active_admin is the good way to provide rails administrative interface.
It provides front-end db administration and its customizable too :)
# Gemfile
gem 'activeadmin'
gem 'sass-rails'
gem "meta_search", '>= 1.1.0.pre'
Bundle install, generate config & migrate db
bundle install
rails g active_admin:install
rake db:migrate
Config
# config/initializers/active_admin.rb
ActiveAdmin.setup do |config|
config.site_title = "Web Site :: Admin Panel"
config.site_title_link = "/"
config.default_namespace = :siteadmin
config.authentication_method = :authenticate_admin_user!
config.current_user_method = :current_admin_user
config.logout_link_method = :delete
end
Registering new resource
rails generate active_admin:resource category
Customization
# app/admin/categories.rb
ActiveAdmin.register Category do
scope :published
form do |f|
f.inputs do
f.input :name, :label => 'Name'
f.input :for_type, :label => "Category Type"
end
f.buttons
end
end
Adding Dashboard
ActiveAdmin::Dashboards.build do
section "Recent Categories" do
table_for Category.published.recent.limit(2) do
column :name do |c|
link_to c.name, [:admin, c]
end
column :created_at
end
strong { link_to "View All Categories", admin_categories_path }
end
end
