Alchemy CMS
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About
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Alchemy is a Rails 3 CMS with a flexible content storing architecture.

Read more on the [website](http://alchemy-cms.com) and in the [guidelines](http://guides.alchemy-cms.com).

Features
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- 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](https://github.com/magiclabs/alchemy_cms/wiki/Software-Requirements))

Rails Version
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This branch of Alchemy runs with Rails 3.1.

If you are looking for a Rails 3.0 compatible version check the 2.0-stable branch.

If you are looking for a Rails 2.3 compatible version check the 1.6-stable branch.

Ruby Version
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Alchemy runs under Ruby 1.8.7, Ruby 1.9.2, Ruby 1.9.3 and REE (Ruby Enterprise Edition).

Installation
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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://localhost:3000`

Upgrading
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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


Add to existing Rails project
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In your Gemfile:

    gem 'alchemy_cms'

Run in terminal:

    bundle install
    rake alchemy:install:migrations
    rake db:migrate
    rake alchemy:db:seed

Tipps
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1. This generator creates all necessary folders and files needed for creating your own page layouts and elements for your website:

        rails generate alchemy:scaffold

2. 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

3. You can easily create your element files (for view and editor) depending on the `elements.yml` with this generator:

        rails generate elements

Resources
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* Homepage: <http://alchemy-cms.com>
* Live-Demo: <http://demo.alchemy-cms.com> (user: demo, password: demo)
* Guidelines: <http://guides.alchemy-cms.com>
* API Documentation: <http://api.alchemy-cms.com>
* Issue-Tracker: <http://issues.alchemy-cms.com>
* Sourcecode: <http://source.alchemy-cms.com>
* User Group: <http://groups.google.com/group/alchemy-cms>

Authors
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* 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>

License
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* BSD: <https://raw.github.com/magiclabs/alchemy_cms/master/LICENSE>