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On May 23, 4:56 am, Jeff Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sebey wrote: > > OK so as you may see I have a lot of questions in helping build my > > django project so here they are > > > 1. with models do just create the fields that you need? > > More or less-- yes > > 2. how can I import rss feeds(i am running a podcast network) from > > other sites/soures?(models,views,admin etc) > > When you say "import rss feeds" that could mean several things. It looks > like you basically want an rss client that is written in django. There > might be a project like that already, there might not. You'd need to > find or write python code that can understand the rss feed itself. You > can probably get articles to be stored in a django model. I'd really > need to know more of what you are trying to do to give the answer you want.> > 3. I want to make an email newsletter and I want to know how to > > make an email list in django? > > django isn't designed to be a mass-emailing system. It can do it, but it > is very slow compared to using mailing list software. Mailman is written > in python, and you can have django send off the one e-mail to the > mailman-driven list. If mailman doesn't suit your needs, you can either > put up with the slowness that happens when sending thousands of e-mails > from django's e-mail function, use a different python library to handle > the e-mail, or write your own python code optimized for sending out mass > e-mails.> 2. also maybe have django make extra boxs for typing text > > in > > django can do that with newforms... You can also just generate the text > boxes in the html part of your templates.> 4. also I need to make a > calender I am planning to use google > > calender cause of ical feeds and things like that can I print these > > off (an other app maybe)? > > What do you mean "print these off" Django runs on a web server. You can > build dynamic content from any number of data sources, yes. You can > generate pdfs, and html documents, and those can be printed. Django is > on top of python-- anything you can do in python can be done on the fly > using django. > > I'd suggest going through the django tutorial, and flipping through the > django book. If you don't have any experience with python, I recommend > starting with the book "Dive into Python" > > Good luck! > > Jeff Anderson > > signature.asc > 1KDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---