I'm going to respectfully disagree with Kenneth. Django CAN be just the thing, even if you're not a programmer. The things you can accomplish just with generic views are mind-boggling.
I'm not much of a programmer (as is evident by many of my posts here) but I chose Django over an off-the-shelf CMS because none of the off- the-shelf systems would do what I wanted, how I wanted. Not even close. For my purposes, I always found like I was shoving a square peg in a round hole. I also found the admin sections to be almost- universally clunky, and the output code to be horrible. Anyway, I managed to muddle through. Some things, like a blog or news aggregator, are trivially easy to build in Django. Other things, like e-commerce, are going to be more difficult. Many things have already been built and are available for your use. Figure out what YOU need. If an off-the-shelf system meets them, that may be the way to go. If you feel like you're fighting with the tool, you probably need better tools. Django is like a big Snap-On truck just for you. On Feb 14, 3:43 pm, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 15-Feb-07, at 1:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Django is very good for CMS like apps. I develop Diamanda Wiki and > > MyghtyBoard forum (www.rkblog.rk.edu.pl) and each app has it's own > > folder for code/templates and can be rather easily used in other > > projects :) > > if you want a readymade cms with all those goodies ready to go - then > django will not suit. In django, to a greater or lesser extent, you > have to either roll your own or modify code written by others (if > they allow). So and end user of a CMS (ie a non-programmer who is > setting up his own CMS) would be happier with something like plone > (or mambo, jumbo etc). Django is meant for programmers who would like > to have a finely tuned, customised site to offer to the enduser. > > -- > > regards > kghttp://lawgon.livejournal.comhttp://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
