Re: CMS base to start with?

2013-09-28 Thread Stephen McDonald
Hey Anton, Here's good deep-dive into Mezzanine only published 24 hours ago: http://blog.liip.ch/archive/2013/09/27/mezzanine-cms-hackday.html On Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:35:28 UTC+10, Anton Melser wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm pretty new to Django/Python and I'm starting a fairly major project

Re: CMS base to start with?

2013-09-28 Thread Anton Melser
> Hey Anton, > > From my experience if it's a 2 year project you're building don't use a > CMS. Start with a plain Django project and then add apps you need. All > these CMSs will just lock you in and become more of a hinderance then help. > > I also recommend building your own admin before

Re: CMS base to start with?

2013-09-28 Thread Anton Melser
> > > Might be an idea to write a one page business plan. Amazing how quickly > it all becomes clear as soon as the business objectives are nailed down. > After that I would guess only one of those would stand out for you. > > We have a pretty solid business plan, or at least one that the

Re: CMS base to start with?

2013-09-27 Thread Mario Gudelj
Hey Anton, >From my experience if it's a 2 year project you're building don't use a CMS. Start with a plain Django project and then add apps you need. All these CMSs will just lock you in and become more of a hinderance then help. I also recommend building your own admin before you invest too

Re: CMS base to start with?

2013-09-27 Thread Mike Dewhirst
On 28/09/2013 7:37am, Anton Melser wrote: Are you try with https://www.djangopackages.com/ ?? The problem is the amount of choice. There seem to be many great packages there but I was hoping someone from the community with more intimate knowledge of

Re: CMS base to start with?

2013-09-27 Thread Anton Melser
> Are you try with https://www.djangopackages.com/ ?? > The problem is the amount of choice. There seem to be many great packages there but I was hoping someone from the community with more intimate knowledge of what is there might be able to shed some light on the subject. >From my

Re: CMS base to start with?

2013-09-27 Thread Rafael E. Ferrero
Are you try with https://www.djangopackages.com/ ?? 2013/9/27 Anton Melser > Hi, > > I'm pretty new to Django/Python and I'm starting a fairly major project > (hopefully next 2+ years of my life :-)). If all goes well, there will be > several developers on the project

CMS base to start with?

2013-09-27 Thread Anton Melser
Hi, I'm pretty new to Django/Python and I'm starting a fairly major project (hopefully next 2+ years of my life :-)). If all goes well, there will be several developers on the project in a year or two - getting our hands dirty is what it's all about. Use something I know? PHP/.NET/Java - no