#labels Featured,Phase-Implementation
= Mandarina Blog Engine =

This blog engine is written with the Ruby on Rails framework and is a test lab for my ruby learning. It has some basic features. It has been designed to fit to my blog's needs [http://feelfree.homelinux.com].

Installation:

gem used: Rails 1.2, rmagick, redcloth, htmlentities, xml-simple, gruff (all included except rmagick).

  # download mandarina at http://code.google.com/p/mandarinablog (svn checkout)
  # unpack the files
  # create your databases, create and tune the file database.yml to match your installation
  # run {{{ rake migrate }}}
  # browse your blog url and create the original user

List of plugins:

  * ArchivesPlugin
  * AnalyticsPlugin
  * CategorylistPlugin
  * PagelistPlugin
  * SearchPlugin
  * LinklistPlugin
  * QuicklinksPlugin
  * LangswitchPlugin 
  * AmarokPlugin
  * CatgraphPlugin
  * WeatherPlugin
  * FlickrPlugin
  * GalleryPlugin
  * ThemeswitchPlugin
  * DeliciouscloudPlugin
  * HcardPlugin

Features:

  * simple installation
  * live post preview
  * multiple themes
  * easy plugins management
  * comment spam protection with logical captcha
  * works with rails 1.2 since svn version 70
  * Textile_editor plugin & and Textile syntax
  * Caching for main page, catgraph, flickr, gallery & deliciouscould plugins.
  * Change & edit user account
  * Haml for views design
  * Sitealizer plugin for visiting statistics
  * xmlrpc access via metaweblog API http://www.yourblog.com/backend/xmlrpc
 
TODO:

  * Finish metaweblog API adaptation
  * implement microformat hcard, hcalendar & XFN