[Radiant] How does Radiant help you make a living

[Jonathan Métillon]

Great testimonial, Sean.

I would like to go further on the two questions I asked, and as they are off
topic, I will start news threads for them. Thanks.

Jonathan

On 5/10/07, Sean Cribbs <seancribbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jonathan: That is partly the point of 'instance mode'.  You can
> install the gem system-wide, and only check out the minimum of files
> when you need a new site.  Extensions currently have to be installed
> in every instance you create, however.
>
> Back On-Topic:
>
> I do Rails development full-time for a San Francisco-based startup
> (even though I live in KC).  I came to Radiant first for personal use,
> then for a website redesign at my last job.  It was at that job that I
> got involved in the mental branch and developing extensions because we
> needed slightly more than a static site.  So for a while, I was paid
> salary to work on Radiant, which was cool.  In the process, I came up
> with 4-6 patches that John accepted and then he asked me to join the
> core team.  Since being on the core team I have gotten requests for
> Radiant-based projects coming in.
>
> That's not to say you need to be on the core team to get projects;
> what I would suggest is this:
>
> Work hard on a personal or pro-bono project if you can't get a paid
> one.  Get intimate with the Radiant source.  Develop extensions.  Find
> bugs, submit patches that fix them.  Contribute to the mailing list,
> IRC channel, and development wiki.  Suggest Radiant to clients whose
> needs match its strengths.  Be passionate about what you do.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean
>
> On 5/10/07, Jonathan Métillon <jmetillon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am a French freelance webmaster and I would love to setup Radiant for
> all
> > my clients but the main blocker is the English admin. How could I
> translate
> > the admin without touching the code base? Is this possible as an
> extension?
> >
> > Also, I would like to have only one install of Radiant and its
> extensions,
> > but have multiple virtual hosts using it. But not as the Virtual Host
> > extension does: I want each website to use a different database so each
> > clients do not share the same admin! How should I do that? An extension
> > selecting the appropriate database according to the domaine name?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jonathan
> >
> > On 5/10/07, jf <jfister at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am self-employed using primarily Ruby on Rails for new work.  I use
> > > either Radiant or Drupal for most new websites that require a CMS.
> > > These websites are a mix between in-house websites and client
> > > websites.  My clients are typically small businesses who do not care
> > > what technology is used as long as it works and is cost-efficient.
> > > So, if you're looking to go full-time, there's plenty of opportunities
> > > to do so.  In fact, I had to quit taking new clients within 6 months
> > > of becoming self-employed.
> > >
> > > Best of luck!
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/10/07, Giovanni Intini <intinig at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I use radiant as the standard platform for customers, mainly small
> > > > businesses, who need their web presence revamped. For more specific
> > > > needs I resort to developing new rails apps or to other platforms
> > > > (drupal :( )
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2007/5/9, Jacob Burkhart <igotimac at gmail.com>:
> > > > > Hi everybody,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been quite busy at work lately working on an implementation
> of
> > > Ektron's
> > > > > .Net
> > > > > CMS.  And wishing that I was using Radiant.  And wishing that I
> had
> > > more
> > > > > time to work on my Page Attributes extension, and wishing that I
> had
> > > more
> > > > > time to put together and submit an irresistible patch to bring
> facets
> > > -like
> > > > > functionality into trunk. (and versioning, and and write an
> in-place
> > > editing
> > > > > extension, etc... etc..)
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, I was wondering, how do the rest of you do it? Are most of
> you
> > > > > contractors implementing Radiant for some small client?  Are you
> using
> > > > > Radiant for your own personal Blog? Are you implementing Radiant
> for
> > > free
> > > > > for a friends site (like I am)?  Basically, what's your collective
> > > advice on
> > > > > how I could get paid to work with Ruby on Rails and specifically
> > > Radiant
> > > > > full-time.
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks,
> > > > > Jacob
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