# Radiant CMS

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## [Mailer Behaviour... Testing with Rails Console](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-behaviour-testing-with-rails-console/84420)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Sam-Bodden](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_Sam-Bodden)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-behaviour-testing-with-rails-console/84420 "2007-02-04T07:38:25Z")

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Ok, even though I haven’t gotten the Mailer behaviour to work on my site yet. I have some notes here that might help others with testing their ActionMailer configuration. My environment: eApps (CentOS) Here’s what I…

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## [Svn:externals, capistrano and extensions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-externals-capistrano-and-extensions/84047)

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**Author:** [@lorenjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lorenjohnson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-externals-capistrano-and-extensions/84047 "2007-02-04T05:19:49Z")

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Before I go on the long search in my svn book does anyone have any insight into how to deploy Radiant (mental) as an svn:externals blended with a few extensions in my own repository? The goal is simply to not have to …

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## [Adding methods to Page from an extension](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-methods-to-page-from-an-extension/84392)

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**Author:** [@igotimac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/igotimac)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-methods-to-page-from-an-extension/84392 "2007-02-04T03:53:38Z")

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Hey I feel like I’m missing something obvious, I created an extension that adds some columns to the pages table, and now I want to add some methods to the Page class. I put this at the bottom of my Extension class cl…

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## [Extensions are for...?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions-are-for/84313)

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**Author:** [@dewie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dewie)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions-are-for/84313 "2007-02-03T22:43:18Z")

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Hi again. I checked out Mental from the repo, and I’m totally lost. I’m interested in these extensions, but… Someone called them a “vertical slice” (which means nothing to me, btw) of a Rails app. I see that calling s…

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## [Mailer Extension, again](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-extension-again/84314)

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**Author:** [@lorenjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lorenjohnson)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-extension-again/84314 "2007-02-03T19:15:02Z")

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I’ve been actively ignoring all the traffic about recent problems with the Mailer Extension until today. I had done preliminary testing and nothing was throwing errors so I figured all was well before I released our c…

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## [More Mailer Extension Help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-mailer-extension-help/84190)

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**Author:** [@BJ\_Clark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BJ_Clark)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-mailer-extension-help/84190 "2007-02-02T19:10:05Z")

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Hello All, I think I have the Mailer extension really really close to working, however, I am still having a problem with it. When I submit a form, it looks like it works in production.log: Processing SiteController#s…

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## [Re: Mailer Extension HowTo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mailer-extension-howto/84217)

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**Author:** [@poopsmith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/poopsmith)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mailer-extension-howto/84217 "2007-02-02T19:00:04Z")

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Sorry BJ, I realy forgot. It’s on the HowTo section of the Radiant wiki: http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/wiki/HowToUseMailerExtension Improuvements are very welcome, of course :slight\_smile: Gabriel L.

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## [Behaviors suddenly missing from select field](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/behaviors-suddenly-missing-from-select-field/84183)

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**Author:** [@dewie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dewie)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 7:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/behaviors-suddenly-missing-from-select-field/84183 "2007-02-02T07:40:55Z")

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Hi all. I’ve been using Radiant for about 3 months now. Today I noticed that when editing/creating pages in Radiant, my behavior select field is empty. Running: Behavior.find\_all.map { |s| s.registered\_id } From the…

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## [Question for those running Mental and Rails 1.2.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-for-those-running-mental-and-rails-1-2-1/84187)

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**Author:** [@dewie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dewie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-for-those-running-mental-and-rails-1-2-1/84187 "2007-02-02T04:39:57Z")

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Do your behaviors load correctly under Mental and Rails 1.2.1?

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## [Database locking](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-locking/84118)

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**Author:** [@jimgroom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimgroom)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-locking/84118 "2007-02-02T00:46:34Z")

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I’ve setup Radiant for a client project and although it is a small team that is editing it, I have run into a situation where two people had the same page open and had overwritten each other’s changes. John, have you …

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## [Access to request object from within tags (answer?)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-request-object-from-within-tags-answer/83444)

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**Author:** [@Kaleb\_Walton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kaleb_Walton)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-request-object-from-within-tags-answer/83444 "2007-02-02T00:18:33Z")

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Well, I spoke 5 minutes too soon. I tried a few more things and found out how to get it to work - now this may be completely wrong on a number of levels but this got me the request within snippets that previously had …

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## [Tags and attachments / repository](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tags-and-attachments-repository/84119)

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**Author:** [@modhelius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/modhelius)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tags-and-attachments-repository/84119 "2007-02-02T00:11:30Z")

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Hello again, I have been very busy lately, but now I’m starting to get around to building my blog/site. One features/request that I haven’t seen mentioned much is “tagging”. I’d like to create a taxonomy of keywords,…

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## [Why do we have snippets, page-parts and layouts at all?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-do-we-have-snippets-page-parts-and-layouts-at-all/84149)

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**Author:** [@Laszlo\_Varga](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Laszlo_Varga)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-do-we-have-snippets-page-parts-and-layouts-at-all/84149 "2007-02-01T22:13:14Z")

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First, I’d like to say that I am very happy with Radiant as is. It could be a little simpler than as it is now. I belive that we can delete from the source add a little, drop some models and tables and have more funct…

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## [Mailer Extension HowTo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-extension-howto/84014)

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**Author:** [@poopsmith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/poopsmith)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-extension-howto/84014 "2007-02-01T19:57:51Z")

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As many of the posts on the list is about the Mailer extension, I have written a HowTo about the Mailer extension on Mental based on my own experience putting it up. I hope this can help. Gabriel L.

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## [Ideas for reimplementation of radiant caching](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ideas-for-reimplementation-of-radiant-caching/80919)

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**Author:** [@dasch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dasch)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ideas-for-reimplementation-of-radiant-caching/80919 "2007-02-01T18:59:37Z")

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I want radiant to have a more robust caching mechanism than the current ‘expire every x minutes’ method of doing things - I’d like it to be able to handle just removing things from the cache when things actually chang…

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## [Problem. MailerBehaviour in eApps](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-mailerbehaviour-in-eapps/83706)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Sam-Bodden](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_Sam-Bodden)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-mailerbehaviour-in-eapps/83706 "2007-02-01T16:15:43Z")

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After hours of playing with the Mailer behaviour on my eApps virtual server I’m about to give up and find other way to do a contact form. The email does not get delivered. So in case anybody can see any flaws in my se…

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## [Ordering of pages](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ordering-of-pages/83469)

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**Author:** [@Anton\_J\_Aylward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anton_J_Aylward)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ordering-of-pages/83469 "2007-02-01T15:31:27Z")

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How can you order pages under a \<r:children:each\> ? I can see the “by” parameter but what does that amount to? I can see that it could be the title or the publication date, but what I’m trying to do is a a bit differ…

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## [Radiant::Config](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-config/84024)

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**Author:** [@lorenjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lorenjohnson)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-config/84024 "2007-02-01T14:47:21Z")

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Is there any reason to not be storing configuration values for my Extension via the Radiant::Config class? I have been making the keys like “extensions.extension\_name.setting\_name” Am I off-track or on-target? Loren …

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## [Re: Upgrade to Mental? Need 'how to'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-upgrade-to-mental-need-how-to/84015)

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**Author:** [@poopsmith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/poopsmith)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-upgrade-to-mental-need-how-to/84015 "2007-01-31T18:25:45Z")

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Textile and Markdown are now extensions, so you probably need to rake db:extension:migrate Have a look at http://radiantcms.org/blog/2007/01/23/how-to-getting-mental/ Gabriel L.

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## [Google and rss behavior](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-and-rss-behavior/83991)

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**Author:** [@john-anes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john-anes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-and-rss-behavior/83991 "2007-01-31T11:13:19Z")

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Hi guys, i am using rss behavior on my radiant and it works with all rss feed urls except googles rss feed urls. It returns invalid argumnent, and happened to found out google’s rss url has parameters passed on it. My …

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## [How to move from Trunk to Mental](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-move-from-trunk-to-mental/82284)

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**Author:** [@BJ\_Clark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BJ_Clark)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-move-from-trunk-to-mental/82284 "2007-01-31T04:59:27Z")

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Hello List, I’ve currently got my site about 95% done using regular Trunk, but I’d like to move to mental since I can’t seem to get the mailer behavior working with the current trunk on my host. Is there an easy way …

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## [Reusable Page Parts - With A Twist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reusable-page-parts-with-a-twist/83704)

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**Author:** [@mahadewa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mahadewa)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reusable-page-parts-with-a-twist/83704 "2007-01-30T13:09:06Z")

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Before I ask my question, I’d like to make it clear that I am new to Radiant – perhaps I am asking this the wrong way or maybe there’s already a posted solution that I missed. If so, I apologize in advance. I also re…

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## [Upgrade to Mental? Need 'how to'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-to-mental-need-how-to/83788)

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**Author:** [@antonaylward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/antonaylward)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-to-mental-need-how-to/83788 "2007-01-29T18:42:42Z")

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How can I upgrade an existing site to Mental? I’ve tried copying the database from a working and successful 0.5.2 site to a svn export of Mental and running ‘rake db:migrate’ But when I access the site a) The Markdo…

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## [Combined rss feed and more?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/combined-rss-feed-and-more/83595)

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**Author:** [@modhelius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/modhelius)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/combined-rss-feed-and-more/83595 "2007-01-29T17:40:15Z")

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Hello, I’m new to this list, I’m new to Radiant, and I’m new to Ruby on Rails. I am programmer and interface designer and I’m not new to working with a cms - I’ve even created one of my own that had a very similar ph…

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## [Mailer Behaviour Error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-behaviour-error/83463)

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**Author:** [@olicat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/olicat)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-behaviour-error/83463 "2007-01-29T10:27:57Z")

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Hi. I have just installed the Mailer behaviour for Radiant CMS. My hosting is with A Small Orange. When trying to test the form I get the error: “Error encountered while trying to send email. 550 Administrative proh…

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## [Where to put helper methods for tags?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-put-helper-methods-for-tags/83692)

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**Author:** [@Kaleb\_Walton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kaleb_Walton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-put-helper-methods-for-tags/83692 "2007-01-29T01:29:27Z")

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Where is an appropriate place to put helper methods for tags to support the DRY principle?

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## [Redirect?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirect/83682)

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**Author:** [@Anton\_J\_Aylward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anton_J_Aylward)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirect/83682 "2007-01-28T21:48:43Z")

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Is there a way to set up a page so that it silently redirects to another one Something that results in what one might conceive of as \<r:redirect dest="/about/faq" /\> with appropriate 404 handling? – An NSA-employed…

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## [Extended content in distributed example](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extended-content-in-distributed-example/83681)

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**Author:** [@Anton\_J\_Aylward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anton_J_Aylward)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extended-content-in-distributed-example/83681 "2007-01-28T21:31:40Z")

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In the distribution example, the Home Page has a line of code \<r:if\_content part=“extended”\> \<r:link anchor=“extended”\> Continue Reading… \</r:link\> \</r:if\_content\> (Its one one line in the example) Since its in th…

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## [When Do We All Go Mental?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-do-we-all-go-mental/83630)

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**Author:** [@mahadewa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mahadewa)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-do-we-all-go-mental/83630 "2007-01-28T16:24:51Z")

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I have been lurking here for several weeks now and studying Radiant. Gotta say that I like the app and it’s approach. It is getting to the point where I need to add CMS to my site (largely static business site with so…

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## [Migrating to mental](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrating-to-mental/83536)

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**Author:** [@keltia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keltia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrating-to-mental/83536 "2007-01-27T22:35:34Z")

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I’ve been following mental for some time and now attempted to migrate my own site under it. Did a pg\_dump of my database, ran db:migrate to get the latest schema, launch mongrel\_rails on it, went to the admin interfac…

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