Features
Spud has the tools you need to build your ideal website. Whether using Rails or Grails, Spud provides fast, reliable, and easy to use features that don't get in the way.
Page Management
Of Course! Setup editable areas, make different layouts, even use custom formatters.
Menu Management
Every Site has to have some form of navigation. Spud makes it as easy as Drag and Drop.
Cache Optimization
Don't want your site to get Fireballed or Slashdotted? Spud leverages the best caching for Rails and Grails.
Low Footprint
Spud stays out of your way and keeps memory / CPU usage to a minimum, so you can better leverage your servers.
SEO Optimized
With clean markup, sitemaps, and meta; Spud makes SEO a sinch.
Auto Site Map
Finally, a platform that knows how to tell those pesky bots where to look.
Auto RSS Feed
Have a lot to say? Maximize your audience with RSS built right in.
Media Management
Upload It. Crop It. Scale It. You name it! Leverage the cloud while you're at it.
Banner Management
Want some fancy pictures to swish about? Drag and Drop upload makes it easy.
Decoupling
Modular Design is what makes this platform great. Pick the parts you need, leave out the cruft.
Clean Admin
Maintaining your site should be easy. A clean, focused, easy to use interface is key!
Multi-site
Sometimes one website just isnt enough, save yourself some time and manage them in one place!
Dynamic Layouts
We thought about the guy designing the website. Keep it simple and stick your platform, or store them in the cloud for easy adjustment.
Blogging
Share your thoughts. Take comments. Block the Spam!
Gallery/Album Management
A picture is worth a thousand words. So why not a thousand photos?
News/Events Management
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Spread the news, advertise events the way you want to.
How To Use
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Rails - 1 Create a New Rails App
- 2 Add spud_cms to your Gemfile
- 3 rake railties:install:migrations
- 4 rake db:migrate
- 5 Run your app and go to spud/admin
- Learn More
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Grails - 1 Create a New Grails App
- 2 Add spud-cms to your BuildConfig
- 3 Pick other modules you might want.
- 4 Run your app and go to spud/admin
- 5 Sip some Coffee
- Learn More
Spud Kicks Ass... It Really Kicks Ass.
Platform Comparison
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News
- Spud Grails 0.4.x Released with Tons of New Features / Posted 2014-05-15 00:00:00.0 by David Estes
Today, I am pleased to announce a lot of new features for the Spud Grails ecosystem. We've been working hard to bring these f
- Spud Grails 0.2.0 Series Released / Posted 2014-03-29 05:38:00.0 by David Estes
We are rapidly ramping up development for feature parity with the Spud Grails engine. This release contains tons of improveme
- Spud Grails First Release / Posted 2014-02-25 09:55:00.0 by David Estes
Spud is now a mulit-platform cms engine. Wether you want to just host your marketing site or drop it into your ground breakin
