Wagtail - Yet Another CMS - DjangoCon US 2015

A brief history of Wagtail, the open source Django CMS, presented at DjangoCon US in Austin, Texas in September 2015.

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1. Yet Another

   Django CMS
   WAGTAIL
   

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2. @tomd
   @torchbox
   @wagtailcms
   

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   pip install wagtail
   wagtail start mysite
   cd mysite
   python manage.py migrate
   python manage.py createsuperuser
   python manage.py runserver
   

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4. 10 minutes
   http://bit.ly/wagtail101
   

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   http://demo.wagtail.io/admin
   (admin/admin)
   

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10. flaws:
    config in the db
    too flexible!
    relies on varnish
    editors need training
    opinionated on markup
    

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12. flickr: wazimu0
    

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13. flickr: wazimu0
    flickr: epsos.de
    

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14. open source lessons:
    1. use launch energy
    2. release rhythm
    3. start with docs and tests
    4. don’t assume how people work
    5. reduce installation barriers
    6. silence != absence
    

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16. caktus / revsys / lincoln loop /
    tivix / nbc / tech giant /
    political campaign / 18f /
    uk govt / nasa / intel / cca /
    wharton / burton
    

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17. next steps:
    streamfield++
    roadmap
    weps
    

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18. why yacms?
    control vs flexibility
    cope vs wysiwyg
    ux focus
    

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19. why yacms?
    commercial imperative
    more is better
    

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20. @tomd
    @torchbox
    @wagtailcms
    

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