# \[ANN\] EnginYard control panel screencast

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-enginyard-control-panel-screencast/72269>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 16, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-enginyard-control-panel-screencast/72269 "2006-10-16T04:23:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ezra_z)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-enginyard-control-panel-screencast/72269/1 "2006-10-16T04:23:52Z")

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Hey friends-

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I just posted a small sneak peek screencast of the control panel for

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deploying your rails applications at [EngineYard.com](http://EngineYard.com). Hope you like it 😉

> **[Engine Yard - PAAS Cloud - Cloud Platform as a Service for 2020](https://www.engineyard.com)**
>
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Cheers-

– Ezra Z.  
– Lead Rails Architect  
– removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
– Engine Y., Serious Rails Hosting  
– Reliability, Ease of Use, Scalability  
– (866) 518-YARD (9273)

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**Author:** ![ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ezra_z)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-enginyard-control-panel-screencast/72269/2 "2006-10-16T04:40:26Z")

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Wow, pretty slick. 🙂

Can anybody explain how the window dimming/modal “checking…” dialog  
stuff is done when the svn repo is getting checked? Or know of a  
tutorial?

Thanks,  
Joe

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**Author:** ![ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ezra_z)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-enginyard-control-panel-screencast/72269/3 "2006-10-16T04:44:47Z")

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PS - [stupidsite.com](http://stupidsite.com) is already taken. 😜

Joe

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**Author:** ![ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ezra_z)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-enginyard-control-panel-screencast/72269/4 "2006-10-16T05:06:57Z")

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Ezra Z. wrote:

> – Ezra Z.

Wow. I really like that interface. Great work Engine Y. crew.

Matthew M.  
[blog.mattmargolis.net](http://blog.mattmargolis.net)

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**Author:** ![ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ezra_z)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-enginyard-control-panel-screencast/72269/5 "2006-10-16T13:22:08Z")

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Looks super-nifty. The voice-over is really hard to hear on my laptop,  
though. Get closer to the microphone or get a better one.

Ezra Z. wrote:

> Hey friends-
> 
> I just posted a small sneak peek screencast of the control panel for  
> deploying your rails applications at [EngineYard.com](http://EngineYard.com). Hope you like it 😉
> 
> [PaaS Platform as a Service | PaaS Solution - EngineYard](http://engineyard.com/2006/10/16/control-panel-screencast)
> 
> Cheers-
> 
> – Ezra Z.  
> – Lead Rails Architect  
> – removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> – Engine Y., Serious Rails Hosting  
> – Reliability, Ease of Use, Scalability  
> – (866) 518-YARD (9273)

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**Author:** ![ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ezra_z)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-enginyard-control-panel-screencast/72269/6 "2006-10-16T20:50:39Z")

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Steve K. wrote:

> Looks super-nifty. The voice-over is really hard to hear on my laptop,  
> though. Get closer to the microphone or get a better one.

I could hear Ez just fine…

Joe

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**Author:** ![ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ezra_z)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-enginyard-control-panel-screencast/72269/7 "2006-10-16T04:48:57Z")

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On Oct 15, 2006, at 7:40 PM, Joe R. MUDCRAP-CE wrote:

> Wow, pretty slick. 🙂
> 
> Can anybody explain how the window dimming/modal “checking…” dialog  
> stuff is done when the svn repo is getting checked? Or know of a  
> tutorial?
> 
> Thanks,  
> Joe

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I used a rails plugin called Redbox to do the modal dialog stuff.

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Its pretty nice to use.

[http://blog.craigambrose.com/articles/2006/08/16/redbox-a-rails-](http://blog.craigambrose.com/articles/2006/08/16/redbox-a-rails-)  
compatible-lightbox  
[http://blog.craigambrose.com/articles/2006/09/22/redbox-release-2](http://blog.craigambrose.com/articles/2006/09/22/redbox-release-2)

Cheers-

– Ezra Z.  
– Lead Rails Architect  
– removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
– Engine Y., Serious Rails Hosting  
– Reliability, Ease of Use, Scalability  
– (866) 518-YARD (9273)
