application.js

// Place your application-specific JavaScript functions and classes here
// This file is automatically included by javascript_include_tag :defaults

// Thanks to http://henrik.nyh.se/2008/05/rails-authenticity-token-with-jquery for the ajaxSend advice
// Adds the authenticity token to each request when needed - used in conjunction with 
//     <%= javascript_tag "var AUTH_TOKEN = #{form_authenticity_token.inspect};" if protect_against_forgery? %>

$(document).ajaxSend(function(event,request,settings){
	if (typeof(AUTH_TOKEN) == "undefined") return;
	settings.data = settings.data || "";
	settings.data += (settings.data ? "&" : "") + "authenticity_token=" + encodeURIComponent(AUTH_TOKEN);
});


// Setup some common information (which can be overridden)

$.ajaxSetup({
	dataType: 'script',
	type: 'post'
});
	
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------- //

// Watch over all links with class of 'delete_content', 
// remove the /delete portion of the url, send via ajax, and return false

$(function() { 
	$("a.delete_content").bind("click",function(e){
		link = this.href.replace(/\/delete$/, '');
		$.ajax({ url: link,
			 data: {'_method':'delete'}});
		return false;
	}); 
});