[Radiant] Some questions from a ROR newby ..

[Maurizio Balestrieri]

On 9/2/06, Riccardo Giannitrapani <riccardo.giannitrapani at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. is there any way to do a site backup? maybe on the mysql side (I'm
> using mysql since BlueHost is
>      giving it)? From what I've understood reading this mailing list a sort
> of versioning system is on
>      the way for Radiant, but I would like what you guru are doing at the
> moment to be sure your site
>      is not delete by a mistake forever (sorry for the probably stupid
> question .. I'm not an expert of
>      DB and MySql .. maybe is trivial to make a MySql db backup
> periodically) ..

All content managed by Radiant is stored in the database, so by
backing up your MySql you should be OK. I addition though, you have to
save all resources you may have copied in the /public/ directory and
subdirectories (images, stylesheets, scripts, etc.). Then you have to
remember that if you added certain behaviors to the system, better you
have a copy of them too to reinstall in the new restored location. The
same goes for the plugin you may have installed: don't forget to
reinstall them so keep a copy of them just in case.

> 2. is there anyway to change the pages tree structure? I mean, suppose
> I've just done a page A
>      and a child page B .. can I later move the page B in another position
> of the tree? Or do I need
>      it by hands by copying the page content and parts in a new one in the
> right position?

As far as I know, no. But there are several posts on the list about
"reparenting" posts and probably some patch has been developed: give
them a look.

>
> 3. I've seen that there is a behavior for supporting multilingual site ..
> is this working on a full
>      hierarchy base (i.e. I need to do two pages trees, one for italian and
> one for english) or
>      it can be used also at a page level (i.e. I can do on the same page the
> two translations, maybe
>      using different component of the page)? Anyone has some experience to
> share about the use of
>      Radiant on a multilingual site?

In my experience, so far the best way to go for a multilingual site is
to have two or more separate trees of posts (/en/, /it/, etc.). On the
wiki (http://radiantcms.org) there are some hints with regard to this
subject.

--M