# \[ANN\] Summarize Extension **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [November 25, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070 "2008-11-25T02:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/1 "2008-11-25T02:09:26Z")
This is my first (albeit simple) extension for RadiantCMS. The summarize extension provides functionality that allows you to excerpt/summarize a part of your page’s content. It basically allows you to create a teaser. The link tells the story a little better. [http://github.com/imakethings/radiant-summarize-extension](http://github.com/imakethings/radiant-summarize-extension) Check it out. ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/2 "2008-11-25T03:07:58Z")
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Arik J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > This is my first (albeit simple) extension for RadiantCMS. The summarize > extension provides functionality that allows you to excerpt/summarize a > part of your page’s content. It basically allows you to create a teaser. > The link tells the story a little better. > > [http://github.com/imakethings/radiant-summarize-extension](http://github.com/imakethings/radiant-summarize-extension) I just finished a project that could have used this. Give me a couple of days and I’ll try and add it into the mix before my site goes live. ~Nate ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/3 "2008-11-25T03:17:26Z")
Nate T. wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Arik J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > This is my first (albeit simple) extension for RadiantCMS. The summarize > > extension provides functionality that allows you to excerpt/summarize a > > part of your page’s content. It basically allows you to create a teaser. > > The link tells the story a little better. > > > > [http://github.com/imakethings/radiant-summarize-extension](http://github.com/imakethings/radiant-summarize-extension) > > I just finished a project that could have used this. Give me a couple of > days and I’ll try and add it into the mix before my site goes live. > > ~Nate Feel free to let me know if works out. You can see a live example of this extension at my site. [http://atinypixel.com](http://atinypixel.com) ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/4 "2008-11-26T17:31:40Z")
I’ve been doing something similar using snippets and layouts. Is there a fundamental difference between your version and this? What I do now: 1. In my layout I put the following code: 2. I also have a snippet named “intro” with the following: 3. When creating a page I can create an “intro” tab and put my intro/teaser paragraph. I then continue the body of my page content in the “body” tab. 4. When I’m on a page where I want to create the intro bit, I just do: -Chris ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/5 "2008-11-26T19:07:12Z")
There is a very big difference. You don’t have to create extra snippets and page parts to extract a summary. It’s You simply drop an `` tag in your one body page part and the extension takes care of the rest. No extra page parts or snippets. I built this cause I blog a lot and got tired of hacking a way to do summaries/teasers. ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/6 "2008-11-26T20:17:31Z")
Got it. I just wanted to find out if there were any other hidden features I hadn’t noticed. There’s definitely a benefit to not having to create page parts – it’s easier to see the whole page’s content in one place. I don’t mind the one-time extra snippet, though. Nice extension. -Chris ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/7 "2008-11-26T21:18:00Z")
Radiant is such a nice platform to develop on that it really pains me to choose another CMS for an upcoming website. It’s mainly a brochure site but they also sell about 50 products. They currently have an outdated CMS and a yahoo shopping cart. They want to move forward with an integrated approach. I’ve been trying out Substruct which has both of these features. The Cart is great but the CMS just fall short of what I’ve gotten accustom to. Mainly, there’s no control of the layout or CSS from the back-end. It might be possible to fix that but I’m not sure how much work it would be. I’ve also looked at Spree. It looks okay for a cart but doesn’t seem to have any other CMS type functions. Maybe it would work well side by side with Radiant or as sub domain but I don’t see any way it could be integrated. What are some other approach people have taken to give this type of client what they need? Steven > **[STEVEN SOUTHARD |Email Developer](https://www.stevensouthard.com/)** > > Steven Southard | Email Developer ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/8 "2008-11-26T21:28:34Z")
Hi! I’ve found the shopping module Übercart for Drupal really good. Of course Drupal is PHP-based and all… but really flexible and has a lot of other modules, so very seldom I find myself coding PHP when using Drupal anyways. Generally speaking I use Drupal for more advanced sites, with lots of features, although pretty standard ones (so that you can find ready made modules for them)… while as Radiant CMS again is more appropriate for simpler sites when you want things working your way without much hassle and configuration. [http://www.ubercart.org/](http://www.ubercart.org/) cheers, Simon PS. There’s also the Drupal E-commerce module, but I find Übercart more ready out of the box… and its community seems more active too. ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/9 "2008-11-26T21:56:46Z")
Okay, my vote for best eCommerce solution, anywhere, is Magento. ([www.magentocommerce.com](http://www.magentocommerce.com)) I love it very much! 😉 Marcus ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/10 "2008-11-26T22:32:02Z")
Marcus B. wrote: > Okay, my vote for best eCommerce solution, anywhere, is Magento. > ([www.magentocommerce.com](http://www.magentocommerce.com)) I love it very much! 😉 > > Marcus Yeah, I’ve worked with Magento before. I hated it. Then again, I hate MOST php-based projects. ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/11 "2008-11-26T22:34:55Z")
Well, each to their own. It’s much better than substruct (IMHO), but I don’t want to start a flame war. ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/12 "2008-11-26T21:59:07Z")
Steven, Just checked out your home page. You do nice work! Marcus ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/13 "2008-12-20T10:04:36Z")
The link does not work. Regards, # rp8 > **[Competo Solutions, Inc.](https://competo.com/)** > > Sharing our experience in ever changing tech landscapes Arik J. wrote: > This is my first (albeit simple) extension for RadiantCMS. The summarize > extension provides functionality that allows you to excerpt/summarize a > part of your page’s content. It basically allows you to create a teaser. > The link tells the story a little better. > > [http://github.com/imakethings/radiant-summarize-extension](http://github.com/imakethings/radiant-summarize-extension) > > Check it out. ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/14 "2008-12-20T16:19:01Z")
Sorry guys… the repo can be found here: > **[GitHub - atinypixel/radiant-summarize-extension: Allows you to summarize...](https://github.com/atinypixel/radiant-summarize-extension/)** > > Allows you to summarize existing page part content - GitHub - atinypixel/radiant-summarize-extension: Allows you to summarize existing page part content ---
**Author:** ![imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ce7236/32.png) [@imakethings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imakethings)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-summarize-extension/154070/15 "2009-01-13T17:45:15Z")
Going trough the Spree documentation found the following towards the bottom of the page: [http://spreehq.org/features](http://spreehq.org/features) Planned Features: “We are currently planning on having CMS integrate with existing Rails CMS platforms such as Radiant, Mephisto and Typo.” Victor