as it says, I want django cms engine that have the capabilities of wordpress.
I wanna build something like tutsplus.com network but want it in python/django base.
Django is a framework, so it would be a bit more involved than wordpress for the most part to make something like tutsplus out of the box.
Check out
http://pinaxproject.com/ (I dig pinax) or
https://github.com/nathanborror/django-basic-apps
But you might also want to dig deeper into django based CMSs (via other posts) like:
Django CMS which is the best?
Integrate existing blog code into Django-CMS?
more detailed list of Django based CMSs here:
http://djangopackages.com/grids/g/cms/
Hope that helps.
I have experience with django-cms and I found it very well documented and easy to start with. I still have to figure out good way of putting forms into it.
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I am trying to use django as the platform for a website development. I was using wordpress so far. I liked its CMS and admin system. Can I make a function rich admin backend with django that has; pages, menus, categories, tags, posts, images etc. as the wordpress. In order to make it look good, is it possible to use boostrap or similar dashboard templates? How much of difficulty are you expecting for this project?
Looking forward for your opinions
Thanks
Django admin is a great utility that comes with django, which helps to create basic CRUD application very quickly.
Now customizing it can be somewhat difficult because it is tightly coupled.
Thought the docs are awesome and you can see if the customization will get your work done. There are many themes available such as django-suit, django-jet etc. which makes it even more awesome.
You might also want to have a look at django-cms and wagtail.
Hope it helps!
I've developing in django for the past few months and I find it extremely great.
My next project is a price-comparing site for local businesses - where each user can add business and comment on each.
The admin of the site won't be a programmer, but with basic knowledge in web and python.
Should I stick to the old familiar django or should I try it out?
Thanks :)
Matan.
django CMS is built on top of Django and meant to be integrated into existing Django applications or extended with new ones. So your question is flawed.
So instead ask yourself if you need CMS functionality (pages managed by your admins). It sounds like your main app (the compare bit) is better handled by a Django application, but maybe you want the site admin to be able to easily edit the About Us page etc, this is where django CMS could come in handy.
I have created a website using Django 1.4.3. I'd now like to add a simple blog to it. I'm thinking a good way to do this would be to add a new blogging app to my existing Django project? Are there any simple Django blog apps that I could "drop in" to my existing project to achieve this?
Also, I have an existing blog on Posterous that I have exported (a set of folders and a wordpress_export_1.xml file.)
It would be great if I could somehow import this into my new Django based blog.
https://github.com/nathanborror/django-basic-apps
django-basic-apps (formerly django-basic-blog) has a blog app (and included apps to help said blog app) that might be what you're looking for.
Or you can try http://gettingstartedwithdjango.com/en/lessons/microblog-kitchen-sink/ . It is a free courses by Kenneth Love.
Are there any plug and play blog APPS for django,if so please point me to the sources for it.
I am actually looking something like word press which is of cousre difficult to integrate with django.
Thanks..
We looked into this a few months ago for our site and found that Mezzanine and Zinnia were the two best options available, and both are regularly-maintained.
Mezzanine gives you a slicker interface than Zinnia and has disqus comment integration, and has recently added Akismet integration for spam filtering on comments.
django-blog-it - complete customization and ready to use with one click installer. You can try it by hosting on your own or deploy to Heroku with a button click.
Features:
Dynamic blog articles
Blog pages
Contact us page (configurable)
google analytics
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SEO compliant
Actually I'm not sure but I think you might look at this one.
Also project Pinax contains blog.
Im still fairly new to Django, so please explain things with that in
mind.
I'm trying to create three websites using 2 subdomains and 1 domain:
for the blog, blog.mysite.com
for the forums, forums.mysite.com
for the custom web app, mysite.com
When building the custom web app, I used contrib.auth to make use of
the built-in django provided user models and functionality.
For the forums, I am planning on using SNAPboard (http://
code.google.com/p/snapboard/) with minimal, if any, modifications. On
initial inspection, it looks like it also uses contrib.auth users.
For the blog, I will probably be rolling my own lightweight blogging
app (since that seems to be the Django way and, also, b/c as Bennet
mentions, there is no killer Django Blog app)
Currently, I am considering two features that require some integration
between the three sites. First, I want to have the users of the custom
web app to use the same account to also log into the forums. Second, I
also (but I haven't figured out how I'm going to do this yet) would
like my blog posts to automatically become a topic for discussion in
the forums (this is just an idea I had, I might end up dropping it).
Ok, so to my questions:
1) Again, I'm new to Django, but this integration leads me to believe
the three websites need to be all under one project. Is this correct?
2) How would I accomplish the url structure for the websites that I
described above (blog.mysite.com, etc)? In the project's urls.py, I
don't know how to filter off of subdomains. If it was mysite.com/
forums/, that would be easy, but I don't know how to to catch
forums.mysite.com and forward it to the appropriate Django app.
3) Would I have to make use of the django.contrib.sites framework? I
don't understand that framework fully, but it seems like it's used
when two different websites are using the same django app in the
background. Whereas my three websites are all using different django
apps, but I want them to share a little bit of data.
Thanks for your help.
1) Yes, it's only true way for that
2) Use middleware
3) No, you don't need it.