The document discusses the features and extensions of the Radiant CMS, emphasizing the importance of customization through over 300 available extensions on GitHub. It highlights the process of creating custom scripts and models for extensions, as well as a provided script for setting up a new Radiant instance with preferred extensions. Key functionalities mentioned include managing comments, asset management, multilanguage support, and user-friendly interfaces for form submissions.

1. What you should also
know about Radiant
Part I: Extensions
Part II: Managing Radiant
Part III: Coming up in 0.9

2. Simple and sweet
Family-tree analogy
+ Radius
+ Radiant::Cache
+ Page Parts and Layouts
+ some experience to really get it
= super awesome CMS

3. Simple = sweet
but... what if I want it to do more?

4. Meet Extensions
• to allow comments
• to have asset management
• to organise multi-language sites
• to tag pages (as in tag clouds)
• to provide a searchbox
• ... and so on (over 300 extensions on github)

5. Creating your own
script/generate extension arrrr
script/generate extension_model arrrr Pirate name:string
ship_id:integer treasure_count:integer
script/generate extension_model arrrr Treasure
name:string pirate_id:integer value:integer
script/generate extension_controller arrrr admin/pirates

6. Creating your own
script/generate extension arrrr
script/generate extension_model arrrr Pirate name:string
ship_id:integer treasure_count:integer
script/generate extension_model arrrr Treasure
name:string pirate_id:integer value:integer
script/generate extension_controller arrrr admin/pirates

7. Creating your own
script/generate extension arrrr
script/generate extension_model arrrr Pirate name:string
ship_id:integer treasure_count:integer
script/generate extension_model arrrr Treasure
name:string pirate_id:integer value:integer
script/generate extension_controller arrrr admin/pirates

8. Show ‘em how it’s done
• future_publishing
• wym_editor
• site_language

9. Radiant kickstart script
• Creates a new Radiant instance
• Makes it a git repository
• Creates a local development and test database
• Installs all your favorite extensions through Ray
• Gives you a Capfile tailored to Radiant

10. Ray Extension

11. Shortcuts
alias ue='update_extension'
alias uae='update_all_extensions'
function update_extension {
rake ray:extension:update name=$1
}
function update_all_extensions {
for dir in `ls vendor/extensions/`;
ue $dir;
done;
}

12. Radiant 0.9 (RC)
Demo Blade UI & i18n

13. Easy JS popups
<a class="popup" href="#reference_window">Reference</a>
<div id="reference_window" style="display: none">
... contents of window ...
</div>

14. Easy form submit msgs
<form action="..." onsubmit_status="Saving Changes...">
... contents of form ...
</form>

15. Questions?