Refinery CMS, often shortened to Refinery, is an open source

Open source

The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 content management system

Content management system

A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...

 written in Ruby

Ruby

A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum . The red color is caused mainly by the presence of the element chromium. Its name comes from ruber, Latin for red. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires...

 as a Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails, often shortened to Rails or RoR, is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language.-History:...

 web application with jQuery

JQuery

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 used as the JavaScript library

JavaScript library

A JavaScript library is a library of pre-written JavaScript which allows for easier development of JavaScript-based applications, especially for AJAX and other web-centric technologies....

. Refinery supports Rails 3.0.

Refinery differs from similar products by targeting a non-technical end user and allowing the developer to create a flexible website rapidly by staying as close as possible to the conventions of the Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails, often shortened to Rails or RoR, is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language.-History:...

 framework.

Version 1.0.0 was released on the 28th of May, 2011 - exactly 2 years after it was first released as open source software.

History

Refinery started as a closed sourced project at Resolve Digital in 2004 and went on to be released as open source software under the MIT License

MIT License

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 on the 28th May 2009 . Since then it has gained popularity and is now the most popular Ruby on Rails CMS with more than 150 contributors and an active community extending the application with engines and themes .

Features

• Engine architecture
• WYSIWYG
  WYSIWYG
  WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
  
   content editing
• Localisation (currently supports 26 languages )
• Page management
• Image and File management
• Contact form and inquiry management
• Search engine optimization
  Search engine optimization
  Search engine optimization is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid search results...
  
   (SEO)

See also

• Comparison of content management systems
  Comparison of content management systems
  This is a list of notable content management systems that are used to organize and facilitate collaborative content creation. Many of them are built on top of separate content management frameworks.- Software as a service :- Proprietary software :...
  
  
• Radiant
  Radiant (software)
  Radiant is a free software content management system written in Ruby created and designed by John W. Long as a Ruby on Rails web application....
  
  
• Typo

External links

• Official website
• Official Code Repository
• Refinery CMS Guides
• Official Demo
• Official Google Group
• [irc://irc.freenode.net/refinerycms Official IRC Channel]
• Rails Magazine: An Overview of Refinery - a Rails CMS
• Finalists in the New Zealand Open Source Awards 2010