Ben, regarding a Rails CMS check out http://www.locomotivecms.com/ I have not used it in anger yet, but the visual design is great.
Regards, John Lynch [email protected] (760) 515-2653 Skype: johnthethird On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Benjamin Wanicur <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > My name is Ben and I have been working with Ruby and Rails for about 5 > years now. I also foster-rescue for http://secondchancedogrescue.org. If > you visit this website, you will find that it is outdated, and has a few bad > problems. For instance, there is no dedicated URL for a dog (the dog images > / profiles are served up in a modal). This rescue organization is really > great, so it is a shame that the website is lacking. > > I am looking for a volunteer or two who would be willing to help create a > new Rails version of their website. If you are new to Rails or new to Rails > 3.1, that is OK (especially if you have design/front-end skills), and it > might be a good way to learn about Rails. This will be my 3rd Rails 3.1 > application, so I can show you some of the ropes. And I'm sure I will learn > something as well. > > > ** I need advice about a CMS library/gem for Rails. I have used Refinery > before, but I felt it was a bit bloated for what I needed. Can someone > recommend a good light-weight CMS gem ? Even if you do not want to > volunteer, please feel free to reply. > > > I'm thinking, we use this stack: > > Rails 3.1 > Heroku Hosted - Cedar Stack > <TBD - Some CMS gem> > Devise > ActiveAdmin > CarrierWave > Haml and Sass > Memcached > PostgresSQL > Amazon s3 for file storage > other cool goodies > > We will basically be making it easy to add and display doggies! They > currently use an api driven database maintained by rescuegroups.org - > this connects with other sites that display dog info also. A secondary goal > would be to create a backend for foster / volunteer people to communicate > and volunteer for various events. > > This is strictly volunteer work for a great cause! I think we could make a > big impact here -- there is LOTS of room for improvement to their existing > site. I was hoping to just work a few hours per week on this project. I > think with at least one other dev and one designer, we can make this happen. > If you know someone who is not on this Ruby list who might be interested, > please forward the message along. > > Cheers > > Ben > > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
