Problems with reorder extension / shards extension

Ruby Apps Radiant CMS
1

Hey there,

since I got problems installing the reorder extension I previously
posted my questions as a trouble ticket, which was wrong. Sorry. In
the end I had to reinstall radiant and my database tables again.

Before I try it again, I would love to hear some hints about how I
have to install the shards and reorder extension the right way. I
already spent two days and won’t do it wrong again.

This is what I have done:

Don’t get me wrong. I would do my best to track error messages down
again. But first I would like to know if there is anything I have to
keep in mind before running again into hell (version conflicts or
something).

Thank you,
rainer

2

Hopefully Shards will become part of the core very soon and this won’t
be a problem anymore. Sadly, even the wiki doesn’t talk about what to
do http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Using_the_Shards_Extension

(I’ll update it after sending this though)

You need to edit your config/environment.rb as follows:

Radiant::Initializer.run do |config|
…
config.extensions = [ :shards, :all ]
…
end

3

Thank you for your response,

yes, I remember. I figured out to fiddle it into this config file. I
added this line but reorder was not working. Under extensions reorder
and shards was listed as installed! But there was no button, no drag &
drop or something to reorder anything.

BTW I also tried to install the Edge-Version of radiant which in turn
placed itself into the extension directory. I am pretty new to rails.
But as far as I know, this would be okay. But where do I have to put
the config.extension-line then? In the main app directory or in the
extension dir?

Thanks again,
rainer

PS Is posting on top of discussions instead of posting at the bottom
more accepted then before or is it just your preference. Don’t really
care. Just want to know…

4

Well, if i recall correctly I did that. Not sure about update, but
migrate I did. I am quite sure. But it seems there are no Dont’s about
installing both of these extensions. And some rules of thumb aren’t
there either. So I have to give it a try again tomorrow and post about
problems in more depth to get further help.

Thanks for you response Jim,
rainer

5

I should have asked this first, but did you run:
rake radiant:extensions:reorder:migrate
rake radiant:extensions:reorder:update

(I think that’s what they are, but just to be sure run: rake -T)

I tend to post on top here since the messages can be so long and
nobody trims that much. Nobody’s barked at me about it, but I’ll
switch if it is annoying to the list.