I’ve been writing a bit about using Redmine’s issue filters to create and save a query recently and noticed that there is very little documentation on how it works. This post attempts to document how to pass parameters to Redmine’s issues list using the url. All of these options can be used directly in a …
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Capture a Screenshot of a Full Website With Ruby
I’ve been working on a project recently where I needed to take screenshots of an entire website. I’m not talking about the full screen but the entire-multiple-screens-long website. There are a few existing tools out that but they wouldn’t work for me for various reasons: I wanted to use the command line so I can …
Write Your Technical Ebook, the Right Way – Authoring Ebooks
Have you ever wanted to write a technical book but didn’t know where to start? Then you might be interested in a product I acquired from Jeremy McAnally, Authoring Ebooks. Authoring Ebooks was written by Jeremy McAnally, who has written three technical books on Ruby including “Ruby in Practice” (published by Manning). His most recent …
My ebook publishing tools
This past year I’ve really been getting into writing ebooks. I’ve written a large one (Refactoring Redmine), a shorter one (off the market), am writing another (Redmine Tips), and have another that I’ll be re-releasing very soon. The good (and bad) thing is that this has exposed me to several different tools that people are …
ChiliProject and Redmine Plugin Documentation
I’ve been creating Redmine and ChiliProject plugins since 2007 and over that time I’ve been refining the documentation I include in each and every plugin. Documentation is tough. You need to provide enough documentation so someone can install and use your plugins (legally) but keep it short enough so that people will actually read it. …