# \[ANN\] Radiant 0.7.0 Intaglio Release **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 7, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735 "2009-02-07T19:19:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735/1 "2009-02-07T19:19:56Z")
Looks like it’s time for another release of Radiant: [http://radiantcms.org/download/](http://radiantcms.org/download/) Radiant 0.7.0 “Intaglio” culminates six months of refactoring and bug- fixing by a dedicated team of contributors. The major milestone crossed with this release is that the admin controllers have been refactored toward Rails’ RESTful design. In addition, these changes are of note: - A beautiful new database template by Paul du Coudray is included. - Rails 2.1.2 is included. - Radiant is now compatible with Ruby 1.8.7. - The extension installer is more helpful, and more friendly with git. - The caching mechanism supports nginx-style X-Accel-Redirect headers and ETags. - RSpec and RSpec-Rails are no longer included, but use gem dependencies. - Extensions can now use timestamped migration numbers. - Updated gems of RedCloth and BlueCloth (RDiscount) will be preferred over the pre-packaged versions if installed. There were over 80 changes to this release! A big thank you goes to all of the sprint weekend attendees and hack night contributors. Well done! 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](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/](http://radiantcms.org/demo/) WHAT’S NEW IN THIS RELEASE? - Add Roasters template. [Paul du Coudray] - Make ResponseCache spec insensitive to key order. [Sean C.] - Adjust \ to use same options as \. [Sean C.] - Allowing for custom labels and other options in save\_model\_button. [Pat Allan] - Ignoring TextMate project files. [Pat Allan] - Present a more helpful error message when missing a mailer template. [Nikolay Karev] - Use ActiveRecord:Base#[] and ActiveRecord:Base#[]= instead of undocumented read\_attribute and write\_attribute. [August Lilleas] - Make extension installer use git submodules when appropriate. [Sean Cribbs] - Ease extension updates by proxying deprecated named routes. [Sean Cribbs] - Add support and specs for conditional GETs with ETags. [Sean C.] - Initialize and update submodules when freezing edge. [John M.] - Add Nginx support to ResponseCache. [Sean C.] - Changed (some) permissions examples not to use login\_system\_matcher. [Brandan Lennox] - Remove expensive grep of Rails log in spec. [Rick DeNatale] - Make markdown filter specs be tolerant of RDiscount. [Sean C.] - Be more explicit about vendor libraries, move Textile requirement into core. [Sean C.] - Add \ tags. [Rick DeNatale] - Use RDiscount’s smart quotes instead of SmartyPants. [John M.] - Update extension generator to use new admin REST routing. [Jeroen Janssen] - Update Admin::ResourceController to overcome respond\_to weaknesses by choosing HTML format by default. [Sean C.] - Add an IE-specific integration spec. [Jeroen J.] - Update dataset, spec\_integration, and vizres plugins. [Sean C.] - Make specs and bootstrap work in instance mode. [Sean C.] - Override spec:integration task and rescope some spec task options to RADIANT\_ROOT. [Sean C.] - Improve rspec-1.1.12 compatibility. [Sean C.] - Add Ruby 1.8.7 compatibility patch. [Sean C.] - Fix upgrade issue from 0.5.x where class\_name is expected to be present. [Sean C.] - Remove unneeded patch. [Sean C.] - Add some inline documentation to resource controller. [Sean C.] - Fix some form problems on pages. [Sean C.] - Fix form on snippets/remove. [Sean C.] - Make sure resourceful responses deeply clone on inheritance. [Sean Cribbs] - Fix broken Ajax children callback. [Sean C.] - Fix broken URL in snippets/remove. [Sean C.] - Correct assume\_migrated\_upto\_version behavior in instance mode. [Sean Cribbs] - Correct missing @@configuration variable in initializer. [John M.] - Handle SQL special characters in extension names in migrations. [Erik Ostrom] - Converted extension migrations to use schema\_migrations table instead of extension\_meta. [Nathaniel T., Sean C., Rick DeNatale] - Replaced scenarios with dataset. [Nathaniel T., Adam W., Rick DeNatale] - Fix RSpec git submodules. [Nathaniel T., Clinton Nixon] - Generate and fix gemspec for GitHub. [Sean C.] - Add support for newer Textile and Markdown libraries, with fallbacks on packaged libraries. [Sean C., Jason G.] - Make request parameters available to tags. [Brian Landau] - Add URL method helpers to tags. [Brian Landau] - Add some database indexes. [Yevgeny Smirnoff] - Added notice to install RSpec if a certain database error occurs. [Sytse Sijbrandij] - Refactor LoginSystem to use filter-skipping instead of controller tracking. [Sean C.] - Add generator specs and more generators. [Brian Landau] - Add initial integration specs. [Adam W., Mark Imbriaco] - Refactor admin controllers and views toward RESTful principles. [Sean C., Clinton Nixon, Rick DeNatale] - Remove RSpec from packaged libraries. [Sean C.] - Correct CSS validation errors. [John M.] - Add String#to\_slug. [Andrew O’Brien] - New page parts should have the default filter\_id. [Joe Van D.] - Show draft children by default on dev host. [Sean C.] - Correct db:schema:dump error when in instance mode. [Pat Allan, Sean Cribbs] - Simplify set\_javascripts\_and\_stylesheets. [Sean C.] - Cleanup boot.rb and allow generators from user-installed plugins. [Sean C.] - Added regions to user-preferences screen. [Jim G.] - Apply Rails redirect sanitization patch. [Sean C.] - Updated to Rspec and Rspec-Rails 1.1.8 [Jim G.] - Added development dependency to INSTALL [Matt Henry] - Added reference to sample database configuration files to INSTALL. [Keith B.] - Added ZenTest development dependency to README. [Thomas Ingram] - Remove REXML expansion fix, included in Rails 2.1.1 [Sean C.] - Upgrade to 2.1.1 [Sean C.] - Fixed migrations for Rails 2.1 [Josh F.] - Fixed final specs [Jim G.] - Fixed up some specs for new Rails/RSpec [Josh F.] - Updated timezone management [Josh F.] - Update to Rails 2.1 [Jim G.] - Update to RSpec 1.1.4 [Jim G.] - Make Git extension install method recognize submodules. [Sean C.] - Fix malformed Textile in standard tag descriptions. [Jason G.] - Update script/extension help output. [Jim G.] - Allow load\_subclasses to work when multiple apps are on the same database. [Jim G.] - Add REXML expansion fix. [Sean C.] - Fix filter\_reference admin helper for filter names that have spaces in them. [Mislav Marohnić] - Make script/extension more friendly, adding help and info commands. [Sean C.] - Added more render regions to layout, snippet, user, and extension views. [Sean C.] - Fixed the radiant:update:scripts to find the proper directory [Jim Gay] - Factor out dev? functionality in StandardTags, allowing other tags to access it. [Sean C.] 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/](http://radiantcms.org/download/). UPGRADING FROM 0.6.x 1. Update the Radiant gem: % gem update radiant 1. Change the RADIANT\_GEM\_VERSION constant in config/environment.rb to “0.7.0”. 2. Run the update rake task: % rake radiant:update 1. Run migrations: % rake db:migrate 1. Restart the server UPGRADING FROM 0.5.x 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: Paul du Coudray Nikolay Karev August Lilleas Brandan Lennox Jeroen J. Erik Ostrom Nathaniel T. Yevgeny Smirnoff Sytse Sijbrandij Brian Landau Adam W. Mark Imbriaco Rick DeNatale Clinton Nixon John M. Andrew O’Brien Joe Van D. Pat Allan Matt Henry Keith B. Thomas Ingram Josh F. Jason G. Mislav Marohnić Jim G. Sean C. Thanks guys! If you’d like to hop on the development band wagon head on over to our dev site ([http://dev.radiantcms.org/](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/](http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/) The Radiant mailing list is also accessible via Ruby forum: [http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/21](http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/21) Enjoy! – Sean C. for the Radiant CMS Dev Team [http://radiantcms.org](http://radiantcms.org) ---
**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735/2 "2009-02-08T05:48:58Z")
Sean C. wrote: > Looks like it’s time for another release of Radiant: > > [http://radiantcms.org/download/](http://radiantcms.org/download/) > Frickin’ sweet! I can’t wait to try it. ~Nate ---
**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735/3 "2009-02-08T07:36:32Z")
Sean C. wrote: > Looks like it’s time for another release of Radiant: > > [http://radiantcms.org/download/](http://radiantcms.org/download/) > > Radiant 0.7.0 “Intaglio” culminates six months of refactoring and bug- > fixing by a dedicated team of contributors. The major milestone crossed > with this release is that the admin controllers have been refactored > toward Rails’ RESTful design. In addition, these changes are of note: Congratulations to everyone! This is great 🙂 Sean, I’m guessing Radiant 0.7.0 is considered stable now. Should we start migrating documentation to Radiant 0.7.0? Cheers, Mohit. 2/8/2009 | 1:12 PM. ---
**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735/4 "2009-02-08T17:14:14Z")
Sean C. wrote: > Radiant 0.7.0 “Intaglio” culminates six months of refactoring and bug- > fixing by a dedicated team of contributors. The major milestone crossed > with this release is that the admin controllers have been refactored > toward Rails’ RESTful design. In addition, these changes are of note: Thanks for another great release. We love Radiant CMS. – Roderick van Domburg [http://www.nedforce.com](http://www.nedforce.com) ---
**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735/5 "2009-02-08T22:48:32Z")
On Feb 8, 2009, at 12:13 AM, Mohit S. wrote: > Congratulations to everyone! This is great 🙂 > > Sean, I’m guessing Radiant 0.7.0 is considered stable now. Should > we start migrating documentation to Radiant 0.7.0? Absolutely. 🙂 – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735/6 "2009-02-08T22:51:29Z")
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Sean C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Looks like it’s time for another release of Radiant: > > [http://radiantcms.org/download/](http://radiantcms.org/download/) > > Radiant 0.7.0 “Intaglio” culminates six months of refactoring and bug- > fixing by a dedicated team of contributors. The major milestone crossed > with this release is that the admin controllers have been refactored > toward Rails’ RESTful design. In addition, these changes are of note: Excellent, great news, thanks! Any idea whether the various extensions are compatible or not? Specifically, I’m interested in the gallery and reorder extensions. As I use both of them, I need to be surebefore I upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735/7 "2009-02-08T22:55:37Z")
Sean C. wrote: > Yes, that would be awesome. > I guess this is a _deep breath_ moment. Let me see how to plan this. Guys, suggestions welcome 🙂 Cheers, Mohit. 2/9/2009 | 1:52 AM. ---
**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735/8 "2009-02-08T22:53:15Z")
Yes, that would be awesome. Sean ---
**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-0-intaglio-release/159735/9 "2009-02-12T10:14:26Z")
Hi Kranthi kranthi reddy wrote: > Hey Mohit, > I’m also a developer in raadiant…How is this documentation thingy > done…Could I be of any help?? > I’m planning to use rdoc for this… Thanks for your email - good to see new faces coming in to help out with documentation. Currently, all the documentation is handled out of the wiki on the Radiant site. Last year, I helped create a table of contents for a “good set” of documents for the CMS. The project was called Summer Reboot and its main entry point is at: [http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Summer\_Reboot](http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Summer_Reboot) I’m hoping to find some time to revamp this page and absorb it into something called the “Radiant Handbook 2009” with a special emphasis on the new 0.7.0 release. How you (or anyone can help): [http://notepad.onghu.com/2008/8/2/introducing-summer-reboot-radiant-documentation](http://notepad.onghu.com/2008/8/2/introducing-summer-reboot-radiant-documentation) Just help us to make it more complete, or identify problems, or put in your experience with making things easier to use! I’m writing this email in a rush, please ask if there are questions. Cheers, Mohit. 2/12/2009 | 12:10 AM.