# \[ANN\] New Rails Site: http://www.tanga.com

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-rails-site-http-www-tanga-com/72294>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 16, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-rails-site-http-www-tanga-com/72294 "2006-10-16T09:23:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-rails-site-http-www-tanga-com/72294/1 "2006-10-16T09:23:21Z")

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[http://www.tanga.com](http://www.tanga.com) is where it’s at. We’re planning on open sourcing  
the e-commerce bits of it sometime in the near future. Any suggestions  
on how to best do that? (plugin? generator?)

A non-video game will be offered for sale at 7 pm PST on Monday, btw.

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-rails-site-http-www-tanga-com/72294/2 "2006-10-17T06:41:05Z")

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On Oct 16, 12:21 am, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> [http://www.tanga.comis](http://www.tanga.comis) where it’s at. We’re planning on open sourcing  
> the e-commerce bits of it sometime in the near future. Any suggestions  
> on how to best do that? (plugin? generator?)
> 
> A non-video game will be offered for sale at 7 pm PST on Monday, btw.

Anyone have opinions on how to properly open source the code?

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-rails-site-http-www-tanga-com/72294/3 "2006-10-17T08:37:24Z")

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Did you use any plugins for the “Create an Account” and login  
functionality?

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-rails-site-http-www-tanga-com/72294/4 "2006-10-17T19:09:44Z")

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On Oct 16, 11:35 pm, “Bala P.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Did you use any plugins for the “Create an Account” and login functionality?

No. It’s ripped off from the pragprog Rails book.

Joe

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-rails-site-http-www-tanga-com/72294/5 "2006-10-17T20:34:02Z")

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so this is basically [woot.com](http://woot.com) for games? don’t get me wrong, it’s great  
to have more woot-ish sites … just means more “of the day” deals to  
browse. =)

removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> [http://www.tanga.com](http://www.tanga.com) is where it’s at. We’re planning on open sourcing  
> the e-commerce bits of it sometime in the near future. Any suggestions  
> on how to best do that? (plugin? generator?)
> 
> A non-video game will be offered for sale at 7 pm PST on Monday, btw.
> 
> >

–  
Lance I.  
Web Applications Developer  
RBS Interactive  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-rails-site-http-www-tanga-com/72294/6 "2006-10-18T19:05:53Z")

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On Oct 17, 11:28 am, Lance I. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> so this is basically [woot.com](http://woot.com) for games? don’t get me wrong, it’s great  
> to have more woot-ish sites … just means more “of the day” deals to  
> browse. =)

No, not just games. See yesterday’s item  
([http://www.tanga.com/blogs/show/47](http://www.tanga.com/blogs/show/47)).

Joe
