2 questions from the beginner
  • deem0ndeem0n
    Hello all.

    I am about to choose locomotive over 5 other Ruby CMS I checked. Even Radiant have not impressed me as much as locomotive !

    But before I can dive into this nice CMS I need some help

    1. If I have model PortfolioItem with 2 fields: LongText and ShortText. It will be possible to make an itemsList on any site page (let's say Home page) with
    {% for item in contents.PortfolioItems %}
    {{ item.ShortText}}

    {% endfor %}

    Is it possible to put {% editable_long_text %} somehow, so enduser may edit ShortText for the correct model, even if user will do it on Home page ?

    2. I managed to install upcoming version 2.0.0 with some troubles. It looks almost the same, but I see multilingual capabilities was added. That's nice.
    But I sow that Theme import was not working (tried both themes from here: http://www.locomotivecms.com/support/themes)

    If I will use stable version and populate it with data and custom design, how I will migrate my site to upcoming 2.0.0 ?
    Any compatibility issues ? Should I use 2.0.0 right now to avoid future migration problems ? If yes, how to install Theme files ?

    Thank you, I was really impressed with Locomotive CMS
  • chewbiechewbie
    Concerning the editable_long_text, it does not currently support editing a model attribute yet to the best of my knowledge.

    Concerning the theme import in 2.0, I read another post saying the same, I'm not sure what is the current situation on it (I think I remember some talk about an API but I'm not sure, it might be an occasion where cheking the code would be nice).

    Conerning the 2.0.0 version, I am interested in the answer as well :)
  • deem0ndeem0n
    I can rephrase my newbie question: Should I use stable version that worked well for many people and leave migration pain for the future, OR should I use 2.0.0 now, have pain with unstable version and be happy when 2.0.0 is ready for stable ?

    Also, is there SQLite/Postgres support in 1.0 or in 2.0.0 ? Any plans ? The Model creation from the CMS feature is really unique one, does it work with ActiveRecord ?
  • karloakeskarloakes
    What did you decide deemon, i'm in the same position, go for 2.0.0 or stick with 1.0 with all the documentation, especially useful for the newbie
  • chewbiechewbie
    I would advise with sticking with the 1.0.0 version for the moment. I am not sure at all the version 2.0.0 is ready for production use, I would advise to wait a bit.

    But maybe the opionion of the devs would be better
  • deem0ndeem0n
    while devs are a bit autistic I decided to use 1.0 for now. Actually I have a very simple landing page project arriving, so I will use Loco 1.0 for that and probably wait Loco 2.0 for my big website project.
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