DrCurl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
2007-Jun-28 16:20 UTC
new to rails... suitable for what I wanna do?
Hi, I have created and now maintain the website ratsdeville.com (http:// ratsdeville.com/index_e.html for english) for my brother. He creates more and more content for it each week and I''m seriously feeling the pain now archiving everything manually and making sure that links works once items are archived (which I lost control of). Like you can see, it is basically a news site about art expos and people in Montreal. Several sections gets updated on a regular basis (this week, culture, art) and the rest is mostly static. I need each of this section to show only the most recent items but I also need a way to find the older items. Would rails make a nice solution for me? I know some Perl that I learned by doing bioinformatics. I wanna learn an object oriented language and Ruby seems very nice. I can handle Postgresql, I know Linux very well. If rails is a solution, I would probably have my own server running ubunu/mongrel/rails. Thanks, carl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
It can''t hurt to give it a try. The book "Agile Web Development with Rails" is a great introduction and will show you how to build a basic online store. You could take what you learn from that and expand upon it to do what you''re doing. See http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/ for more on that. If you''re not that keen on learning how to program, you could investigate one of the many content management systems out there. Radiant is a very nice Rails one... see http://radiantcms.org/ for more details. There are others out there too. Some people even use Wordpress, a PHP blogging solution, as a CMS. Hope that helps! On 6/28/07, DrCurl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org <DrCurl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > Hi, > I have created and now maintain the website ratsdeville.com (http:// > ratsdeville.com/index_e.html for english) for my brother. He creates > more and more content for it each week and I''m seriously feeling the > pain now archiving everything manually and making sure that links > works once items are archived (which I lost control of). > > Like you can see, it is basically a news site about art expos and > people in Montreal. Several sections gets updated on a regular basis > (this week, culture, art) and the rest is mostly static. I need each > of this section to show only the most recent items but I also need a > way to find the older items. > > Would rails make a nice solution for me? I know some Perl that I > learned by doing bioinformatics. I wanna learn an object oriented > language and Ruby seems very nice. I can handle Postgresql, I know > Linux very well. If rails is a solution, I would probably have my own > server running ubunu/mongrel/rails. > > Thanks, > carl > > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
why not blog it? or custimize the blog. if thats all your planning to do, learning ror may be an overkill? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Blog would not be enough, I need lots of space (many many images) and total control on layout. Trying to know if RoR is overkill is my point here... On 6/28/07, mixplate <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > why not blog it? or custimize the blog. if thats all your planning to > do, learning ror may be an overkill? > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Thanks a lot, radiantcms looks very nice! On 6/28/07, Brian Hogan <bphogan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > It can''t hurt to give it a try. The book "Agile Web Development with > Rails" is a great introduction and will show you how to build a basic online > store. You could take what you learn from that and expand upon it to do what > you''re doing. See http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/ for > more on that. > > > If you''re not that keen on learning how to program, you could investigate > one of the many content management systems out there. Radiant is a very > nice Rails one... see http://radiantcms.org/ for more details. > > There are others out there too. Some people even use Wordpress, a PHP > blogging solution, as a CMS. > > > Hope that helps! > > > > On 6/28/07, DrCurl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org <DrCurl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > I have created and now maintain the website ratsdeville.com (http:// > > ratsdeville.com/index_e.html for english) for my brother. He creates > > more and more content for it each week and I''m seriously feeling the > > pain now archiving everything manually and making sure that links > > works once items are archived (which I lost control of). > > > > Like you can see, it is basically a news site about art expos and > > people in Montreal. Several sections gets updated on a regular basis > > (this week, culture, art) and the rest is mostly static. I need each > > of this section to show only the most recent items but I also need a > > way to find the older items. > > > > Would rails make a nice solution for me? I know some Perl that I > > learned by doing bioinformatics. I wanna learn an object oriented > > language and Ruby seems very nice. I can handle Postgresql, I know > > Linux very well. If rails is a solution, I would probably have my own > > server running ubunu/mongrel/rails. > > > > Thanks, > > carl > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
DrCurl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
2007-Jun-28 17:12 UTC
Re: new to rails... suitable for what I wanna do?
Thanks a lot, radiantcms looks very nice! On Jun 28, 12:51 pm, "Brian Hogan" <bpho...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> It can''t hurt to give it a try. The book "Agile Web Development with Rails" > is a great introduction and will show you how to build a basic online store. > You could take what you learn from that and expand upon it to do what you''re > doing. Seehttp://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/for more on > that. > > If you''re not that keen on learning how to program, you could investigate > one of the many content management systems out there. Radiant is a very > nice Rails one... seehttp://radiantcms.org/for more details. > > There are others out there too. Some people even use Wordpress, a PHP > blogging solution, as a CMS. > > Hope that helps! > > On 6/28/07, DrC...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org <DrC...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > I have created and now maintain the website ratsdeville.com (http:// > > ratsdeville.com/index_e.html for english) for my brother. He creates > > more and more content for it each week and I''m seriously feeling the > > pain now archiving everything manually and making sure that links > > works once items are archived (which I lost control of). > > > Like you can see, it is basically a news site about art expos and > > people in Montreal. Several sections gets updated on a regular basis > > (this week, culture, art) and the rest is mostly static. I need each > > of this section to show only the most recent items but I also need a > > way to find the older items. > > > Would rails make a nice solution for me? I know some Perl that I > > learned by doing bioinformatics. I wanna learn an object oriented > > language and Ruby seems very nice. I can handle Postgresql, I know > > Linux very well. If rails is a solution, I would probably have my own > > server running ubunu/mongrel/rails. > > > Thanks, > > carl--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Or even Mephisto (http://mephistoblog.com/) might be an option, far more than just a blogging tool... On Jun 28, 1:12 pm, "DrC...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" <DrC...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Thanks a lot, radiantcms looks very nice! > > On Jun 28, 12:51 pm, "Brian Hogan" <bpho...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > It can''t hurt to give it a try. The book "Agile Web Development with Rails" > > is a great introduction and will show you how to build a basic online store. > > You could take what you learn from that and expand upon it to do what you''re > > doing. Seehttp://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/formore on > > that. > > > If you''re not that keen on learning how to program, you could investigate > > one of the many content management systems out there. Radiant is a very > > nice Rails one... seehttp://radiantcms.org/formore details. > > > There are others out there too. Some people even use Wordpress, a PHP > > blogging solution, as a CMS. > > > Hope that helps! > > > On 6/28/07, DrC...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org <DrC...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > I have created and now maintain the website ratsdeville.com (http:// > > > ratsdeville.com/index_e.html for english) for my brother. He creates > > > more and more content for it each week and I''m seriously feeling the > > > pain now archiving everything manually and making sure that links > > > works once items are archived (which I lost control of). > > > > Like you can see, it is basically a news site about art expos and > > > people in Montreal. Several sections gets updated on a regular basis > > > (this week, culture, art) and the rest is mostly static. I need each > > > of this section to show only the most recent items but I also need a > > > way to find the older items. > > > > Would rails make a nice solution for me? I know some Perl that I > > > learned by doing bioinformatics. I wanna learn an object oriented > > > language and Ruby seems very nice. I can handle Postgresql, I know > > > Linux very well. If rails is a solution, I would probably have my own > > > server running ubunu/mongrel/rails. > > > > Thanks, > > > carl--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
you can total control with mephisto blog tool. it comes with layouts you can customize to your own liking. learning a new language + framework for 1 small project sounds like an overkill. unless you got the time. Carl Bolduc wrote:> Blog would not be enough, I need lots of space (many many images) and > total > control on layout. Trying to know if RoR is overkill is my point here...-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---