Transliterate accented characters in search

README.md

@@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ Licence
 =======
 
 is licensed under the terms of the BSD license.
+
+Tips
+====
+
+Assets precompile: rake assets:precompile

app/helpers/preferences_helper.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ module PreferencesHelper
 		end
 		if @preference.term
 			conditions.push "#{sort_col} LIKE ?"
-			params.push "%#{@preference.term}%"
+      search_term = ActiveSupport::Inflector.transliterate(@preference.term)
+			params.push "%#{search_term}%"
 		end
 		[ conditions.join(" AND ") ] + params
 	end

config/environments/production.rb

@@ -76,4 +76,6 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   # Do not dump schema after migrations.
   config.active_record.dump_schema_after_migration = false
+
+  config.assets.prefix="/assets"
 end