# Can radiant b used to achive this **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-radiant-b-used-to-achive-this/98144 "2006-07-12T19:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rush_rouge)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-radiant-b-used-to-achive-this/98144/1 "2006-07-12T19:15:07Z")
Well i want to make a photography community site on the lines of [www.gfxartist.com](http://www.gfxartist.com) , www.terminus1525.ca, [www.phirebrush.com](http://www.phirebrush.com) Where the community votes for every subbmission from a artist and can comment (like a forum)… Now gfxartist has used probably SMARTY,php,and their own CMS. terminus used Drupal,Gallery 2.Some one tells me that this combo is heavy on resources and slows down sites. Now that i have discovered Ruby on rails.I have decided to use it. I was also pointed to Radiant CMS by ppl on the rails mailing list. 1.Can radiant b used to achive a website like gfxartist and others… Or do u guys have other suggestion. 2.Can G2 be intergrated with Radiant (RoR).Is there any other photo managment for RoR as good as G2.[G2 is gallery 2 is a photo managment system] pls post ur suggestion. rushi ---
**Author:** ![rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rush_rouge)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-radiant-b-used-to-achive-this/98144/2 "2006-07-13T01:13:55Z")
rush rouge wrote: > Well i want to make a photography community site on the lines of > [www.gfxartist.com](http://www.gfxartist.com) , www.terminus1525.ca, [www.phirebrush.com](http://www.phirebrush.com) Radiant is not really designed to power community driven websites like these. To be honest you are probably better off writing a completely custom solution in Rails, or cobbling something together in PHP based on existing systems which are great (like G2). Radiant is designed more for personal Web sites or small business brochure-like sites. It manages content really well, but it’s not designed for public sites with integrated photo galleries and forums. It’s possible that you could integrate something like Radiant with Rforum ([http://rforum.andreas-s.net/trac/](http://rforum.andreas-s.net/trac/)) and Gullery ([http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gullery](http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gullery)) or Tableau ([Koalan & Surikaten](http://creativi.st/gallery)), but honestly it will probably be a lot of work as these are designed more for personal use than anything else. – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rush_rouge)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-radiant-b-used-to-achive-this/98144/3 "2006-07-13T05:52:25Z")
thnx john… I will prob stay with rails, and design my own custom solutions (CMS)… Can someone point me to any artical which can give me a kickstart for making such CMS… ALso is it a possible that i can use some of the radiant code which would save me a lot of work… thnx again rushi ---
**Author:** ![rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rush_rouge)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-radiant-b-used-to-achive-this/98144/4 "2006-07-13T23:49:39Z")
Open source rocks: > [http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/browser/trunk/radiant/LICENSE](http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/browser/trunk/radiant/LICENSE) > > So, yes you can. You just have to include that notice. Otherwise, > free and clear. yes ofcourse… I meant is there a part of code that u can point to that i can use. As it should b common OR b a part of what i m doing. Thnx anyways… kind regards rushi ---
**Author:** ![rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rush\_rouge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rush_rouge)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-radiant-b-used-to-achive-this/98144/5 "2006-07-13T16:03:09Z")
On Jul 12, 2006, at 10:51 PM, rush rouge wrote: > ALso is it a possible that i can use some of the radiant code which > would save me a lot of work… Open source rocks: [http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/browser/trunk/radiant/LICENSE](http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/browser/trunk/radiant/LICENSE) So, yes you can. You just have to include that notice. Otherwise, free and clear. – Ryan P. Senior Developer, SubscriberMail, LLC 3333 Warrenville Rd. Suite 530 Lisle, IL 60532 (630) 303-5072 Not Just Email…SubscriberMail > **[subscribermail.com domain name is for sale. Inquire now.](https://www.subscribermail.com/)** > > subscribermail.com is available for purchase. Get in touch to discuss the possibilities! This message (including attachments) contains proprietary information which may not be disclosed or used beyond the purposes of this message without the written consent of SubscriberMail, LLC. If you receive this message in error, notify the sender and destroy this message and all attachments immediately. Thank you. SubscriberMail is covered under US PATENT 6,769,002