BLocal

A better way of Internationalization/Globalization/Localization for .NET

Installing the BLocal manager locally

1. checkout this git repository
2. make sure you have installed the right tooling
   • ruby
   • rake
   • ruby gems
   • git hooks (https://github.com/icefox/git-hooks)
   • mvc 3: http://www.asp.net/mvc/mvc3
   • mvc 3.0.0.1 patch: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44533
3. run "git hooks init"
4. set up the manager
   • create a folder for the website to be hosted in
   • make sure that the user executing git hooks (usually your current user) has read/write access to this folder
   • configure the website in IIS
     • make sure ASP.NET MVC 3 is installed
     • run in .NET v4.x
5. configure the manager
   • find the web.config.template in the BLocal.Web.Manager.MVC3 directory
   • copy as web.config to the folder where the website is hosted, and customize it
6. configure the build
   • find the config.yml.template in the root
   • copy as config.yml, and provide path to required libraries.
7. copy *.dll and *.pdb files (iChoosr.Localization and iChoosr.System) from GroupSales\iChoosr.Localization\bin\Debug to BLocal.Web.Manager.MVC3\bin directory
8. copy content of ThirdParty\ to BLocal.Web.Manager.MVC3\bin and Blocal\bin\Debug directories
9. install gems
   • open a bash shell in the root folder of the repository
   • gem install albacore
10. build it
    • open a bash shell in the root folder of the repository
    • rake manager:build