Active Admin is a framework for creating administration style interfaces. It abstracts common business application patterns to make it simple for developers to implement beautiful and elegant interfaces with very little effort.
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Documentation & Guides: activeadmin.info/documentation.html
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Live demo: demo.activeadmin.info/admin
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Website: www.activeadmin.info
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Need Support? Ask the Mailing list: groups.google.com/group/activeadmin
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Allow developers to quickly create gorgeous administration interfaces (Not Just CRUD)
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Build a DSL for developers and an interface for businesses.
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Ensure that developers can easily customize every nook and cranny of the interface.
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Build common interfaces as shareable gems so that the entire community benefits.
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Bug Reports: github.com/gregbell/active_admin/issues
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Want to Contribute? Read the Guide: github.com/gregbell/active_admin/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
Please don’t put feature requests in Github Issues. They will be closed as soon as they are reviewed by one of the core team members. If you would like a feature in Active Admin, please submit a well tested pull request with the desired changes. If you’re not a coder, then the mailing list may be a good place to try to convince someone to help you out with your cause.
If you are going to submit a pull request, please read the contributing guide: github.com/gregbell/active_admin/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
Active Admin is released as a Ruby Gem. The gem is to be installed within a Ruby on Rails 3 application. To install, simply add the following to your Gemfile:
gem 'activeadmin'
After updating your bundle, run the installer
$> rails generate active_admin:install
The installer creates an initializer used for configuring defaults used by Active Admin as well as a new folder at app/admin to put all your admin configurations.
Migrate your db and start the server:
$> rake db:migrate $> rails server
Visit localhost:3000/admin and log in using:
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User: [email protected]
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Password: password
Voila! You’re on your brand new Active Admin dashboard.
To register your first model, run:
$> rails generate active_admin:resource [MyModelName]
This creates a file at app/admin/my_model_names.rb for configuring the resource. Refresh your web browser to see the interface.
When upgrading to a new version of ActiveAdmin you may need to run
$> rails generate active_admin:assets
If you get:
uninitialized constant Admin::DashboardController
when trying to view the dashboard (at /admin), ensure app/admin/dashboards.rb looks like the current default.
The best place to get documentation is at activeadmin.info/documentation.html.
To view a sample Active Admin application, checkout demo.activeadmin.info
If you have any questions, please email the mailing list at groups.google.com/group/activeadmin
We believe strongly in not writing code unless we have to, so Active Admin is built using many other open source projects:
- InheritedResources
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Inherited Resources speeds up development by making your controllers inherit all restful actions so you just have to focus on what is important.
- Formtastic
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A DSL for semantically building amazing forms.
- Devise
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User authentication is done using Devise
- Kaminari
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Pagination for rails apps
- Iconic Icons
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Excellent SVG icon set designed by P.J. Onori: somerandomdude.com/projects/iconic
Copyright © 2011 Greg Bell, VersaPay Corporation. See LICENSE for details.