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On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Josh <jos.carpente...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I want to switch my sites from Drupal to Django. I already read a lot >> about Django and made a few sample apps. I think Django is better >> suited to my needs, but I do have a few questions that I couldn't find >> an answer for. So I thought of a few solutions that might do the >> trick. <snip> > > > >> I'm not really a web designer or a programmer, <snip> > > > Then stick with Drupal. > > Drupal is a CMS. Django is a framework. There's a *big* difference. > > >> so the >> terminology I use might be wrong.Some hints, references to sample-apps >> (so I can look at the code) or other resources on the internet are >> welcome. >> >> 1. URL generation >> The sites will have a substantial number of pages that will be >> generated. The content is stored in a database. I was thinking of >> creating a seperate table for page-names. E.g. >> pagename - database_id ( page-about-something.htm, id12345 ; category/ >> page-about-something.htm, id12345). >> I'll store these in a dictionary (name:, database_id) and use this to >> avoid duplicate names and keep track of already present names. This >> way I can also alias pages. >> Basically this is a question about how to handle a large number of >> different pages? >> >> 2. Layout of webpages - main content area >> I think I understand the templating system of Django. In Drupal there >> are a lot of ways to generate layouts and depending on the content >> ( areas such as head, above-content, content, left-column, right- >> column etc can be defined and depending on the context blocks of >> content can be displayed). The header/footer part isn't that >> difficult, but I'm having problems how to do the main content area.I'm >> not sure how to do this in Django (or start with it). >> >> For example: >> main content area >> - frontpage 3 columns with different components (widgets/blocks) in >> each column >> - normal page 2 columns (but may contain different outcomes depending >> on content) >> -- main content area >> -- column with different components (widgets, blocks) >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> >> > -- 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
