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Occams - a Rails CMS Engine

being a revival of ComfortableMexicanSofa
This documentation was initially copied from the Comfy wiki, and then updated for Occams.

Prefer Simplicity

ocCaM'S, pronounced "AH-kums" is a nod to Occam's Razor - for this Rails-based Content Management System endeavors to follow the principle that the preferred solution is that which is simplest and built with the smallest possible set of components.

Getting Started

• Installation and Setup
• Quick Start Guide

Managing Content

• Overview
• Sites
• Layouts
• Pages
• Snippets
• Files
• Content Tags
  • Text, TextArea, Wysiwyg and Markdown
  • Number
  • Date and Datetime
  • Checkbox
  • File and Files
  • Snippet
  • Helper
  • Partial
  • FileLink
  • PageFileLink
  • Asset
  • Audio
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Children
  • Siblings
• Translations
• Revisions
• Categories
• CMS Seeds
• CMS View Helpers
• CMS Render Methods

How-Tos

• Changing Default Authentication
• Creating navigation from pages
• Reusing Admin Area
• Creating Custom Content Tag
• Password protecting pages
• Using CacheSweeper to Inform Updates or to Clear Caches
• Fixing inaccessible routes
• Devise CanCan Authentication/Authorization
• Upgrading Redactor Wysiwyg
• Render Non-Occams Models as Pages
• Handle SVG File Uploads
• Use CMS For Your Root URL
• Minimal Fixtures For Testing

Plugins

These were written for ComfortableMexicanSofa. They may also work with Occams, though some modifications may be needed.

• ComfyBlog - Simple blog management engine
• ComfyArchive - Chronological & categorical archive sections