# Sam's Blog Plugin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-blog-plugin/12656>\
**Category:** Plugin\
**Created:** [February 12, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-blog-plugin/12656 "2014-02-12T05:01:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mike_mayer/32/116651_2.png) [@Mike\_Mayer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mike_Mayer)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-blog-plugin/12656/9 "2015-09-19T06:16:11Z")

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@sam,

this may be a boneheaded question, but what was your workflow for developing this plugin? do you run it in your local environment?

since the blog engine routes to a subdomain different from the discourse app, i’m unclear how to replicate this in a local environment. i tried using [http://lvh.me/](http://lvh.me/), per the advice here: [http://manuel.manuelles.nl/blog/2015/05/19/rails-subdomains-for-localhost-development/](http://manuel.manuelles.nl/blog/2015/05/19/rails-subdomains-for-localhost-development/)

and thus adjusted the line in your plugin like this:

::BLOG\_HOST = Rails.env.development? ? “[blog.lvh.me](http://blog.lvh.me)” : “[blog.xxxx.com](http://blog.xxxx.com)”  
::BLOG\_DISCOURSE = Rails.env.development? ? “[intercourse.lvh.me](http://intercourse.lvh.me)” : “[intercourse.xxxxx.com](http://intercourse.xxxxx.com)”

but no dice.

thanks for sharing this plugin. it is quite helpful.

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