Rakefile

require 'rubygems'

namespace :sitemap do
  desc "Ping Google with the latest sitemap"
  task :ping do
    require 'cgi'
    sitemap_url = CGI.escape("http://ackandnak.com/sitemap.xml")
    %x[curl -s -S "http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=#{sitemap_url}"]
    puts "Pinged google"
    %x[curl -s -S "http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/pingSubmit?bloglink=http://ackandnak.com/"]
    puts "Pinged feedburner"
    # %x[curl -s -S "http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=#{sitemap_url}"]
    # puts "Pinged yahoo"
    # %x[curl -s -S "http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=#{sitemap_url}"]
    # puts "Pinged bing"
  end
end

#
# Deploying the codebase

desc "Deploy latest code to a specific environment. eg: rake deploy[environment-name]"
task :deploy, :env do |t, args|
  require "./_deploy/#{args[:env] || 'production'}"
end

#begin
#  require 'vlad' # But we really mean gabrielg-vlad
#  require 'vlad/core'
#  require 'vlad/git'
#  require '_deploy/base.rb'
#rescue LoadError => e
#  puts "Unable to load Vlad the Deployer - #{e.message}."
#end