# Radiant CMS Documentation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-cms-documentation/130453>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [February 28, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-cms-documentation/130453 "2008-02-28T12:09:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-cms-documentation/130453/1 "2008-02-28T12:09:42Z")

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Hi Everyone,

In the past couple of weeks, there has been some talk about Radiant CMS  
documentation. One of my earlier posts has been brought up a couple of  
times, and I have also sorta volunteered to help coordinate an effort  
for this.

Right now, I have about 3 - 4 people who have emailed either the list or  
me directly to express their interest. To maximize the time that people  
spend on this, I would like to see if it’s possible to come out with a  
list of things that have already been written and then see what else is  
needed urgently and what can be written in due course.

Also, I think it’s best if different people don’t write about the same  
thing.

Here’s what I would like to request from you. Like most Rails things,  
there’s a lot of documentation that exists as people’s blog posts.

If you have written anything on your blog that could be taken as being  
Radiant documentation (partial or full), please reply to this email or  
email me offlist at “tech at [onghu.com](http://onghu.com)” so that we have a list of  
everything that’s been written for it. Then, we can see what else is  
needed or where we need more detail.

[My Articles]

1. Top level Radiant section: [http://notepad.onghu.com/radiant](http://notepad.onghu.com/radiant)

2. Hello World with Radiant:  
[http://notepad.onghu.com/2007/5/26/hello-world-using-radiant-cms](http://notepad.onghu.com/2007/5/26/hello-world-using-radiant-cms)  
If you’re as slow at getting started as I can be at 2:45AM and still  
insist on trying out Radiant CMS at exactly that time, this small entry  
may help you getting around to making your first page with Radiant show  
up.

3. Showing the date of articles:  
[http://notepad.onghu.com/2007/9/10/radiant-cms-showing-the-date-of-articles](http://notepad.onghu.com/2007/9/10/radiant-cms-showing-the-date-of-articles)  
An article that explains how to display the date of articles on a site  
powered by Radiant CMS.

Thanks & Best Regards,  
Mohit.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-cms-documentation/130453/2 "2008-03-03T10:35:21Z")

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Mohit S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> In the past couple of weeks, there has been some talk about Radiant CMS  
> documentation. One of my earlier posts has been brought up a couple of  
> times, and I have also sorta volunteered to help coordinate an effort  
> for this.

I don’t have anything on my blog yet, but I’d like to help.

I’d start by updating the front page of the wiki to reflect what we  
_want_ and then have people start filling in from there.

–  
J Aaron F. [jadetower.com](http://jadetower.com) [US] +1 724-964-4515  
馮傑仁 [cubiclemuses.com](http://cubiclemuses.com) [HK] +852 8123-7905

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-cms-documentation/130453/3 "2008-03-03T16:33:36Z")

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J Aaron F. wrote:

> I don’t have anything on my blog yet, but I’d like to help.
> 
> I’d start by updating the front page of the wiki to reflect what we  
> _want_ and then have people start filling in from there.

Hi Aaron

Thanks! I’ll add you to the list for now. I’m planning something and  
hope to come back with some ideas.

Cheers,  
Mohit.  
3/3/2008 | 11:29 PM.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-cms-documentation/130453/4 "2008-03-03T16:37:20Z")

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That’s a good idea Aaron. Maybe we could have an “Upcoming Articles”  
section so that even if people haven’t written it up yet, they could let  
people know that it’s being worked on. Carried further, maybe a  
“Requested Articles” section would be in order.

And, on that note, a “Documentation Updates” blog where anyone could  
post might be cool. That way when someone edits the wiki, we could all  
know about it.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-cms-documentation/130453/5 "2008-03-04T07:53:16Z")

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I’m working on a how-to install and skin your first radiant site blog  
post. When I get closer to done, I will let ya’ll know.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-cms-documentation/130453/6 "2008-03-05T16:52:04Z")

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Great, keep up the good work, Greg!

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-cms-documentation/130453/7 "2008-03-04T04:00:54Z")

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Ben M. wrote:

> That’s a good idea Aaron. Maybe we could have an “Upcoming Articles”  
> section so that even if people haven’t written it up yet, they could let  
> people know that it’s being worked on. Carried further, maybe a  
> “Requested Articles” section would be in order.
> 
> And, on that note, a “Documentation Updates” blog where anyone could  
> post might be cool. That way when someone edits the wiki, we could all  
> know about it.

Hi All,

To be quite honest trying to get Radiant CMS installed and trying to  
figure out how it works and find the documentation has been, shall we  
say less than smooth.

The more I learn and follow on the mailing list, the more I understand  
how elegant and extendible Radiant really is.

So i am offering my help in writing documentation. I’ve looked for the  
last 2 hours through [http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Documentation](http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Documentation) and made  
sort of a table of content which is attached to my post here, in  
openoffice calc of what I think a handbook should look like. If it does  
not come through with my post, I have uploaded a copy of the open office  
doc on my website:

[http://www.jasperkooij.com/files/jasperkooij\_com/radiantcms/radianthandbook.ods](http://www.jasperkooij.com/files/jasperkooij_com/radiantcms/radianthandbook.ods)

Let me know if this makes any sense!

Jasper