# (re-send) FAQ?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 11, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768 "2006-10-11T12:14:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768/1 "2006-10-11T12:14:36Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I’m resending this since it did not come back to me (and no replies  
either), so I think it may not have got through at all. Apologies if  
you receive multiple copies.

Is there a FAQ for this list? Is someone considering setting one up?  
Perhaps as a collaborative wiki that is kept roughly current and can be  
referred to directly by list members…

Here are some of the questions that I can think of…

1. How do I set a default homepage? (this is the one that reminded me to  
ask about a FAQ)
2. How do I upload files?
3. How do I perform a search?
4. What are the form helpers?
5. How do I process images, create thumbnails, etc?
6. Does Rails scale?
7. How does Rails compare with J2EE?
8. Is there anyone really using Rails for a big site? (I can already see  
you smile)
9. What is a good Rails host?
10. What is a good shared host?
11. Which server OS would you recommend for Rails?
12. Deployment with Apache + FCGI
13. Deployment with Apache + Litespeed
14. Deployment with Apache + Mongrel
15. How do I use RadRails?
16. What is a good editor/ IDE?
17. How do I use Capistrano?
18. How do I create a drop down list from the contents of a table?
19. How do I do user login?
20. Is there a way to do role based access?
21. What are good books to read for Rails?
22. What are good books to read for Ruby?
23. How do I import a CSV?
24. How do I write out a PDF?
25. Why do checkboxes not work as expected?
26. How do I do background tasks?
27. Any good CMS for Rails?
28. Any good tutorials?
29. How do I do internationalization in Rails?
30. How do I use AJAX?
31. Is there a good drop down calendar plugin?
32. Is there a good drop down time plugin? (\<\<-- I’d like to know)
33. How do I reset sessions?
34. How do I set up Rails?

I just picked up that by scrolling through some of the mails that I have  
saved over the months… I know all these answers are there somewhere,  
but I’m just wondering if there’s a meta-version that points to the  
correct places.

Does anyone have the bandwidth to kick start this? 😛  
Cheers  
Mohit.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768/2 "2006-10-11T12:28:40Z")

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[http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/web/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions](http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/web/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions)

Start adding! 🙂

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768/3 "2006-10-11T18:41:09Z")

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[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org)

On 10/11/06, Dylan B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/web/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions](http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/web/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions)
> 
> Start adding! 🙂
> 
> >

–  
rm -rf / 2\>/dev/null - [http://null.in](http://null.in)

Dont judge those who try and fail, judge those who fail to try…

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 10:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768/4 "2006-10-12T10:22:49Z")

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Dylan B. wrote:

> [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/web/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions](http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/web/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions)
> 
> Start adding! 🙂

Not sure if it’s just me but I keep getting an error when I try to  
access the page:

> An error occurred while processing your request…  
> We’re sorry, but we are unable to display this page at this time.  
> Please try again in a few moments.

Any idea?  
Thanks  
Mohit.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768/5 "2006-10-14T08:19:22Z")

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Dylan B. wrote:

> [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/web/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions](http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/web/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions)
> 
> Start adding! 🙂

Just wondering… should we edit this document or should we add 1 page  
per question? That way, the links are maintained for the questions.

Cheers  
Mohit.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768/6 "2006-10-14T10:35:39Z")

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Couldn’t hurt to make individual pages. The main FAQ could then be a  
table of contents, so to speak, with links to the individual pages.

(And yes, I know this whole idea may seem redundant to a lot of you,  
but redundancy is good when you have wikis that fill up with spam each  
day.)

–Dylan

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768/7 "2006-10-11T19:01:13Z")

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While the wiki is awesome and answers probably 99% of those questions,  
having this in more than one place is to the community’s advantage. The  
recent wiki spam problem is just one reason why.

–Dylan

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-send-faq/71768/8 "2006-10-14T14:50:21Z")

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Dylan B. wrote:

> Couldn’t hurt to make individual pages. The main FAQ could then be a  
> table of contents, so to speak, with links to the individual pages.
> 
> (And yes, I know this whole idea may seem redundant to a lot of you,  
> but redundancy is good when you have wikis that fill up with spam each  
> day.)
> 
> –Dylan

Or does someone want to volunteer to do a Rails app for this? 😉  
Cheers  
Mohit.