now the correct migration files for local dev are here, and public assets removed for local dev.

db/migrate/20130101193917_create_topics.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class CreateTopics < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :topics do |t|
+      t.text :name
+      t.text :desc
+      t.text :link
+	    t.text :permission
+	    t.integer :user_id
+	    t.integer :metacode_id
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end

db/migrate/20130101194424_create_metacodes.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class CreateMetacodes < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :metacodes do |t|
+      t.text :name
+      t.string :icon
+      
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -13,24 +13,6 @@
 
 ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130101215010) do
 
-  create_table "item_categories", :force => true do |t|
-    t.text     "name"
-    t.string   "icon"
-    t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
-    t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
-  end
-
-  create_table "items", :force => true do |t|
-    t.text     "name"
-    t.text     "desc"
-    t.text     "link"
-    t.text     "permission"
-    t.integer  "user_id"
-    t.integer  "item_category_id"
-    t.datetime "created_at",       :null => false
-    t.datetime "updated_at",       :null => false
-  end
-
   create_table "mappings", :force => true do |t|
     t.text     "category"
     t.integer  "xloc"