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A generic Rails app that includes a CMS, Wikis, and Forums

= ARCHIVED

This project is no longer maintained and needs a bunch of rails upgrades to be secure.


= CMS/Wiki/Forum

This is a pretty standard Rails app that you might use as a starting point for a custom CMS.

== Features

  • Content Management System - Pages organized by Categories, in-page functions which can auto-generate lists and links; uses CKeditor for Rich Text Editing
  • Wikis - Multiple Wikis can be created, each with it's own Pages and Tags; uses CKeditor for Rich Text Editing (minimal interface)
  • Forums - Multiple Forums can be created, each with it's own Topics and Posts; uses CKeditor for Rich Text Editing (minimal interface)
  • Events Calendar - allows start and end date/time, file attachments, links
  • Blog - create blog articles, allow comments
  • User Group System - Multiple user groups can be created and read/write permissions to Wikis and Forums can be set by Group
  • Basic Theme Support
  • Admin interface allows you to change layout, change base colors, and edit CSS directly

== Requirements

  • Rails 3.0.1
  • RedCloth
  • authlogic
  • authlogic-oid
  • ruby-openid
  • will_paginate

and for testing:

  • rspec
  • rspec-rails
  • factory_girl

== Install

Set up like any other Rails app.

  • copy config/database-example.yml to config/database.yml and edit as necessary
  • run: rake db:create
  • run: rake db:schema:load
  • start with rails server (or mongrel or thin or passenger or whatever)
  • first user to get created is made an administrator