you might need a separate > model for that, with belongs_to :post and post has_many :photos and > Paperclip added to your Photo model as photo_image or something like > that. > > Walter > > On Oct 4, 2010, at 11:54 AM, MadMen wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > Here's what I'm trying to achieve: > > 1. Allow users to upload a photo for their profile > > 2. Allow users to upload photos as blog posts > > > That being said, here's what I need your expert opinion on: > > 1. S3, is this still the best choice? Any better easier, Rails3 like > > alternatives? Or should I go with S3 > > 2. What Rails 3 Gem supports this best? Allowing me to upload photos > > to S3 and assign some type of referenceID throughout the app for USERS > > & BlogPostings. > > > Eager to hear your suggestions. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails- > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > . > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en > > . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
