[Radiant] Is Radiant right for me?

[Sean Cribbs]

Richard,

Yes, an online survey would be best implemented in an extension.  I 
don't know of any currently available.  I'm interested to see what you 
come up with!

Sean

Richard Hurt wrote:
> Sean,
>
> Excellent information!  I didn't find that user list before I posted the
> question but I see now that there are quite a few commercial sites on
> Radiant.  And I get a built-in blogging engine as well.
>
> Now for my other question, is there any code for conducting on-line surveys
> available for Radiant?  Would this be an extension or an add-on of some
> type?  I'm still getting familiar with the Radiant terms and don't quite
> know where everything goes.
>
> Thanx!
>   Richard
>
> On 9/14/07, Sean Cribbs <seancribbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Richard,
>>
>> Radiant does sound like a good fit.  Simply because a lot of people use
>> it for blog software doesn't mean it has to be that.  Take a look at the
>> various sites linked from the wiki page called RadiantUsers.  There's a
>> lot of sites that use the built-in templates (or modified versions) but
>> there are also sites built from scratch.  Radiant does especially well
>> with "brochure-ware" sites because of the flexibility given to the
>> content designer and its orientation toward mostly-static content.  For
>> reference, here are a few sites built by core-team members:
>>
>> Me: http://kckcc.edu (ignore the design, they screwed it up after I left)
>> Daniel: http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/
>> Loren: http://diopa.org
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> Richard Hurt wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> After lurking on the list for a while and checking out the Radiant home
>>>       
>> page
>>     
>>> I have a question.  I am looking for a lightweight CMS framework for my
>>> business (KangarooBox.com) to serve up mostly static pages.  I was
>>>       
>> initially
>>     
>>> going to just use RoR but there are quite a few holes that I might need
>>> filled in the future (authentication, shopping carts, etc.) so I went in
>>> search of a framework.  Radiant looks to be what I need but from what I
>>>       
>> can
>>     
>>> see it really wants to be a blogging engine.  While I will need a blog
>>> (doesn't everyone :) I don't want to try and force Radiant to do
>>>       
>> something
>>     
>>> it's not designed for.  So my question is this, is Radiant the thing to
>>>       
>> use
>>     
>>> on a small commercial website or should it just stick to blogs?
>>>
>>> The one major thing I'm looking for right now is some sort of survey
>>> extension.  I am an old programmer so I could write something but I'm
>>>       
>> also
>>     
>>> lazy and would rather use someone else's work.  :)  Is there anything
>>>       
>> like
>>     
>>> that for Radiant?  If not, do you know how hard it would be to create it
>>>       
>> or
>>     
>>> what other RoR solutions I might try?
>>>
>>> Thanx!
>>>   Richard
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