Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

Wagtail - Yet Another CMS - DjangoCon US 2015

Tom Dyson
September 08, 2015

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.

Tom Dyson

September 08, 2015
Tweet

More Decks by Tom Dyson

Other Decks in Technology

Transcript

  1. Yet Another

    Django CMS
    WAGTAIL

    View Slide

  2. @tomd
    @torchbox
    @wagtailcms

    View Slide

  3. 1 minute
    pip install wagtail
    wagtail start mysite
    cd mysite
    python manage.py migrate
    python manage.py createsuperuser
    python manage.py runserver

    View Slide

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

    View Slide

  5. 0 minutes
    http://demo.wagtail.io/admin
    (admin/admin)

    View Slide

  6. View Slide

  7. View Slide

  8. View Slide

  9. View Slide

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

    View Slide

  11. View Slide

  12. flickr: wazimu0

    View Slide

  13. flickr: wazimu0
    flickr: epsos.de

    View Slide

  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

    View Slide

  15. View Slide

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

    View Slide

  17. next steps:
    streamfield++
    roadmap
    weps

    View Slide

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

    View Slide

  19. why yacms?
    commercial imperative
    more is better

    View Slide

  20. @tomd
    @torchbox
    @wagtailcms

    View Slide