Hi guys Have you considered using a Content Management System? This is what they are designed for - to make it easy to add and manage content. Check out the various Django CMSs and their plugins/extra modules. Or there are some excellent non-Django OSS CMSs out their too.
There are good reasons to limit unrestrained access to CSS and HTML though most good CMSs will allow you to relax such rules for your users if you really need to. On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:31:18 -0500 m1chael <myk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I deal with the same thing... and i've set up the template directories > for them to access, and it works OK.. but I still hear complaints from > the old timers that won't want to conform to this new way of doing > things, > > This isn't a stupid question at all. I'm hoping someone can give a > truly thoughtful response to this. > > > Mike > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:17 PM, BikerJim <jimbud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a fairly simple Django site up and running on Heroku kind of a > > test project for me, all is well and I'm pretty happy with my progress > > so far: easylaughs.herokuapp.com > > > > Its a site for managing weekly theatre shows, workshops and courses > > and it was intended to run alongside, possibly eventually to replace, > > the flat HTML pages at www.easylaughs.nl, which is updated manually by > > three volunteers with an FTP account (bit old fashioned but there you > > go) :) > > > > However there have been some grumblings about a few things, mainly > > that they are used to login with FTP, edit the HTML and upload the > > edited HTML/CSS, and they don't want to get into git, virtualenvs, > > python etc, but they still want to be able to edit the 'HTML pages' > > occasionally. I have given them a few flatpages to play with > > (the /press/ url for example), and explained that if there is data > > that changes it either should go in a flatpage or in the > > database...but that doesn't seem to cut it for (one of) them. (and I > > don't really want to end up being the only fella responsible for the > > website, so it would be nice to hand off some responsibility e.g. for > > the styling). There is also a worry about the hard won SEO... but > > that's for another thread... > > > > I had a thought that they might be able to pull the django generated > > data from the flat HTML site and embed it, using javascript or > > something? For example, a stripped out version of the 'Next Show' and > > 'Next Workshop' data on the front page? > > > > Do I need an API for this, or can they just pull the Django generated > > HTML in directly with Javascript somehow? I don't really want to > > suggest an iframe.. I understand they're even more old fashioned than > > FTP ;) > > > > I've been reading up on django-rest-framework and it looks like just > > what I need, but I don't want to do work I don't need to (although it > > would be another interesting thing to learn!). They can CRUD the data > > from the admin, so it'll only be GET requests, so is an API just > > overkill? > > > > Pointers for further reading very welcome, and I fully accept this > > might be a very, very stupid question. I really appreciate any advice > > you might have! > > > > Thanks > > Jim > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Django users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/04dce4d6-4fa8-4025-9668-200bf7788efc%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Drew Ferguson AFC Commercial http://www.afccommercial.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/20140204031903.1f3f8d9b%40blacktav.fergiesontour.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
