http://www.martinicity.net/articles_controller.rb/tag?tag=fannation en-us 40 Mike Blake <p>The folks at <a href="http://www.fannation.com">FanNation</a> have done something that no one else in the sports world has done. <span style="float:right;"> <map id ="favorite_team_map" name="favorite_team_map"><area shape ="rect" coords ="0,0,160,80" href="http://www.fannation.com" target ="_blank" alt="FanNation: The Republic of Sport" title="FanNation: The Republic of Sport" /><area shape ="rect" coords ="10,82,150,102" href ="http://www.fannation.com/users/view_user_profile/530" target ="_blank" alt="mblake" title="mblake" /><area shape ="rect" coords ="10,102,150,260" href ="http://www.fannation.com/player_trackers/team_overview/530" target ="_blank" alt="mblake's Favorite Teams" title="mblake's Favorite Teams" /><area shape ="rect" coords ="0,265,160,300" href="http://www.fannation.com/remote/favorite_teams" target ="_blank" alt="Get your own Favorite Teams Widget!" title="Get your own Favorite Teams Widget!" /></map><image src="http://www.fannation.com/remote/favorite_teams_image/530" alt="mblake's Favorites Teams" usemap="#favorite_team_map" border="0" /> </span> They&#8217;ve created a <a href="http://www.fannation.com">comprehensive site</a> for sports fans to gather and share information about their favorite teams and players (fantasy too) , and it&#8217;s all free.</p> <p>I spent some time with the <a href="http://www.fannation.com/fannation/about">developers at FanNation</a> working on the map on the home page. They are a sharp bunch, and I&#8217;m constantly amazed at the features they are adding each time I visit. Fannation is now one of the biggest websites around developed on <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">Ruby on Rails</a>. Tag clouds, in place edits, Dynamic news updates using <span class="caps">AJAX</span> calls, personalized blogging. This site is a tremendous example of practical usage of some of the latest technologies. And it&#8217;s loads of fun.</p> <p>There&#8217;s tons of other functionality I haven&#8217;t explored yet, but definitely keep an eye on FanNation!</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:25:00 +0000 urn:uuid:a9b2f624-31cf-4d7a-b807-636c42cdc9c0 Mike Blake http://www.martinicity.net/articles/2006/09/21/new-rails-site-fannation Create fannation ruby rails