Re: Integrating Django with existing site.

2007-09-06 Thread Ray Cote
At 4:22 PM + 9/5/07, Steve Potter wrote: > > >> Try coding each module as a Django template tag. >> Then, create a template that returns an html fragment rather than a >> full html page. >> Associate each rendered template with a specific URL. >> Perhaps something like: >>

Re: Integrating Django with existing site.

2007-09-05 Thread Steve Potter
On Sep 5, 11:31 am, "Dorai Thodla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve, > This is a great idea that may work as a migration strategy from lot of other > portals/content management systems or even websites. I wonder whether there > is some wikispace where we can preserve migration strategies. > >

Re: Integrating Django with existing site.

2007-09-05 Thread Steve Potter
> > Try coding each module as a Django template tag. > Then, create a template that returns an html fragment rather than a > full html page. > Associate each rendered template with a specific URL. > Perhaps something like: > mysite.com/components/module1.html > In Joomla, create a plug-in

Re: Integrating Django with existing site.

2007-09-05 Thread Ray Cote
At 4:59 AM + 9/5/07, Steve Potter wrote: >... you have many different modules, each of them being a separate >application that >functions independently of the others, but they are all displayed on >one page. >I want to be able to convert these modules one by one without having >to replace

Re: Integrating Django with existing site.

2007-09-04 Thread Steve Potter
> > You can use url rewriting to point your users at the old site while you > code up the new one. Apache's mod_rewrite is pretty well documented. > You would capture incoming URLs that aren't yet in your new Django app > before they get to it, sending them to the legacy app instead. > >

Re: Integrating Django with existing site.

2007-09-04 Thread Greg Donald
On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Steve Potter wrote: > I have an existing website currently built with Joomla. I would like > to convert it to a custom designed Django site. The problem I am > running into is that I will not be able to do it all at once. To > start with, I would like to take some of the

Integrating Django with existing site.

2007-09-04 Thread Steve Potter
I have an existing website currently built with Joomla. I would like to convert it to a custom designed Django site. The problem I am running into is that I will not be able to do it all at once. To start with, I would like to take some of the business logic and form process and move to