- Highly flexible Templating
- Gorgious End-User centric interface
- Multilingual
- SEO
- Access Control
- Fulltext Search
- RSS Feeds
- Contactforms
- Attachments and downloads
- Powerfull image rendering
- Extendable
- Integrates in exsiting Rails Apps
- Caching
- BSD License
- Hostable on any Server that supports RubyOnRails and ImageMagick (Software Requirements)
This branch of Alchemy runs with Rails 3.1.3.
If you are looking for a Rails 3 compatible version check the 2.0-stable branch.
If you are looking for a Rails 2 compatible version check the 1.6-stable branch.
Alchemy runs under Ruby 1.8.7, Ruby 1.9.2, Ruby 1.9.3 and REE (Ruby Enterprise Edition).
Use the installer (recommended):
gem install alchemy_cms
alchemy new my_magicpage
Start the local server:
rails server
Then just switch to your browser and open http:https://localhost:3000
Projects running with Alchemy CMS version < 2.1 needs to be upgraded.
Otherwise errors will be raised like this:
uninitialized constant EssenceText
You have to use the following Upgrade-Task. Run in terminal:
rake alchemy:upgrade
In your Gemfile:
gem 'alchemy_cms'
Run in terminal:
bundle install
rake alchemy:install:migrations
rake db:migrate
rake alchemy:db:seed
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This generator creates all necessary folders and files needed for creating your own page layouts and elements for your website:
rails generate alchemy:scaffold
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If you use the ferret full text search (enabled by default), then please add a job to your crontab that reindexes the ferret index.
cd /path/to/your/alchemy && RAILS_ENV=production rake ferret:rebuild_index > /dev/null
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You can easily create your element files (for view and editor) depending on the
elements.yml
with this generator:rails generate elements
- Homepage: http:https://alchemy-cms.com
- Live-Demo: http:https://demo.alchemy-cms.com (user: demo, password: demo)
- Wiki: http:https://wiki.alchemy-cms.com
- API Documentation: http:https://api.alchemy-cms.com
- Issue-Tracker: http:https://issues.alchemy-cms.com
- Sourcecode: http:https://source.alchemy-cms.com
- User Group: http:https://groups.google.com/group/alchemy-cms
- Thomas von Deyen: https://github.com/tvdeyen
- Robin Böning: https://github.com/robinboening
- Marc Schettke: https://github.com/masche842
- Carsten Fregin: https://github.com/cfregin