Generating content from registration

There is a catch 22 problem with getting content for commune2.  And this really is a problem because the content is mostly user submitted posts, and (just a guess here but) people don’t want to post unless they see other posts out there already.  This must be a common problem, but I haven’t really seen a solution like the below anywhere else… although it is really simple.  That’s not to say there aren’t websites with something like this… I just haven’t seen any.

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Setup tutorial for a Rails with Git, Github, Capistrano, Ruby Enterprise, and Passenger

A little while ago, I posted a tutorial on Github.  Now that I have a blog, I am reposting it here…

This tutorial will show you how to rollout a basic Rails application using Git and Capistrano. We will do this while leveraging Github, and – on the production server – Ruby Enterprise Edition and Passenger. The database will be MySQL. We will be using Ubuntu as the OS.

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