# \[ANN\] Radiant 0.8.1 - Luster Release **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 5, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-0-8-1-luster-release/175008 "2009-09-05T18:13:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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Looks like it’s time for another release of Radiant: ``` http://radiantcms.org/download/ ``` Radiant 0.8.1 Luster sports numerous enhancements to extensions, most notably: Rails metal and Cucumber features are supported; the Rails configuration is accessible; inter-extension dependencies can be declared before activation. This release also includes support for IBM DB2 and corrects some bugs with the admin interface and caching system. 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? - Move default cache location to tmp. [Sean C.] - Upgrade Rails and dataset. [Sean C.] - Updated README and INSTALL. [John L.] - Don’t use Symbol#to\_proc in initializer because ActiveSupport hasn’t loaded yet. - Fix links to Textile reference in the wake of \_why’s disappearance. [Jason G.] - Correct bug when submitting a POST to a cached page. [Sean C.] - Fix typo in generator for features task. [Jim G.] - Page parts may already be marked for destruction, don’t explicitly set false. [Kunal Shah] - Merge latest version of Radius [Kunal Shah] - Helpers for extension\_enabled? [Kunal Shah] - Respond to show methods with xml rendering [Jeremy S.] - Support DB2 [Antonio C.] - Properly check for existing page parts when creating a new part. [alexmek] - Use the correct variable name so the extension name is part of the output. [John M.] - Generate Cucumber support for extensions [Jim G.] - Require Cucumber version 0.3.9 or greater in cucumber.rake [Jim G.] - Set generated extensions to require ‘application\_controller’ [Jim G.] - Add import/export tasks for Radiant::Config [Jim G.] - Set Radiant::Config to cache info in the Rails.cache [Jim G.] - Markup fixes [Justin Blecher, Alex Wallace] - Use Rails for time zone handling [Kunal Shah, Josh F.] - Allow extensions to declare dependencies [Josh F.] - Expose Rails configuration to extensions. [Josh F.] - Set template\_name for all resourceful action types [Josh F.] - Load Metal from Extensions [Jim G.] 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|sqlserver|db2] . 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 0.8.x 1. Update the Radiant gem: 2. Change the RADIANT\_GEM\_VERSION constant in config/environment.rb to “0.8.1”. 3. Restart the server UPGRADING FROM 0.6.0 - 0.7.1 1. Update the Radiant gem: 2. Backup your database and config/database.yml. 3. Run the radiant command on top of your existing project replace the old configuration. 4. Verify that config/database.yml is correct or restore the backup. 5. Run migrations: 6. Restart the server UPGRADING FROM 0.5.x The upgrade process changed several times since 0.5.x, 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 L. Sean C. Antonio C. alexmek Jeremy S. John M. Alex Wallace Justin Blecher Kunal Shah Jim G. Josh F. 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)