Malcolm Tredinnick schrieb: > On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 09:56 -0700, johannes wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm planning to alter an existing hobby-project-site from php and xml/ > > xslt scripts into a python web-app. > > I just played around a little bit with django and must say I like it. > > First, having learned php, xslt and python by myself, I must say I'm > > definitely not a professional. > > My existing website is a kind of database, but without a database :-). > > Everything's stored in plain xml files. I have coded these xml-Files > > myself and then written some php/xslt scripts which transform them to > > html and display them in a browser. > > Now, I want to implement a basic authentication dialogue, where people > > can create an account log in and fill out forms which output xml-files > > which are later on (after I reviewed them) accessible via the > > webbrowser as the ones I have already written. This is what I like to > > do with python and django. After this I plan to transfer the existing > > php stuff to python/django. > > As I'm new django and still wondering if this is the right thing for > > what I want to do: > > Is this possible with django? And how do I do this? > > You won't be using all of Django in this case. The ORM layer -- all the > models stuff -- won't be of any use to you, since that uses a database. > > So, in your views, read and write your XML files just as you would > normally (using, say, Python's standard XML libraries). You will have to > write your own authentication layer and session management, though, > since they, again, depend on Django's ORM. > > Regards, > Malcolm > > -- > Works better when plugged in. > http://www.pointy-stick.com/blog/
Ah, I see. Just for clarification, wouldn't it be possible in my case to use Django's ORM layer for the user authentication system, so I wouldn't need to code this by myself? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
