http://radiantcms.org/download/
Radiant 0.8.0 "Asterism" features a brand new and more compliant
caching
mechanism based on Rack::Cache, and numerous bugfixes and small
enhancements.
Also included are:
* An extensive integration suite using Cucumber and Webrat
* Rails 2.3.2 (previously 2.1.2)
* Highline 1.5.1
* Haml 2.0.9
Many thanks to our contributors and committers for their
contributions.
WHAT IS RADIANT CMS?
Radiant is a no-fluff content management system made for
designers and
programmers and is ideal for use on small teams. It is similar to
Movable Type or Textpattern, but is much more than a blogging
engine.
Radiant features:
* An elegant user interface
* The ability to arrange pages in a hierarchy
* Flexible templating with layouts, snippets, page parts, and a
custom tagging language (Radius: http://radius.rubyforge.org)
* A dynamic extension system
* A simple user management/permissions system
* Support for Markdown and Textile as well as traditional HTML
(it's easy to create other filters)
* Operates in two modes: dev and production depending on the URL
* A caching system which expires pages every 5 minutes
* Built using Ruby on Rails (which means that extending Radiant
is
as easy as any other Rails application)
* Licensed under the MIT-License
* And much more...
There's even a live demo over on the project Web site:
http://radiantcms.org/demo/
WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE?
* Warn about using the RedCloth 3 fallback. [Sean Cribbs, Jason
Garber]
* Prevent stty errors on JRuby while running bootstrap. [Sean
Cribbs]
* Moved template_name to ApplicationController [Jim Gay, Michael
Kessler]
* Remove vizres plugin. [Sean Cribbs]
* Update instance config/environments to remove ResponseCache
[Jim Gay]
* Remove :order option from <r:children:count />, which causes
errors
on
postgresql. [Sean Cribbs]
* Prevent recursion via the <r:content /> tag. [Sean Cribbs]
* Update Highline. [Sean Cribbs]
* Update Cucumber and RSpec, clean up some features and fix
specs.
[Sean Cribbs]
* Set the protected attributes for users in
User.protected_attributes
[Jim Gay]
* Don't allow a nil ETag in SiteController. [David Cato]
* Prevent failed login message from sticking around. [Kunal Shah]
* Fix failing test regarding extension order. [Brett McHargue]
* Catch ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound in Admin::ResourceController
[Jim Gay]
* Catch missing template errors for show routes [Jim Gay]
* Fix with_error in render_matcher not causing the spec to fail
when no
exception raised. [Jason Garber]
* Make features task run in instance mode. [Sean Cribbs]
* Remove Admin::AbstractModelController. [Sean Cribbs]
* Cleanup deprecated Gem::manage_gems. [Sean Cribbs]
* Add begin...rescue blocks to rspec.rake [Sean Cribbs]
* Add begin...rescue blocks for requiring cucumber. [Matt Henry]
* Deprecate ResponseCache, add Radiant::Cache based on
Rack::Cache.
[Sean Cribbs]
* Use app name for session cookie. [Josh French]
* Upgrade to Rails 2.3.2. [Sean Cribbs, Rick DeNatale, Josh
French,
Kunal Shah]
* Populate config.extensions so extensions can be disabled
easily.
[Jason Garber]
* Convert integration specs to Cucumber stories and update
RSpec. [Sean
Cribbs]
* Use ActionView::PathSet instead of normal arrays for view
paths. [Pat
Allan]
* Don't raise exception on unauthenticated request to /admin/
logout.
[Josh French]
* Reverse view paths order in extension loader. [Sean Cribbs,
Brent
Kroeker]
* Remove obviated Ruby 1.8.7 compatibility patch. [Sean Cribbs]
* Adjust StandardTags#relative_url_for for case when
relative_url_root
is nil. [Sean Cribbs]
* Correct rendering error in extensions controller. [Sean Cribbs]
* Correct typo in config/boot.rb. [Sean Cribbs]
* Major refactoring and simplification of LoginSystem. [Sean
Cribbs]
* Update Haml to 2.0.7. [Sean Cribbs]
* Upgrade to Rails 2.2.2. [Sean Cribbs]
* Cleanup the config class a little, add some more
documentation. [Sean
Cribbs]
* Avoid bootstrap errors related to Radiant::Config by checking
for
table existence. [Sean Cribbs]
* Correct status code typo in Admin::ResourceController. [Sean
Cribbs]
INSTALLATION
We've worked hard to make it easy to install Radiant. For
starters you
can download it with Ruby Gems:
% gem install radiant
Once the Radiant gem is installed you have access to the
`radiant`
command. The `radiant` command is similar to the `rails`
command (if
you
are from the Rails world. It's how you generate a new Radiant
project
for a website. So `cd` to the directory where you would like your
instance to be installed and type:
% radiant -d [mysql|postgres|sqlite3] .
Next, edit config/database.yml to taste. Then run the rake
bootstrap
task:
% rake production db:bootstrap
And start up the test server:
% script/server -e production
Finally, hit the /admin/ URL and you should be off to the
races. See
the
README file in the release for additional details.
If you are interested in other download options, visit the
download
page: http://radiantcms.org/download/.
UPGRADING FROM 0.6.5-0.6.9 AND 0.7.x
1. Update the Radiant gem:
% gem update radiant
2. Change the RADIANT_GEM_VERSION constant in config/
environment.rb
to "0.8.0".
3. Run the update rake task:
% rake radiant:update
4. Run migrations:
% rake db:migrate
5. Restart the server
UPGRADING FROM 0.5.x-0.6.4
The upgrade process changed significantly from last release, so
listen
up! To upgrade an existing installation, BACKUP YOUR DATABASE,
update
the gem, and create a new Radiant project using the
instructions above.
Then point Radiant to the right database by editing config/
database.yml
and execute the following command in your project directory:
% rake db:migrate
If you have problems during the upgrade, please let us know.
CONTRIBUTORS
Radiant wouldn't be possible without the help of some fine
people. The
following people have made contributions to this release:
Michael Kessler Kunal Shah Brett McHargue
Jim Gay Jason Garber Kunal Shah
Matt Henry Rick DeNatale Pat Allan
Josh French Brent Kroeker Sean Cribbs
Thanks guys! If you'd like to hop on the development band wagon
head on
over to our dev site (http://dev.radiantcms.org/).
SUPPORT
The best place to get support is definitely on the Radiant
mailing
list.
There's a crowd of people there who have been hanging around
for many
moons now. Newbie questions are welcome! To sign up, go to:
http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/
The Radiant mailing list is also accessible via Ruby forum:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/21
Enjoy!
--
Sean D. Cribbs
for the Radiant CMS Dev Team
http://radiantcms.org
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