I suggest you do some django tutorials first. There's a few decent ones out there. Don't be afraid to learn coding. It seems you're already on your way.
On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 3:42:10 PM UTC-7, Geoff P wrote: > > Hi everyone. I'm new to Mezzanine / Django. My background is in design and > I don't have any programming experience. I know HTML, CSS and a little > jQuery and I've used snippets of PHP before. My job wants me to start > making themes for Mezzanine. I've been working at it for a few days, > reading and following tutorials. > > I'll try to refrain from posting stupid, generic, desperate, or obvious > questions on here but I'll admit it, I'm pretty lost. > > So far I've installed Python, Django and Mezzanine on Windows 7. I've > figured out how to create a Mezzanine project, created a 'theme' app inside > it, copied over core templates, downloaded and inspected the free themes, > edited HTML and CSS of those themes, played around with the default theme > and looked at the code in the template files. I've read over the Django > documentation - specifically 'Django template language', 'Built-in tag > reference' and 'The Django templating system'. I've read over the links > from the Mezzanine default homepage. > > In learning how to do all this, confusion is hitting from all angles. I > want to know how this stuff is working so I can not only edit and create > css styles but add different page types and learn how to write template > code and change the default url names. What do you suggest focusing on > first? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mezzanine Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
