Which CMS features do you need in Rails?

Question

I am going to write a ContentManagementSystem for RubyOnRails for administration of static pages.

Which features do you prefer to appear in this CMS? What do you think might be helpful for daily work?

Best regards

Answer 1

Hi,

something like an drag & drop Template builder.

Userstory :

• Create new Page
• Take some boxes from the sidebar and put it on an empty page
• click the box
• add content , pictures etc. to this box
• save & publish

.. yeah i want something like this :-) inspired by Wordpress Widget Management.

Answer 2

Look around for existing Rails CMSs likes Radiant, BrowserCms,

Also study Drupal, Wordpress and Joomla in php, they seem to be doing pretty great as CMS's and are awesome at that.

Answer 3

Just a good read on Rails & CMS

The Ruby on Rails CMS dillema

Answer 4

A Django-like in feature but Rails-ish in nature Admin interface. That is the talk of the town these days..

Answer 5

Did you try: http://shane-hippo.blogspot.com/2009/08/hor-experiment-2.html

This experiment shows how you can set up your own application within 15 minutes, with Hippo on Rails.