ActsAsMtObject

Acts as Movable Type’s object.

Features

Setup aliases. (e.g. “title” to “entry_title”)
Can access meta table data.
Can access custom fields data.
Only “mysql2” adapter is supported.

Problems

Can’t save meta table data.
Can’t save custom fields data.

Install

Put this line in your Gemfile:

gem 'acts_as_mt_object'

Then bundle:

$ bundle

Example

Include

class MT::Entry < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_mt_object
end

class Plan < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_mt_object :mt_class => :Entry
end

Usage

> entry = MT::Entry.find(343)  # find by entry_id
 => #<MT::Entry entry_id: 343 ...
> entry.title  # column data
 => "Title"
> entry.current_revision  # meta data
 => 1
> entry.price # custom field's data
 => 30000