On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Mohit Sindhwani <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ben Morrow wrote: > >> Mohit Sindhwani wrote: >> >> >>> Actually, this method should be written up in the Radiant 2009 >>> Documentation project as a good simple example of bringing in Rails >>> methods into Radiant installs - it would help those "entry level" Rails >>> programmers who wonder how to bridge the worlds of Rails and Radiant. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Mohit. >>> 1/12/2009 | 9:28 PM. >>> >>> >> >> I wholeheartedly agree. The method seems simple enough, but I'm not sure >> how to implement it myself. >> >> > > Hi Everyone (especially developers), > > I have a proposal that Radiant should include a default extension called > 'my_tags' or 'local' or something. > > [Rationale] > There are quite a few suggestions on this list for doing something like the > above 'truncate' tag. All it requires is to throw in some simple > tag-related code and access it from the Admin UI. This is especially so for > simple things that do not require complex logic in the background and do not > need much else other than a few simple calculations. Examples are: > * the above truncate method > * a tag that spits out textile for a URL that is linked to itself > * a tag that uses Javascript for encoding the mail address > * something that checks if a "New" icon should be displayed next to the > title of an article depending on its age > ...and so on. > > For good reason, a lot of these are simple things and are typically 'local' > things that get customized for the specific installation and needs. > > I was wondering if it would be a good idea for Radiant to include an empty > 'local' extension into which such code could be dumped. This would have the > effect of: > a) Having a common place where people can add their own tags (or tags taken > from this list) > b) Less tech-savvy developers being able to modify things without > necessarily having to "create an extension", a task that sounds very > demanding and daunting. > > What do you think? > +1 ~Nate _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
