Added taken_at to photos and sorted on it.

app/controllers/photos_controller.rb

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
     def index
         if params[:category_id]
             @category = Category.find_by_id(params[:category_id])
-            @photos = @category.photos.enabled.paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 11)
+            @photos = @category.photos.enabled.order(:taken_at.desc).paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 11)
         else
-            @photos = Photo.enabled.paginate :all, :page => params[:page], :per_page => 11
+            @photos = Photo.enabled.order(:taken_at.desc).paginate :all, :page => params[:page], :per_page => 11
         end
         respond_to do |format|
           format.html

app/models/photo.rb

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ private
         exif = MiniExiftool.new photo.queued_for_write[:original].path
         self.title = exif.title if self.title.empty?
         self.description = exif.description if self.description.empty?
+        self.taken_at = exif.date_time_original
         self.save
     end
 end

db/migrate/20101215172105_add_taken_date_to_photo.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddTakenDateToPhoto < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :photos, :taken_at, :datetime 
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :photos, :taken_at
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20101202155552) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20101215172105) do
 
   create_table "admin_users", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "first_name",       :default => "",    :null => false
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20101202155552) do
     t.integer  "sort"
     t.boolean  "featured",           :default => false
     t.boolean  "enabled",            :default => true
+    t.datetime "taken_at"
   end
 
 end

vendor/plugins/jrails/tasks/jrails.rake

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-namespace :jrails do
-
-	namespace :js do
-		desc "Copies the jQuery and jRails javascripts to public/javascripts"
-		task :install do
-			puts "Copying files..."
-			project_dir = RAILS_ROOT + '/public/javascripts/'
-			scripts = Dir[File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '/javascripts/', '*.js')]
-			FileUtils.cp(scripts, project_dir)
-			puts "files copied successfully."
-		end
-
-    desc 'Remove the prototype / script.aculo.us javascript files'
-    task :scrub do
-      puts "Removing files..."
-      files = %W[controls.js dragdrop.js effects.js prototype.js]
-      project_dir = File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'public', 'javascripts')
-      files.each do |fname|
-        FileUtils.rm(File.join(project_dir, fname)) if File.exists?(File.join(project_dir, fname))
-      end
-      puts "files removed successfully."
-    end
-  end
-  
-end