django CMS application - A comprehensive approach

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A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH BUILDING DJANGO CMS APPLICATIONS

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HELLO, I AM IACOPO Founder and CTO @NephilaIt django CMS core developer @yakkys https://github.com/yakky

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WHAT WILL WE DO? Models Apphooks URLs Wizard Settings Meta Tags

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WHERE WILL WE START FROM? https://github.com/yakky/stupid-blog each branch contains a step of this workshop

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HOW WILL WE WORK? Hands-on Interactive Very opinionated

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IT'S CARDIFF I'm prepared for the unexpected Shoot questions Question my assumptions

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READY? git clone https://github.com/yakky/stupid-blog python3 -m venv env . env/bin/activate pip install -r requirements-test.txt python cms_helper.py server --persistent

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WHAT'S CMS_HELPER.PY ? djangocms-helper (https://github.com/nephila/djangocms-helper) Sample project Base test class / utility functions Presented @ PyCon Uk 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=VeNDS4MLyPQ

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PARLER parler branch Optional - yet recommended Reusable apps ought to be translatable diff

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BASIC APPHOOK apphook branch Load application from the admin Freely structure your content tree diff

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TRANSLATING URLCONF urlconf branch if you used translatable models, why not the url paths? diff

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APPHOOK CONFIGURATION apphook_config branch Conﬁguring applications from the admin Per instance diff

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DYNAMIC SETTINGS settings branch Easy test-overridable settings diff

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AUTOSETUP apphook_setup branch Setting up diff

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WIZARD wizard branch Helps editors interacting with content diff

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TOOLBAR toolbar branch A good alternative to the admin More intuitive than the admin diff

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FILTERING PUBLISHED POSTS toolbar branch Editors ought to see unpublished items before making them public A "consequence" of frontend editing diff

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PLACEHOLDER placeholder branch PlaceholderField is the major django CMS you're going to use And it's trivial to implement diff

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RENDER_MODEL render_model branch yet another feature to make content editors' life easier Tons of options Check docs http://django-cms.readthedocs.io/en/release- 3.3.x/how_to/frontend_models.html diff

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META meta branch Adds metadata support to your models/views django-meta makes easier Check complete docs https://readthedocs.org/projects/django-meta/ diff

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MORE? Plugins Menu Sitemap Full text indexes

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GRAZIE! Follow me on: https://github.com/yakky https://github.com/nephila https://twitter.com/yakkys