Well for one thing you get the built in admin! Also for your specific problem you mentioned you would go download comment-utils by James Bennet.
On Feb 13, 5:57 pm, fyleow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been reading a lot about Django and created some test websites > but nothing serious yet. I really like it and have been considering > using it to create my own website which would probably include some > sort of blog and various other CMS type functionality. > > I think it would be a great way to learn Django but I'm worried that > if the project starts to grow in size I might be better off just using > an existing CMS framework such as Drupal and Joomla! which have a lot > of modules and plugins to add functionality. > > For example let's say I'm using Django to create a blog. I add a > feature that allows users to comment on my posts but I later find that > there are a lot of spam problems. If I had used a pre existing system > such as WordPress I could probably find a plugin that deals with > comment spam. > > How would I deal with the problem had I built a blog with Django? Sure > I could create my own spam filter but that doesn't seem to be a > trivial task. A bunch of little problems like these will spawn off > many side projects which distracts from the main project. > > I guess I'm trying to get some experiences from those of you who have > created sites with Django and how you've dealt with these issues. For > example with the spam problem I described maybe there are some pre > existing Python libraries that make dealing with the problem easier. > > Basically I'm looking for some users to placate my fear that I'll run > into insurmountable problems down the road and I'll end up kicking > myself for not going with a CMS or blog system because the problems > could have been trivially addressed with those systems. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
