• Install Ruby on Rails 4.1+ Visit here.

• Create your rails project

  rails new my_project
  

• Add the gem in your Gemfile

  gem 'camaleon_cms', '1.1.0'
  

• Install the gem

  bundle install # bundle update if you have previous version installed
  

• Install the CMS (This will copy some basic templates and plugins in your project)

  rails generate camaleon_cms:install
  

• Install required Gems for CMS and basic plugins

  bundle install
  

• Create database structure

  rake db:migrate
  

• Start your server

  rails server # and then go to your browser https://localhost:3000/
  

Migrating from 1.x or earlier to 2x?

# If you are using Camaleon CMS 1x, you need to use this patch 
gem "migration1x", github: 'owen2345/camaleoncms_1xmigration'

• Prefix all your routes with cama_
  Sample: root_url into cama_root_url
• prefix camaleon themplates with camaleon_cms
  Sample: "admin/settings/custom_fields/render" into "camaleon_cms/admin/settings/custom_fields/render"
• Prefix model names
  Sample: Site.all into CamaleonCms::Site.all

Migrating from 0.2.x or earlier to 1x?

1. Install camaleon as a gem as stated above or run bundle update 'camaleon_cms'

2. Remove lib/Gemfile_camaleon

   rm lib/Gemfile_camaleon

3. Remove code from Gemfile

   require './lib/plugin_routes'
   instance_eval(PluginRoutes.draw_gems)

4. Install gems

   bundle install

5. Update lib/plugin_routes.rb

   rails generate camaleon_cms:install

6. Start/restart Rails

   rails server