Martin, I'm the biggest fan of Radiant, but mephisto does exactly what you want and is probably a better match for you.
Just my $.02USD BJ Clark On 1/27/07, Martin Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Todd, > > Thanks for the suggestion. That cold actually be a rather good > solution. I'd have: > > smpl.se/things > smpl.se/thoughts > smpl.se/rss <- combined > smpl.se/rss/things > smpl.se/rss/thoughts > > Pretty, no? > > Sometimes the simplest solution is the nicest one. Thanks! > > /Martin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > On 27 jan 2007, at 12.57, Todd McGrath wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > If I understand correctly, I have a similar need in creating XML > > pages based on > > content for "regular" HTML pages. Here's one idead - how about > > creating > > something like: > > > > smpl.se/ > > smpl.se/things > > - archive > > - [posts] > > smpl.se/thoughts > > - archive > > - [posts] > > smpl.se/rss > > - thoughts_rss > > - things_rss > > - rss > > > > In this way, when you can recurse using r:find you'll know if you > > are in the RSS > > or HTML section of the tree. In your rss files, you can pull in > > settings from > > pages (title, url, page parts, etc.). When you update the HTML > > pages, the RSS > > feeds will be automatically updated. > > > > More info on recursion- if I'm reading the source for the find tag > > correctly, > > the url attribute is used in a find_by method. So, in this > > attribute, a > > regular expression that includes some things and not others will > > not be > > available for use. > > > > I'm fairly new too, so maybe/hopefully other people have ideas. > > > > Todd > > > > > > Quoting Martin Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm new to this list, I'm new to Radiant, and I'm new to Ruby on > >> Rails. I am programmer and interface designer and I'm not new to > >> working with a cms - I've even created one of my own that had a very > >> similar philosophy to Radiant, but build in java and templated using > >> XSLT. > >> > >> Now I've decided to create my own personal page using Radiant, and I > >> love how easy it was to set it all up. I have a few peices left > >> before I'm done and I'm wondering if anyone would like to help me > >> out: > >> > >> 1. Should I use Mental? Thanks to Sean Cribbs for the blog post - it > >> cleared up most questions, but not all of them. > >> Will I be able to migrate my data as Mental evolves? > >> What extensions are already released? I want comments and > >> tagging/ > >> keywords. > >> > >> 2. I've been tinkering with a hierarchical blog-like structure, like > >> this: > >> > >> smpl.se/ > >> - rss > >> smpl.se/things > >> - archive > >> - rss > >> - [posts] > >> smpl.se/thoughts > >> - archive > >> - rss > >> - [posts] > >> > >> I want separate rss-feeds for "things" and "thoughts" - which works > >> perfectly. > >> > >> I also want a combined rss-feed at smpl.se/rss that recurses down and > >> aggregates all the updates. > >> > >> My first approach was to just use the sample code provided in the > >> styled blog and point it to "/" instead of "articles". This doesn't > >> work - I suspect it goes into some kind of loop beacause my server > >> goes all huffy and puffy and has to be restarted. > >> > >> Right now I have glued it together by just hardcoding first "things" > >> then "thoughts", but I would like the combined feed to be > >> chronological instead. I would also like to be able to add new > >> 'categories' without having to update the feed page. > >> > >> Is there some really smart and pretty way to recurse downwards, > >> picking out new pages (but skipping stuff like rss and archives), > >> creating a chornological feed of the latest new pages on the whole > >> site? > >> > >> Radiant is looking really good. It seems _almost_ perfect for > >> smpl.se, and I'm willing to contribute to making it even better and > >> customize it to my needs. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Martin Olsson > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Radiant mailing list > >> Post: [email protected] > >> Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > >> Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Radiant mailing list > > Post: [email protected] > > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
