Refinery CMS Wiki Article

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{{Infobox software
| name                    = Refinery CMS
| logo                    = [[File:Refinery-cms-logo.png]]
| screenshot              = [[File:Dashboard-2.png|400px|Screenshot]]
| caption                 = 
| collapsible             =
| developer               = [[David Jones (Software Developer)|David Jones]], [[Philip Arndt (Software Developer)|Philip Arndt]]. [[Resolve Digital (Web Firm)|Resolve Digital]]
| released                = {{Start date|2009|5}}
| discontinued            =
| latest release version  = 0.9.8.5
| latest release date     = {{Start date and age|2010|09|20}}
| latest preview version  = 
| latest preview date     = 
| frequently updated      =
| programming language    = [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]]
| operating system        = [[Cross platform]]
| engine                  =
| platform                = [[Ruby on Rails]]
| size                    =
| language                = [[Dansk]], [[German language|Deutsch]], [[English language|English]], [[Español]], [[Français]], [[Italian language|Italiano]], [[Nederlands]], [[Norwegian Bokmål]], [[Português]], [[Slovenian]]
| status                  = Active
| genre                   = [[Content Management System]]
| license                 = [[MIT License]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://github.com/resolve/refinerycms/blob/master/license.md | title = Licence | accessdate = 2010-07-08}}</ref>
| website                 = http://www.refinerycms.com
}}

Refinery CMS is an [[open source]] [[Content Management System|content management system]] written in [[Ruby]] as a [[Ruby on Rails]] web application with [[JQuery]] used as the [[JavaScript library]]. Refinery CMS supports Rails 3.0.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://refinerycms.com/blog/refinery-cms-supports-rails-3 | title = Refinery CMS now Supports [[Ruby on Rails]] 3 | accessdate = 2010-11-17 | author = David Jones | date = 2010-08-29  }}</ref>

Refinery CMS started as a closed sourced project at [http://resolvedigital.com Resolve Digital] in 2004<ref>{{cite web | url = http://blog.resolvedigital.com/2009/06/04/refinerycms-goes-public/ | title = RefineryCMS Goes Public | accessdate = 2010-07-08 | author = Patrick Morrow | date = 2009-06-04  }}</ref> and went on to be released as open source software on the 28th May 2009 <ref>{{cite web | url = http://github.com/resolve/refinerycms/commit/feed8f4d9084354497538def0d6f7aa13d829fa8 | title = First checkin - public release begins | accessdate = 2010-07-08 | author = David Jones | date = 2009-05-28  }}</ref>. Since then It has gained popularity<ref>{{cite audio | url = http://5by5.tv/rubyshow/104 | archiveurl = http://downloads.5by5.tv/via-website/media/rubyshow/2010/podcast_104.mp3 | archivedate = 2010-01-21| format = MP3 | language = english | title = The Ruby Show: Episode 104: Something New | accessdate = 2010-07-12 | date = 2010-01-21 | people = Dan Benjamin and Jason Seifer | time = 09:58 }}</ref> and is now the second most popular Ruby on Rails CMS. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ruby-toolbox.com/categories/content_management_systems.html | title = The Ruby Toolbox - Content Management | accessdate = 2010-11-17 }}</ref>

== Features ==

* Engine architecture
* [[WYSIWYG]] content editing
* Localisation (currently supports 10 languages <ref>{{cite audio | url = http://ruby5.envylabs.com/episodes/93-episode-91-july-6-2010 | format = Flash | language = english | title = Episode #91 - July 6, 2010 | accessdate = 2010-07-12 | date = 2010-07-06 | people = Gregg Pollack and Nathaniel Bibler | time = 01:54 }}</ref>)
* Page management
* Image and File management
* Contact form and inquiry management
* Search Engine Optimisation

== See Also ==

*[[Comparison of content management systems]]
*[[Radiant (software)|Radiant]]
*[[Typo (software)|Typo]]

== External Links ==

* [http://refinerycms.com Official Website]
* [http://github.com/resolve/refinerycms Official Code Repository]
* [http://tutorials.refinerycms.org Refinery CMS Tutorials]
* [http://demo.refinerycms.com/admin Official Demo]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/refinery-cms Official Google Group]
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/refinerycms Official IRC Channel]
* [http://railsmagazine.com/issues/7 Rails Magazine: An Overview of Refinery – a Rails CMS]
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10683183 Finalists in the New Zealand Open Source Awards 2010]

== References ==

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[[Category:Open source content management systems]]
[[Category:Content management systems]]
[[Category:Website management]]
[[Category:Software using the MIT license]]
[[Category:Ruby (programming language)]]