A clean minimal gem to add a simple blog to existing app?

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I need an blog inside my existing app but it doesn't have to be fancy, some category's and an way to convert a directory of textiles to the blogposts including date would fit, already searched for this but nothing fancy came up.

any recommendations on a good gem to add blog to existing rails app?

Rails seems to be built **exactly** for making blogs. At least, that's what I see in all tutorials. :) So, it should take you no more than couple of hours to roll your own simple implementation. — Sergio Tulentsev, Feb 14 '12 at 11:38

score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 04 '14 at 11:14

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You can roll out your own simple blogging engine for your needs and Rails makes it easy. However, there are a couple of options which work fantastically:

Jekyll ( Checkout Jekyll Bootstrap as well)
Typo

There are other full blown CMS solutions available:

edited Mar 04 '14 at 11:14

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answered Feb 14 '12 at 11:47

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I don't really like any of these. Jekyll, too time consuming and not user friendly (for non-technical users) as it requires markdown and must be pushed to the server. Locomotive is a pain to deal with and has terrible documentation and support. Refinery uses a lot of outdated items and is too opionated. But I will look into Typo. – JGallardo Nov 06 '13 at 20:57

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 06 '13 at 21:07

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I finally ended up with a very simple blog controller that loads some page content from the database, using redcloth to preserve formatting, also use this same method for serving static pages in my app.

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answered Apr 30 '12 at 10:56

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A clean minimal gem to add a simple blog to existing app?

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