# Drupal like cms **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 16, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drupal-like-cms/187099 "2010-04-16T22:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amalasingh)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drupal-like-cms/187099/1 "2010-04-16T22:34:17Z")
Hi Rails team, How difficult to develop a Drupal like CMS in Rails? How long it will take? – Nandri(Thanks in Tamil), Amala S. ---
**Author:** ![amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amalasingh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drupal-like-cms/187099/2 "2010-04-19T11:13:30Z")
Not an easy task / app in Rails. If started by a team of members, it will take min 1 years with all common functionality… thanks – RajaRamesh ---
**Author:** ![amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amalasingh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drupal-like-cms/187099/3 "2010-04-19T11:28:44Z")
If it takes one year to develop a CMS in rails then is that rubbish that have tutorials that claim develop a blog in 15 minutes? On 19 April 2010 07:07, Ramesh E [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ## – Nandri(Thanks in Tamil), Amala S. ---
**Author:** ![amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amalasingh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drupal-like-cms/187099/4 "2010-04-19T11:35:45Z")
On 19 April 2010 10:25, Amala S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > If it takes one year to develop a CMS in rails then is that rubbish that > have tutorials > that claim develop a blog in 15 minutes? It would take less than a year to develop a CMS for a client (I’ve done it a NUMBER of times), but to develop a CMS framework like Drupal would take quite a while. Think about how long Drupal has been around and how many man years of effort have gone in to it. You can develop a blog in 15-20 minutes, I’ve also put together some fairly complex CMS systems in a week or two of effort, but to build a complete framework that would compete with Drupal would take a large amount of effort. Cheers, Andy ---
**Author:** ![amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amalasingh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drupal-like-cms/187099/5 "2010-04-19T11:45:07Z")
Andy and Ramesh, ``` Thanks for your views. I wonder why this is not taking up. I know ``` drupal is stealth. But with handy rails in hand, if we start now, in a year we could make not only drupal, a double or triple that of a drupal. Because I believe that drupal with PHP, not that easy to make upgrades other than the core drupal team. On 19 April 2010 10:34, Andy J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > years of effort have gone in to it. > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G. > “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > . > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ## – Nandri(Thanks in Tamil), Amala S. ---
**Author:** ![amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amalasingh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drupal-like-cms/187099/6 "2010-04-19T19:15:54Z")
There’s some CMS on Rails already. Had no experience with them, usually you’re working on complex web services on Rails, rather than Business-card-like sites. But here is a list [http://gist.github.com/242751](http://gist.github.com/242751) I guess Radiant CMS is most well-known and with bigger community. ---
**Author:** ![amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@amalasingh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amalasingh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drupal-like-cms/187099/7 "2010-04-19T12:53:37Z")
> ``` > Thanks for your views. I wonder why this is not taking up. I know > > ``` > > drupal is stealth. > But with handy rails in hand, if we start now, in a year we could make not > only drupal, > a double or triple that of a drupal. Because I believe that drupal with > PHP, not that > easy to make upgrades other than the core drupal team. I’d say that the reasons are: 1. Ready-built CMS systems like this are normally for the less technically capable - with that in mind, hosting a PHP application is much easier on most hosts than a Rails site. 2. If you want to use a CMS system, the current systems are easily good enough and you probably don’t care what programming language it’s written in. 3. If you are technical and want a CMS system you can customise for your needs or your client’s needs, then Radiant is probably good enough to get you up and running. 4. If you are custom designing a site for a client, it’s quick enough to throw a CMS system together using a couple of generators/themes and gems - or build your own the first time and then keep using them for each new client. Just my 2p-worth Cheers, Andy