# \[ANN\] Radiant 0.7.1 - Engraving Release (bugfixes)

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**Created:** [February 15, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-7-1-engraving-release-bugfixes/160390 "2009-02-15T20:19:09Z")\
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Looks like it’s time for another release of Radiant:

```
http://radiantcms.org/download/

```

Radiant 0.7.1 Engraving is a bugfix release that corrects two errors  
in the user-interface. The contents of page-parts will now maintain  
escaped HTML characters across saves, and the tag reference will now  
properly display when ‘’ is selected as the page type. The  
spec-suite was expanded to cover these regressions. Many thanks to John  
Muhl for identifying the escaping issue and a number of other community  
members for diagnosing the tag reference issue.

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/

```

WHAT’S NEW IN THIS RELEASE?

- Properly escape page part contents in the UI. [John M., Sean C.]
- Fix tag reference popup and spec out helper better. [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 0.7.x

1. Update the Radiant gem:

2. Change the RADIANT\_GEM\_VERSION constant in config/environment.rb  
to “0.7.1”.

3. Restart the server

UPGRADING FROM 0.6.5 - 0.6.9

1. Update the Radiant gem:

2. Change the RADIANT\_GEM\_VERSION constant in config/environment.rb  
to “0.7.1”.

3. Run the update rake task:

4. Run migrations:

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:

```
 John M.
 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)