Clarification on how to use "thumbs_up" voting gem with Rails 3
Solution 1:
Hopefully I can help you out a bit.
The generators should have created a Vote model for you. This is the model that holds all the votes, but that you interact with indirectly through the methods you've described above.
So, for you:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_voter
end
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_voteable
end
That will get you set up with the thumbs_up methods in each of the models.
Then for example, if you have a controller action in PostsController that is linked to from an "up arrow" on your website, you can create a vote for that user for that post.
A view like this:
<%= link_to('vote for this post!', vote_up_post_path(@post), :method => :post) %>
and a routes.rb like this:
resources :posts do
member do
post :vote_up
end
end
And finally, in the controller:
class PostsController < ApplicationController
def vote_up
begin
current_user.vote_for(@post = Post.find(params[:id]))
render :nothing => true, :status => 200
rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
render :nothing => true, :status => 404
end
end
end
Solution 2:
Routing Error
No route matches {:action=>"vote_up", :controller=>"microposts", :id=>nil}
this is the link I am using and assume this is where the routing isn't being specified correctly. I ran rake routes and there is a route called vote_up_micropost. Is there anything else I should look into. Thank you
here is the link I added
<%= link_to('vote for this post!',
vote_up_micropost_path(@microposts),
:method => :post) %>