- Radiant (software)
__NOTOC__Infobox Software
name = Radiant
developer = John W. Long
latest_release_version = 0.6.9
latest_release_date = release date|2008|08|1
latest_preview_version =
latest_preview_date =
operating_system =Cross-platform
platform =Ruby on Rails
genre =Content management system
license = MIT
website = [http://www.radiantcms.org www.radiantcms.org]Radiant is a
free-software content management system written in Ruby by John W. Long as aRuby on Rails web application.Radiant is limited to basic functionality for a CMS. The intended users are small groups or teams and thus the software leaves much room for extensions. All the content is stored inside a database. It's possible to use MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite. Radiant depends, like every Ruby on Rails application, on the installed adapters for the database.
It's distributed via a separate download or installable with
RubyGems .Design
Radiant projects are based on 3 elements: Pages, Snippets and Layouts. [ [http://radiantcms.org/overview/ Radiant Overview] ]
Pages:The content of every page is stored in Pages. Every page has specific attributes and content. For example, if Radiant is used as a blog, all blog entries are Pages inside the Radiant system. They can be arranged hierarchically to reflect the actual structure of the content.
Snippets:Snippets are essentially just small parts of code that can be reused everywhere in the project and make Page creation easier.
Layouts:To define the general look of a Page Layouts are used. Upon Page creation, a layout can be attached to that Page to define a frame for this Page to be inserted in.
Radius Template Language
Inside a Page, Layout or Snippet, Radiant offers special template tags, called Radius Tags, to easily access parameters, loop through content or make conditional checks.
Radius tags are
XML tags that start with an r:Radius tags inside a radiant layout:
Extensions
Radiant includes by default 2 extensions.
*Textile
*Markdown References
External links
* [http://www.radiantcms.org/ Official Radiant website]
* [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1337 RubyForge Radiant site]
* [http://www.artofmission.com/articles/2006/06/06/radiant-cms ArtOfMission Radiant tutorial]
* [http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2006/07/radiant-cms-managing-web-sites-on-rails/ Radiant CMS, Managing Web Sites on Rails] An independent review by Frederic Brunel, a software architect and technology enthusiast.
* [http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/21 ruby-forum.com Radiant thread]
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