Richard, Yes, an online survey would be best implemented in an extension. I don't know of any currently available. I'm interested to see what you come up with!
Sean Richard Hurt wrote: > Sean, > > Excellent information! I didn't find that user list before I posted the > question but I see now that there are quite a few commercial sites on > Radiant. And I get a built-in blogging engine as well. > > Now for my other question, is there any code for conducting on-line surveys > available for Radiant? Would this be an extension or an add-on of some > type? I'm still getting familiar with the Radiant terms and don't quite > know where everything goes. > > Thanx! > Richard > > On 9/14/07, Sean Cribbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Richard, >> >> Radiant does sound like a good fit. Simply because a lot of people use >> it for blog software doesn't mean it has to be that. Take a look at the >> various sites linked from the wiki page called RadiantUsers. There's a >> lot of sites that use the built-in templates (or modified versions) but >> there are also sites built from scratch. Radiant does especially well >> with "brochure-ware" sites because of the flexibility given to the >> content designer and its orientation toward mostly-static content. For >> reference, here are a few sites built by core-team members: >> >> Me: http://kckcc.edu (ignore the design, they screwed it up after I left) >> Daniel: http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/ >> Loren: http://diopa.org >> >> Cheers, >> >> Sean >> >> Richard Hurt wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> After lurking on the list for a while and checking out the Radiant home >>> >> page >> >>> I have a question. I am looking for a lightweight CMS framework for my >>> business (KangarooBox.com) to serve up mostly static pages. I was >>> >> initially >> >>> going to just use RoR but there are quite a few holes that I might need >>> filled in the future (authentication, shopping carts, etc.) so I went in >>> search of a framework. Radiant looks to be what I need but from what I >>> >> can >> >>> see it really wants to be a blogging engine. While I will need a blog >>> (doesn't everyone :) I don't want to try and force Radiant to do >>> >> something >> >>> it's not designed for. So my question is this, is Radiant the thing to >>> >> use >> >>> on a small commercial website or should it just stick to blogs? >>> >>> The one major thing I'm looking for right now is some sort of survey >>> extension. I am an old programmer so I could write something but I'm >>> >> also >> >>> lazy and would rather use someone else's work. :) Is there anything >>> >> like >> >>> that for Radiant? If not, do you know how hard it would be to create it >>> >> or >> >>> what other RoR solutions I might try? >>> >>> Thanx! >>> Richard >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
