Ability for users to insert images into text area

Rails
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So like many other beginners in Rails I’m following along to Michael
Hartl’s tutorial. I’m nearing the end, and I’m thinking I would like to
implement the ability for users (in the social network) to upload pics
along with their comments and maybe even add a text editor type thing
(not
sure the correct term for this either)… ? Can this be accomplished
through a gem, and/or is this something a little advanced for a newbie
like
myself? Really appreciate your feedback!

-Colin.

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Colin Mr. wrote in post #1144182:

So like many other beginners in Rails I’m following along to Michael
Hartl’s tutorial. I’m nearing the end, and I’m thinking I would like to
implement the ability for users (in the social network) to upload pics
along with their comments and maybe even add a text editor type thing
(not
sure the correct term for this either)… ? Can this be accomplished
through a gem, and/or is this something a little advanced for a newbie
like
myself? Really appreciate your feedback!

Text area (as in the tag) has no support for image data. It
accepts plain text only. In order to upload images you need a along with adding the enctype=“multipart/formdata”
attribute to the form tag (<form enctype=“multipart/formdata” …>).

There are gems to help you with this:

http://bcjordan.com/posts/rails-image-uploading-framework-comparison/

I’ve used Paperclip myself in the past, but have also heard good things
about Carrierwave.

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Thanks, exactly what I was looking for!