Nothing wrong with designing your site using visual tools. Get your
basic page look and feel set up as a single static HTML + CSS. That
page becomes your base template.
Stick a single {{ content }} placeholder in and you can start
inserting dynamic content into your template from any of your views.
Your navigation might become:
<ul>
{% for page in pages%}
<li><a href="{{page.url}}">{{page.name}}</a></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
As other parts of your page become dynamic then replace them in the
same way.
And on the subject of blogs - assuming you start with a working Django
install and the HTML+CSS already designed then I think anyone
reasobably familiar with Django could get a working blog in around
five minutes :)
Andy
On Apr 5, 9:10 pm, dartdog1 <tombran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, is a reasonable way to do initial page design to just use some
> sort of visual tool (suggestions?)(that hopefully does a good job of
> separating the html and css) then go back in and hack in the Django
> tags? and blocks?? Or am I just off in left field?
>
> On Apr 5, 10:43 am, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:38 AM, zayatzz <alan.kesselm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Im just as new and i ran into exactly the same problem.
>
> > > As it seems, some people suggest to create new app for just font page
> > > (or generic public view) and create index.html as this apps front page
> > > template.
>
> > > I think it is possible to create views.py and index.html for the
> > > project too.
>
> > > Im sure someone will clear all this for us soon enough :).
>
> > > For now i went for creating app for site. This app will hold stuff
> > > like website title, meta words, language parameters and website
> > > encoding - you'll declare them in your index html anyway, so why not
> > > store them in your database, so you can change them from admin,
> > > whenever you want.
>
> > > Alan
>
> > > On Apr 5, 5:57 pm, dartdog1 <tombran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Ok I'm super new, skimmed the doc & tutorial but I just can't figure
> > > > out how to go about really building the Public view side? I don't see
> > > > how to apply simple css. how to set up simple stuff like navigation
> > > > tabs and links...
>
> > > > I'm implementing on GAE with the AEP and have gotten the sample app up
> > > > and going, have more docs to read there. But it seems to me that I'm
> > > > missing something basic, and when I search for stuff like css and page
> > > > layout I don't get much help..
>
> > > > For instance the sample AEP poll app has no style, I was trying to
> > > > figure out how to apply some,, but at a larger level how to do that
> > > > for a site, with navigation, and being able to take advantage of the
> > > > ability to add new apps later?
>
> > > > I notice that I see a number of people raving about how much they love
> > > > Django on their WP or Blogger blogs,, Which tells me that even
> > > > designing a simple Bog is not that easy in Django. Yes I have seen a
> > > > few Django blogs, but not much discussion of how they did it, and how
> > > > they apply design. For some they seem to use a mix of other tools and
> > > > some undisclosed black magic?
>
> > > > AEP has two sample blogs but truthfully they look pretty primitive.
>
> > > > What am I missing?
>
> > Yes, you can absolutely create a views.py that isn't in a application, views
> > are just python functions, so they can live wherever they want, likewise so
> > long as your index.html is in your TEMPLATE_DIRS folder then it can be used
> > from wherever you like.
>
> > Alex
>
> > --
> > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
> > say it." --Voltaire
> > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
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