Ruby CMS/blog: Mephisto vs. Radiant
- by Candidasa
I'm looking for a blogging tool with some light CMS features in Ruby on Rails. I mainly want something simple, but configurable. I have no need for page snippets, etc. Just your basic main blog, very good (and easy) theme support, some nice sidebar stuff, a few static pages and MetaWeblog API support.
I'm thinking of either using Mephisto or Radiant CMS (everything else seems half-baked or extremely lightweight at best):
http://mephistoblog.com/
http://www.radiantcms.org/
Documentation for Mephisto seems very lacking and their site is a mess. I've also read some bad things about it's stability. Radiant seems more stable in comparison and has heaps of useful plug-ins. However, it isn't designed for blogging out of the box. That has to be added as almost an after thought. Creating a custom theme also seems more cumbersome with Radiant due to the sub-page/snippet feature.
Which should I choose?