almost effortless

I'm pleased to announce the first public release of El Dorado: a full-stack community web application written in Ruby/Rails. This is a stable beta version of the app, which is being released in anticipation of the 1.0 release scheduled for this spring.

The app features a forum, community event calendar, shared file storage, and a randomized header image gallery. The forum is somewhat modeled on PunBB (one of the more popular PHP forums) and can import from an existing site using PunBB.

The app has been used in production since late July '07. The setup/administration process still leave something to be desired, but the end-user functionality is quite well tested.

You can get the download or more information on the El Dorado homepage, or check out the demo, testing, and support site here: eldorado.almosteffortless.com. Also, consider subscribing to the almost effortless RSS feed to stay informed about upcoming releases and the occasional Ruby/Rails-related post.

Enjoy!