# \[ANN\] Radiant CMS 0.6.8 "Incise" Release **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 27, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-radiant-cms-0-6-8-incise-release/144268 "2008-07-27T23:33:36Z")\ **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 0.6.8 “Incise” adds a number of new features that enhance support for extensions and completes the project’s move to github. Of special note are: - Extension installer/uninstaller scripts (script/extension) and a global ‘extension registry’ at [http://ext.radiantcms.org](http://ext.radiantcms.org) - Support for freezing edge Radiant using ‘git’ - Remember-me functionality for the admin UI This should be a seamless upgrade for users of 0.6.7 and should require only minor adjustments for versions 0.6.5+. 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? - Hide page publish date selector unless page.edit.published\_date? config is set. [Sean C.] - Add \ tag to support snippets that accept blocks. [Andrew Neil] - Fix bug with FileNotFoundPage subclasses and draft status. [cradle] - Update radiant:freeze:edge task to support BRANCH, TAG, and REVISION. [John Muhl] - Update to Haml 2.0.1. [Jim G.] - Fix radiant:update:configs task to properly evaluate environment.rb [Sean C.] - Fix page subclass loading issues. [Sean C.] - Add \ and \ tags. [Tim Gossett] - Add specific installation modes for gzip and bzip2 compression. [Sean Cribbs] - Added extension installation scripts. [Sean C.] - Added find attr to r:if\_content and r:unless\_content to expand based on finding ‘any’ or ‘all’ specified parts [Jim G.] - Added inherit attr to r:if\_content and r:unless\_content to search for parts independently in the page tree. [Jim G.] - Update radiant:freeze:edge task to use git and GitHub. [John M.] - Update login page layout from prototype. [Sean C.] - Change order of extension paths to prefer project extensions over Radiant’s. [John M.] - Switch default session store to cookies [Josh F.] - Add remember-me function to login [Josh F.] - Allow an inclusive list of parts in r:if\_content and r:unless\_content [Jim G.] - Added a defaults.page.filter config setting for setting a default page filter. [Alex W.] - Fix Users fixtures for extensions that still use test/unit. [Nick Plante] - Don’t search for missing Page subclasses before bootstrap. [Sean Cribbs] - Added tolerance for missing Page class definitions. [Loren J.] - Don’t require an authenticity token check on the login action. [Sean Cribbs] - Make sure region sets are reloaded when activating extensions in development mode. [Sean C.] - Fix Haml rendering errors. [Thomas W. Steen] 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: 2. Change the RADIANT\_GEM\_VERSION constant in config/environment.rb to “0.6.8”. 3. Run the update rake task: 4. Run migrations: 5. 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: Andrew N. cradle Tim G. John M. Josh F. Jim G. Alex W. Nick Plante Loren J. Sean C. Thomas W. Steen 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)