class BlogPost < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :comments, :class_name => 'BlogComment' has_and_belongs_to_many :categories, :class_name => 'BlogCategory' acts_as_indexed :fields => [:title, :body] validates_presence_of :title validates_uniqueness_of :title has_friendly_id :title, :use_slug => true default_scope :order => "created_at DESC" named_scope :live, :conditions => {:draft => false} def category_ids=(ids) self.categories = ids.reject{|id| id.blank?}.collect {|c_id| BlogCategory.find(c_id.to_i) rescue nil }.compact end end