John, I really do get Radiant's intended use--that it's a CMS for designers and developers and nothing complex like Drupal and Zope. I'm a huge proponent for simple, non-bloated software.
I hate when the base install of anything has dozens more features than I ever intend on using. (For example, the Oracle version of TOAD has everything including an FTP client. I already have an trusted FTP client. I don't want my database manager trying to meet that need.) That's one reason I love the GNOME products found in Ubuntu. Everything is simple enough to do what it was meant to do and nothing more. I spent a lot of time researching CMS offerings for Rails since Rails/Ruby is what I have chosen to make the heart of how I develop websites, straying from ASP.NET. After looking into other possibilities, I ended up choosing Radiant for its simplicity, the awesomeness of Radius, the elegant interface, and its extensibility. Though I love simpleware, I think everyone likes being able to add on cool stuff that is useful to them. Firefox is an amazing browser because they start with a nice clean base and allow you to choose the add-ons you like and need. Yes, Radiant is a CMS for static sites and that's what I'm using it for. However, if any one thing met my every need that'd be fortuitous. In the end, Radiant meets 90% of my need. Yet, there remains that 10% unmet need that I simply cannot abandon. So do I chuck Radiant simply because it only gets me 90% of the way? I don't think so. I just start brainstorming for ways to squeeze out the 10%, if not from Radiant, then from Rails. Please know that I am not trying to frustrate you by having some ill-conceived notion that Radiant should be all things to all people. I'm simply looking to discover ways of effectively combining Radiant (my 90% solution) with Rails (for the other 10%). I'm not expecting, nor do I want anything like, Drupal. I can understand that it can be overwhelming as everyone asks for you to throw in their own version the "kitchen sink." I'm sorry if that's how I've made you feel. :) ~Mario -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
