Great testimonial, Sean. I would like to go further on the two questions I asked, and as they are off topic, I will start news threads for them. Thanks.
Jonathan On 5/10/07, Sean Cribbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jonathan: That is partly the point of 'instance mode'. You can > install the gem system-wide, and only check out the minimum of files > when you need a new site. Extensions currently have to be installed > in every instance you create, however. > > Back On-Topic: > > I do Rails development full-time for a San Francisco-based startup > (even though I live in KC). I came to Radiant first for personal use, > then for a website redesign at my last job. It was at that job that I > got involved in the mental branch and developing extensions because we > needed slightly more than a static site. So for a while, I was paid > salary to work on Radiant, which was cool. In the process, I came up > with 4-6 patches that John accepted and then he asked me to join the > core team. Since being on the core team I have gotten requests for > Radiant-based projects coming in. > > That's not to say you need to be on the core team to get projects; > what I would suggest is this: > > Work hard on a personal or pro-bono project if you can't get a paid > one. Get intimate with the Radiant source. Develop extensions. Find > bugs, submit patches that fix them. Contribute to the mailing list, > IRC channel, and development wiki. Suggest Radiant to clients whose > needs match its strengths. Be passionate about what you do. > > Cheers, > > Sean > > On 5/10/07, Jonathan Métillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am a French freelance webmaster and I would love to setup Radiant for > all > > my clients but the main blocker is the English admin. How could I > translate > > the admin without touching the code base? Is this possible as an > extension? > > > > Also, I would like to have only one install of Radiant and its > extensions, > > but have multiple virtual hosts using it. But not as the Virtual Host > > extension does: I want each website to use a different database so each > > clients do not share the same admin! How should I do that? An extension > > selecting the appropriate database according to the domaine name? > > > > Thanks, > > Jonathan > > > > On 5/10/07, jf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I am self-employed using primarily Ruby on Rails for new work. I use > > > either Radiant or Drupal for most new websites that require a CMS. > > > These websites are a mix between in-house websites and client > > > websites. My clients are typically small businesses who do not care > > > what technology is used as long as it works and is cost-efficient. > > > So, if you're looking to go full-time, there's plenty of opportunities > > > to do so. In fact, I had to quit taking new clients within 6 months > > > of becoming self-employed. > > > > > > Best of luck! > > > > > > > > > On 5/10/07, Giovanni Intini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I use radiant as the standard platform for customers, mainly small > > > > businesses, who need their web presence revamped. For more specific > > > > needs I resort to developing new rails apps or to other platforms > > > > (drupal :( ) > > > > > > > > > > > > 2007/5/9, Jacob Burkhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > > > > > I've been quite busy at work lately working on an implementation > of > > > Ektron's > > > > > .Net > > > > > CMS. And wishing that I was using Radiant. And wishing that I > had > > > more > > > > > time to work on my Page Attributes extension, and wishing that I > had > > > more > > > > > time to put together and submit an irresistible patch to bring > facets > > > -like > > > > > functionality into trunk. (and versioning, and and write an > in-place > > > editing > > > > > extension, etc... etc..) > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I was wondering, how do the rest of you do it? Are most of > you > > > > > contractors implementing Radiant for some small client? Are you > using > > > > > Radiant for your own personal Blog? Are you implementing Radiant > for > > > free > > > > > for a friends site (like I am)? Basically, what's your collective > > > advice on > > > > > how I could get paid to work with Ruby on Rails and specifically > > > Radiant > > > > > full-time. > > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > Jacob > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
