# Some questions from a ROR newby **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [September 2, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-questions-from-a-ror-newby/67362 "2006-09-02T20:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![riccardo\_g](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@riccardo\_g](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/riccardo_g)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-questions-from-a-ror-newby/67362/1 "2006-09-02T20:08:54Z")
Dear all first of all let me apologize if the questions contained in this email are in anyway FAQ or stupid ones … I’m programming in Ruby from a long time (at least 5 years), but I’m completely new to ROR applications and to CMS in general … I’m writing because I’m going to work on the web site of my software startup (www.datamind.biz) and after evaluating lots of different possibilities, I’ve decided to do it with a CMS … I’ve tried some popular CMS around on my BlueHost domain, but after a while I’ve realized that none was really suited for my needs; the web site I need to do is a simple corporate site, with no more than 10-12 pages ( the usual About Us, Contact Us, Our Services, Our Products and so on) that are almost static and some contents (like news, job positions, porfolio and use cases) that need to change or be added from while to while … but I don’t need a community site or a portal, with users, comments, blogs and so on … So, after a while I’ve started to think to move towards Ruby; it is a language that I know very well, and althought I don’t work on web applications, the rumors on ROR has arrived to me too … after a short google research I’ve finally arrived to Radiant CMS and I think I’ve just found exactly what I need … I’ve managed to install it (well, sort of) on my site domain for some experimenting, and after few hours I’ve been able to get the feeling for it … but I have some questions (here it is why I’m writing here) 1. is there any way to do a site backup? maybe on the mysql side (I’m using mysql since BlueHost is giving it)? From what I’ve understood reading this mailing list a sort of versioning system is on the way for Radiant, but I would like what you guru are doing at the moment to be sure your site is not delete by a mistake forever (sorry for the probably stupid question … I’m not an expert of DB and MySql … maybe is trivial to make a MySql db backup periodically) … 2. is there anyway to change the pages tree structure? I mean, suppose I’ve just done a page A and a child page B … can I later move the page B in another position of the tree? Or do I need it by hands by copying the page content and parts in a new one in the right position? 3. I’ve seen that there is a behavior for supporting multilingual site … is this working on a full hierarchy base (i.e. I need to do two pages trees, one for italian and one for english) or it can be used also at a page level (i.e. I can do on the same page the two translations, maybe using different component of the page)? Anyone has some experience to share about the use of Radiant on a multilingual site? Ok … at the moment these are my main questions on the possible use of Radiant for my site … let me again apologize if these are trivial and let me say thanks to Radiant creators and contributors, I’m just at the start of this new travel in the CMS and ROR world and I’ve already had lots of fun … thanks! 🙂 Riccardo ---
**Author:** ![riccardo\_g](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@riccardo\_g](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/riccardo_g)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-questions-from-a-ror-newby/67362/2 "2006-09-03T01:29:26Z")
On 9/2/06, Riccardo G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > 1. is there any way to do a site backup? maybe on the mysql side (I’m > using mysql since BlueHost is > giving it)? From what I’ve understood reading this mailing list a sort > of versioning system is on > the way for Radiant, but I would like what you guru are doing at the > moment to be sure your site > is not delete by a mistake forever (sorry for the probably stupid > question … I’m not an expert of > DB and MySql … maybe is trivial to make a MySql db backup > periodically) … All content managed by Radiant is stored in the database, so by backing up your MySql you should be OK. I addition though, you have to save all resources you may have copied in the /public/ directory and subdirectories (images, stylesheets, scripts, etc.). Then you have to remember that if you added certain behaviors to the system, better you have a copy of them too to reinstall in the new restored location. The same goes for the plugin you may have installed: don’t forget to reinstall them so keep a copy of them just in case. > 1. is there anyway to change the pages tree structure? I mean, suppose > I’ve just done a page A > and a child page B … can I later move the page B in another position > of the tree? Or do I need > it by hands by copying the page content and parts in a new one in the > right position? As far as I know, no. But there are several posts on the list about “reparenting” posts and probably some patch has been developed: give them a look. > 1. I’ve seen that there is a behavior for supporting multilingual site … > is this working on a full > hierarchy base (i.e. I need to do two pages trees, one for italian and > one for english) or > it can be used also at a page level (i.e. I can do on the same page the > two translations, maybe > using different component of the page)? Anyone has some experience to > share about the use of > Radiant on a multilingual site? In my experience, so far the best way to go for a multilingual site is to have two or more separate trees of posts (/en/, /it/, etc.). On the wiki ([http://radiantcms.org](http://radiantcms.org)) there are some hints with regard to this subject. –M