Awesome project, in the process of migrating all my custom built CMS solutions to Mezzanine. Never really found a CMS that was simple for the user to understand, and allowed easy customization. So have always built custom CMS/product catalogues for each client. Re-using apps where possible.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:41 AM, Thomas Woolford <rocker.of.b...@gmail.com>wrote: > You should consider using Sentry Instead. This way you will get live > feedback on errors, even ones that nobody reports. > > On Mar 4, 1:24 pm, Stephen McDonald <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes - behind the project homepage is the entire demo site where anyone > > can log in and try it out. I've left debug on so that when people find > > errors on it they can submit the traceback easily. It's been really > > helpful on the few occasions it has happened. > > > > On Mar 4, 12:55 pm, arshaver <anthony.r.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looks great. One thing... looks likehttp://mezzanine.jupo.org/is > > > running with Debug = True (tryhttp://mezzanine.jupo.org/asdf). Maybe > > > you're aware, just FYI. > > > > > On Mar 3, 3:51 pm, Stephen McDonald <st...@jupo.org> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Djangonauts, > > > > > > I'm happy to announce the release of Mezzanine 1.0. Mezzanine is > simple yet > > > > powerful BSD licensed CMS for building Django powered sites. > > > > > > Development of Mezzanine and its sister project Cartridge (ecommerce > for > > > > Mezzanine) began over two years ago, born from frustrations with the > only > > > > options available at the time which were django-page-cms and > Satchmo, and > > > > from a decade's experience in building proprietary CMSes and > ecommerce > > > > solutions, prior to working with Django. Since then it has grown > from real > > > > world requirements at a fast paced web development agency in > Australia, and > > > > has received contributions from many dozens of developers on GitHub > and > > > > Bitbucket, with a wider community of hundreds on the mailing list. > > > > Mezzanine and Cartridge have been used to power a long list of > production > > > > sites, from personal blogs and agency sites, to some of the highest > traffic > > > > content sites and ecommerce stores for some of the largest brands in > > > > Australia. > > > > > > Here's an overview of Mezzanine's features: > > > > > > - Hierarchical navigation tree, with page nodes extendable by > Mezzanine's > > > > content type system. Content types are simply subclases of > Mezzanine's Page > > > > model - subclass away and your new type is available. > > > > - Inline front-end site editing that can be applied to any models: > > > > Mezzanine's, third party apps, or your own. > > > > - Blogging app (regular Django app). > > > > - Gallery app (a Mezzanine content type). > > > > - Mobile device handling. Build separate mobile versions of > templates where > > > > required to run a mobile version of the site - no separate URLs or > views > > > > required. > > > > - Form builder app (a Mezzanine content type). Admin users create > their own > > > > forms, and view form submissions via the admin, or export them via > CSV. > > > > - Mezzanine projects are standard Django projects - admin, > urlpatterns, > > > > views, models. Third party Django apps plug straight in without > special > > > > handling. > > > > - Built-in search engine. > > > > - South migrations. > > > > - Admin editable settings. > > > > - Full test suite, continuously integrated (with Travis CI) including > > > > automated pep8/pyflakes integration. The code base is painstakingly > clean. > > > > - Fully documented, available on the Mezzanine project site as well > as on > > > > Read The Docs. > > > > - Translated into around a dozen languages, managed via Transifex. > > > > - Grappelli/Filebrowser based admin. Third party Django admin > classes plug > > > > straight in. > > > > - Full featured ecommerce via Cartridge - a separate ecommerce app > built > > > > for Mezzanine. > > > > - All functionality comes with default templates to get you started, > > > > integrated with Bootstrap 2.0. > > > > - Integrated with Django's sites app. > > > > - A set of generic foreignkey types and models: tagging, threaded > comments > > > > and ratings. All denormalised with counts, averages, etc. > > > > > > To be honest, you could almost implement everything Mezzanine does by > > > > combining dozens of different open source Django apps that are out > there. > > > > What you get from Mezzanine though, is everything integrated > seamlessly out > > > > of the box, leaving you free to focus on building your site. > > > > > > In conjunction with the Mezzanine 1.0 release, I've also released > Cartridge > > > > 0.4. As I mentioned, Cartridge provides a full ecommerce package for > > > > Mezzanine. While Mezzanine is more of a framework for building sites > with > > > > any type of content you need to, Cartridge is much more opinionated > in its > > > > function, namely how a store should be set up, and is more of a > standard > > > > Django app that implements the most common features you'd find in an > online > > > > store. Like Mezzanine, Cartridge has been under development for a > couple of > > > > years now. Since I haven't posted to django-users about either > Mezzanine or > > > > Cartridge before, here's an overview of Cartridge's features as well: > > > > > > - Hierarchical shop categories. These are just Mezzanine content > types and > > > > hook into your site's navigation. > > > > - Single interface for setting up a product, with 0 to N variations. > > > > - Arbitrary product options (colours, sizes, etc). > > > > - Hooks for shipping calculations and payment gateway. > > > > - Sale pricing. > > > > - Promotional discount codes. > > > > - PDF invoice generation (for packing slips). > > > > - Stock control. > > > > - Dynamic categories (by price range, colour, etc). > > > > - Registered or anonymous checkout. > > > > - Configurable nunber of checkout steps. > > > > > > So if you have a CMS or ecommerce Django project coming up, please > check > > > > out Mezzanine and Cartridge. If you have any questions or comments, > please > > > > let us know via the mailing list. Myself and other members of the > community > > > > are quick to reply on there, and always open to suggestions and > feedback. > > > > > > Mezzanine project homepage:http://mezzanine.jupo.org > (includesagallery > > > > of sites powered by Mezzanine, as well as a live Mezzanine/Cartridge > demo. > > > > User: demo / pass: demo) > > > > Mezzanine/Cartridge mailing list: > http://groups.google.com/group/mezzanine-users > > > > > > Mezzanine docs: > http://mezzanine.jupo.org/docs/orhttp://mezzanine.rtfd.org/ > > > > Mezzanine Git repo:https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine > > > > Mezzanine Mercurial repo:https://bitbucket.org/stephenmcd/mezzanine > > > > Mezzanine issue tracker: > https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/issues > > > > > > Cartridge docs:http://cartridge.jupo.orgorhttp://cartridge.rtfd.org/ > > > > Cartridge Git repo:https://github.com/stephenmcd/cartridge > > > > Cartridge Mercurial repo:https://bitbucket.org/stephenmcd/cartridge > > > > Cartridge issue tracker: > https://github.com/stephenmcd/cartridge/issues > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Steve > > > > > > -- > > > > Stephen McDonaldhttp://jupo.org > > -- > 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. 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