Rails - Aug 2007 - Integrating a CMS with an Existing Rails App. . .?

Hi All,

I''m looking for the best way to integrate a CMS with an existing rails
site.  Basically I want to leave all of the existing database driven
content untouched and *ONLY MANAGE STATIC PAGES* with a CMS.  Is it
possible to have this half-and-half type integration?  Any
recommendations?

Regards


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gberz3 wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I''m looking for the best way to integrate a CMS with an existing
rails
> site.  Basically I want to leave all of the existing database driven
> content untouched and *ONLY MANAGE STATIC PAGES* with a CMS.  Is it
> possible to have this half-and-half type integration?  Any
> recommendations?
>
> Regards
>   
You could run Radiant separately on a different subdomain of your site 
if that meets your requirement.  Note though that Radiant is also 
database-backed naturally.

Cheers,
Mohit.
8/30/2007 | 11:45 PM.



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Excellent suggestion, but really not an option.  I need it all to be
100% transparent to the end user (and to the CMS Admin as well) if at
all possible.

Thanks,
Michael

On Aug 30, 11:45 am, Mohit Sindhwani
<mo_m...-RxrYI66vbj0AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> gberz3 wrote:
> > Hi All,
>
> > I''m looking for the best way to integrate a CMS with an
existing rails
> > site.  Basically I want to leave all of the existing database driven
> > content untouched and *ONLY MANAGE STATIC PAGES* with a CMS.  Is it
> > possible to have this half-and-half type integration?  Any
> > recommendations?
>
> > Regards
>
> You could run Radiant separately on a different subdomain of your site
> if that meets your requirement.  Note though that Radiant is also
> database-backed naturally.
>
> Cheers,
> Mohit.
> 8/30/2007 | 11:45 PM.

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This is to apstract question in order to get some meaningfull answer.

Is it possible?
In this world that we build anything is possible.
Is it doable in your particular situation depends on how both sites
are organized and how should they interact.

In general case it''s doable.

Give a little thought how this two systems should interact in
consideration with existing DB driven application and the solution
will come your way. :-)


On Aug 30, 11:31 pm, gberz3
<gbe...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Excellent suggestion, but really not an option.  I need it all to be
> 100% transparent to the end user (and to the CMS Admin as well) if at
> all possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> On Aug 30, 11:45 am, Mohit Sindhwani
<mo_m...-RxrYI66vbj0AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > gberz3 wrote:
> > > Hi All,
>
> > > I''m looking for the best way to integrate a CMS with an
existing rails
> > > site.  Basically I want to leave all of the existing database
driven
> > > content untouched and *ONLY MANAGE STATIC PAGES* with a CMS.  Is
it
> > > possible to have this half-and-half type integration?  Any
> > > recommendations?
>
> > > Regards
>
> > You could run Radiant separately on a different subdomain of your site
> > if that meets your requirement.  Note though that Radiant is also
> > database-backed naturally.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Mohit.
> > 8/30/2007 | 11:45 PM.

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Hi Michael,

It can be (almost) 100% transparent since we''re using hypertext.  All 
users need is that the content comes to them when the click on the URLs 
they expect.  You could have a page that is the landing page for the 
static content which redirects to the CMS and in the CMS, you can refer 
to the dynamic pages by URL to bring the user back.  It should be 
possible, I imagine.

On the other hand, I''m told (and I was told cos I asked) that Radiant 
can run out of a directory but you would need to change the settings on 
your web server to forward requests to your Radiant site when a hit to 
that directory is requested and so on.
More: http://lists.radiantcms.org/pipermail/radiant/2007-August/006118.html

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Mohit.
8/31/2007 | 1:24 PM.



gberz3 wrote:
> Excellent suggestion, but really not an option.  I need it all to be
> 100% transparent to the end user (and to the CMS Admin as well) if at
> all possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> On Aug 30, 11:45 am, Mohit Sindhwani
<mo_m...-RxrYI66vbj0AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> gberz3 wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>>       
>>> I''m looking for the best way to integrate a CMS with an
existing rails
>>> site.  Basically I want to leave all of the existing database
driven
>>> content untouched and *ONLY MANAGE STATIC PAGES* with a CMS.  Is it
>>> possible to have this half-and-half type integration?  Any
>>> recommendations?
>>>       
>>> Regards
>>>       
>> You could run Radiant separately on a different subdomain of your site
>> if that meets your requirement.  Note though that Radiant is also
>> database-backed naturally.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mohit.
>> 8/30/2007 | 11:45 PM.
>>     
>
>
> >
>
>
>   


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go look at comatose for an embedded, minimal cms in your webapp.

http://comatose.rubyforge.org/

-Andrew

On 8/31/07, Mohit Sindhwani
<mo_mail-RxrYI66vbj0AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> It can be (almost) 100% transparent since we''re using hypertext. 
All
> users need is that the content comes to them when the click on the URLs
> they expect.  You could have a page that is the landing page for the
> static content which redirects to the CMS and in the CMS, you can refer
> to the dynamic pages by URL to bring the user back.  It should be
> possible, I imagine.
>
> On the other hand, I''m told (and I was told cos I asked) that
Radiant
> can run out of a directory but you would need to change the settings on
> your web server to forward requests to your Radiant site when a hit to
> that directory is requested and so on.
> More:
> http://lists.radiantcms.org/pipermail/radiant/2007-August/006118.html
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Mohit.
> 8/31/2007 | 1:24 PM.
>
>
>
> gberz3 wrote:
> > Excellent suggestion, but really not an option.  I need it all to be
> > 100% transparent to the end user (and to the CMS Admin as well) if at
> > all possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael
> >
> > On Aug 30, 11:45 am, Mohit Sindhwani
<mo_m...-RxrYI66vbj0AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> >> gberz3 wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> I''m looking for the best way to integrate a CMS with
an existing rails
> >>> site.  Basically I want to leave all of the existing database
driven
> >>> content untouched and *ONLY MANAGE STATIC PAGES* with a CMS. 
Is it
> >>> possible to have this half-and-half type integration?  Any
> >>> recommendations?
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >> You could run Radiant separately on a different subdomain of your
site
> >> if that meets your requirement.  Note though that Radiant is also
> >> database-backed naturally.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Mohit.
> >> 8/30/2007 | 11:45 PM.
> >>
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> >
>

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Hi,

On 30-Aug-07, at 10:02 AM, gberz3 wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I''m looking for the best way to integrate a CMS with an existing
rails
> site.  Basically I want to leave all of the existing database driven
> content untouched and *ONLY MANAGE STATIC PAGES* with a CMS.  Is it
> possible to have this half-and-half type integration?  Any
> recommendations?
Did you get anywhere with this? If not, I can make a couple of  
suggestions.

Cheers,
Bob
>
> Regards
>
>
> >
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On Sep 18, 2007, at 5:28 AM, Bob Hutchison wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I''m looking for the best way to integrate a CMS with an
existing
>> rails
>> site.  Basically I want to leave all of the existing database driven
>> content untouched and *ONLY MANAGE STATIC PAGES* with a CMS.  Is it
>> possible to have this half-and-half type integration?  Any
>> recommendations?
>
> Did you get anywhere with this? If not, I can make a couple of
> suggestions.
Perhaps Comatose (http://comatose.rubyforge.org/) is what you want.

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Founder, Catch the Best
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