Jason Stahl Online Relaunched

Well here it is. My first live, production rails application (fun fact: this application is running on the new Rails 2.1.0). It's kind of scary. From now on I have data I need to preserve during an update. We'll see how well I have a handle on migrations.

Launch Features

Right now you can register as a user. Though it won't do you much good right now as members don't have any special actions available to them. Eventually, as a member, you will be able to comment on stuff and junk like that. But for now, nothing special.

You can recover your password using the email address provided (which I don't share by the way). You have to change your password when this happens though, as I don't store it in any way I can read.

You can't, but I can add and edit pages from the web using markdown (for example the Links page). I don't need to upload anything to the server or change the application. Not that you care all that much, but this will be nice for me.

Finally, guest or member, I have a contact page if you want to send me email.

Planned Future Improvements

I want to add member comments on pages and weblog articles as well as tags on weblog articles.

I also want to just add some bells and whistles to the existing features (like being able to see more then the last five articles in a weblog).

Finally, I want to clean up some of the rough edges that are inevitable in a new application rushed into production (I needed a new site now).

I Want Feedback

That's about it for now. We'll see how long until I mess it all up and have to restore from a data backup. I would love to hear any comments you may have, either positive or negative.