Sorry guys, please replace " new_blog_entries = Blog.status_name_does_not_equal_any(['published', 'archived']) "
with " new_blog_entries = Blog.status_name_does_not_equal_all(['published', 'archived']) "
If you are using Rails 2.1 or greater, then named_scope would be very useful.
In your Blog model for example, you can specify a recent named_scope to return all entries less than 24 hours old.
named_scope :recent, :conditions => [ "created_at > ?", Time.now - 24.hours ]
and maybe another one for unpublished entries
# modify the conditions and include accordingly as I don't know enough about # your models named_scope :unpublished, :include => :status, :conditions => "statuses.status != 'published'"
In your controllers then, you can do something like
@new_unpublished_entries = Blog.unpublished.recent
bravo! I like the idea, Franz! Thank you 