# Anyone familiar with Bort? How is it supposed to be used? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 10, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-bort-how-is-it-supposed-to-be-used/159973 "2009-02-10T16:23:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toltec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@toltec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toltec)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-bort-how-is-it-supposed-to-be-used/159973/1 "2009-02-10T16:23:55Z")
Noob here, obviously. I checked Bort out and was left a bit confused. It seems everything I try to do either breaks or interferes with some of its default configurations and plugins. I realize Bort is intended for people who already know their way around an app, and what they are doing, and not as a shortcut for noobs, but I am really intrigued, and would like to have a better idea of how to even begin playing with it. So if someone could provide a quick sort of “checklist” of how to get things rolling properly with it, I would appreciate. ---
**Author:** ![toltec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@toltec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toltec)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-bort-how-is-it-supposed-to-be-used/159973/2 "2009-02-10T18:35:50Z")
You are right Bort is not a noob app, but its very easy to setup. ``` * Download and unzip Bort * Edit the database.yml and the settings.yml files * Changed the default password in the bort migration * Edit the REST_AUTH_SITE_KEY in each of the environment files * Rake db:migrate * Have a brew and celebrate ``` That’s from the Bort site. Is there something in particular that is breaking? I have used Bort and other apps like it many times as the base for my applications just to get a jump start on the basic functions…