# Sorting through the piles of Radiant extensions: solution needed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [August 29, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-through-the-piles-of-radiant-extensions-solution-needed/147257 "2008-08-29T21:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/christoforever)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-through-the-piles-of-radiant-extensions-solution-needed/147257/1 "2008-08-29T21:41:30Z")
_There is a Need: Sorting the piles of extensions_ We need a better way to sort through the piles of extensions that are cropping up. The wiki isn’t cutting it and announcements on the mailing list don’t quite cut it… \*Background: Paperclipped - the relatively unknown and seriously awesome extension \* I read a mail in the mailing list mentioning Paperclipped. I remember seeing something about it a while back but it never stuck in my brain. So I decided to go check it out. What I found is a page\_attachments replacement that is waaay waay better. However, it wasn’t in the list of extensions on the wiki, which I check regularly to see what’s new. This is monumental info that’s not out there!! Tufts of hair almost flew from my head! \*A Dream Was Born: [radiantextensions.com](http://radiantextensions.com) \* So, I decided right there that I was going to register the domain [radiantextensions.com](http://radiantextensions.com) and write a little app for listing extensions by useful information like when it was created, when it was last updated, what versions of Radiant it works in and even maybe include a user rating system. Paperclipped would get 5 stars for me. Heck, even listing extensions by category and having search features would be awesome. _A Dream Died (almost)_ Well, [radiantextensions.com](http://radiantextensions.com) is taken… so my dream almost ended. I say ‘almost’ because I can always toss out the idea to the mailing list and, despite the odds that no one will read this, perhaps something else will come of it. -Chris ---
**Author:** ![christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/christoforever)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-through-the-piles-of-radiant-extensions-solution-needed/147257/2 "2008-08-29T21:46:11Z")
Hi Chris, I believe there’s already something in the works for this exact sort of thing. I’m not sure of its status but I bet we’ll hear shortly. 🙂 I think it’s almost always better to ping the list first as it would have sucked if you did register the domain, spent hours whipping it up only to find another solution that was near to completion but hadn’t been officially launched. Cheers, Marty ---
**Author:** ![christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/christoforever)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-through-the-piles-of-radiant-extensions-solution-needed/147257/3 "2008-08-29T22:13:46Z")
On 29-Aug-08, at 12:45 PM, Marty H. wrote: > Marty > I totally agree, but then the story would be lacking in dramatic > flair… 😉 Really, hair _almost_ flew! It was so close, I think the thought maybe even crossed my mind, maybe. -C ---
**Author:** ![christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/christoforever)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-through-the-piles-of-radiant-extensions-solution-needed/147257/4 "2008-08-29T22:14:56Z")
Actually, it’s things like this that should be added to [ext.radiantcms.org](http://ext.radiantcms.org) – the project is available at [GitHub - radiant/radiant-extension-registry: A web service to support the distribution and installation of extensions for Radiant CMS.](http://github.com/radiant/radiant-extension-registry). Things like ratings, categories, comments, etc, would really round out the site. My only requirement is that it remains compatible with the command-line scripts, which should be easy as long as the XML format isn’t modified. Sean ---
**Author:** ![christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@christoforever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/christoforever)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-through-the-piles-of-radiant-extensions-solution-needed/147257/5 "2008-08-29T22:21:23Z")
Christopher D. wrote: > _There is a Need: Sorting the piles of extensions_ > > We need a better way to sort through the piles of extensions that are > cropping up. The wiki isn’t cutting it and announcements on the > mailing list don’t quite cut it… > _snip_ > _A Dream Died (almost)_ > > Well, [radiantextensions.com](http://radiantextensions.com) is taken… so my dream almost ended. I say > ‘almost’ because I can always toss out the idea to the mailing list > and, despite the odds that no one will read this, perhaps something > else will come of it. > > -Chris How about an email address to which an extension writer can send an email when they announce an extension? The email can be checked by a process once a day or something and populate a Radiant CMS site that lists all the extensions and their announcement notices… it doesn’t have to be completely automated, but as long as it meets some guidelines, it can post to the site - or create the final page but a human needs to log in and mark the page as Published. (We’ll have to think of something to defeat spam bots posting Viagra as a Radiant Extension - I can see how that might work!) Cheers, Mohit. 8/30/2008 | 4:20 AM.