Philosophy¶

The design philosophy of django CMS is to solve something complex with many simplethings.

The core of django CMS is designed to be simple and integrate with simple packages tocreate complex applications. For example, you may adddjangocms-versioning to manageversions of your content,djangocms-moderation to define workflows for how contentmoves from authoring to being published.

Overview¶

django CMS is a modern web publishing platform built withDjango, the web applicationframework “for perfectionists with deadlines”.

django CMS offers out-of-the-box support for the common features you’d expect from aCMS, but can also be easily customised and extended by developers to create a site thatis tailored to their precise needs.

This is the developer documentation. To get an overview on how to use django CMS, seethedjango CMS User Guide.

Join us online¶

Thedjango CMS Association is a non-profitorganisation that exists to support the development of django CMS and its community.

Why django CMS?¶

django CMS is a well-tested CMS platform that powers sites both large and small. Hereare a few of the key features:

• robust internationalisation (i18n) support for creating multilingual sites

• front-end editing, providing rapid access to the content management interface

• support for a variety of editors with advanced text editing features.

• a flexible plugin system that lets developers put powerful tools at the fingertips ofeditors, without overwhelming them with a difficult interface

• …and much more

There are other capable Django-based CMS platforms, but here’s why you should considerdjango CMS:

• thorough documentation

• easy and comprehensive integration into existing projects - django CMS isn’t amonolithic application

• a healthy, active and supportive developer community

• a strong culture of good code, including an emphasis on automated testing

Software version requirements and release notes¶

This document refers to version 5.1.0dev1.