#332 Refinery CMS Basics

Mar 14, 2012 | 11 minutes | Views, Plugins

If you need to quickly create an informational site that can be easily edited, consider using a content management system. Here I show how to build a site using Refinery CMS.

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Update: Refinery CMS version 2.0.2 was just released which fixes the page parts bug mentioned in this episode. No need to do the work-around in the console.

Note: If you have trouble accessing the home page of a Refinery site, ensure the trailing "/" is present like http://localhost:3000/. There is an advanced option you can toggle to change this behavior. See this post for more information.

          terminal
        
brew install imagemagick
gem install refinerycms
refinerycms piano_plus
cd piano_plus
rails s

          config/initializers/refinery/core.rb
        
config.site_name = "Piano Plus"

          config/initializers/refinery/pages.rb
        
config.new_page_parts = true

          rails console
        
Refinery::Page.first.parts.create! title: "Banner"