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Django CMS

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Developer(s)
  
Divio AG

Written in
  
Python

Development status
  
Active

Operating system
  
Cross-platform

Django CMS

Initial release
  
May 2007; 9 years ago (2007-05)

Stable release
  
3.4.1 / 5 October 2016; 4 months ago (2016-10-05)

django CMS is a free and open source content management system platform for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. It is written in Django, and Python.

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History

django CMS 1.0 was created by Thomas Steinacher.

django CMS 2.0 was a complete rewrite of the system by Patrick Lauber, itself based on a fork of django-page-cms.

django CMS 3.0 was released in 2013.

django CMS is backed by Divio AG, a Swiss software company.

It is maintained by a team of full-time developers and open-source community members; a complete list of contributors is available.

As of 10 June 2016, django CMS 3.0 is compatible with Django versions 1.8 and 1.7.

As of 15 September 2016, django CMS 3.4 introduced a Long Term Support (LTS) release cycle.

Translations

django CMS handles multilingual content by default. Its administration interface supports several languages.

Transifex is used to manage the translations of the project. The current status of the translations can be found here.

Features

Frontend-editing 
edit all plugins within the page.
Reusable plugins 
use django CMS plugins in your own apps.
Flexible Plugin Architecture 
build flexible pages with a wide range of plugins.
Search Engine Optimization 
the structure of the pages is optimized for indexing.
Editorial workflow 
workflows for publishing and approval.
Permission Management 
set specific rights to different users.
Versioning 
each modification of the page will be saved. You can restore any state you wish.
Multisites 
administer multiple websites over the same admin interface.
Multilanguage 
support for different languages (i.e. Arabic, Chinese or Russian)
Applications (Apps) 
add apps to different pages of the CMS.
Media Asset Manager (MAM) 
allows you to manage all kind of assets (pictures, PDFs, videos and other documents).

Notable uses

  • Canonical, for the Ubuntu developer portal and Ubucon websites
  • NASA on their site Flight Opportunities
  • Mercedes-Benz on their site Mercedes Benz Formula 1
  • Stadler Rail on their site [1]
  • Affichage on their site [2]
  • Vodafone Developer on their site [3]
  • PBS Arts on their site [4]
  • Libération on their site [5]
  • Salt (formerly Orange Switzerland) on their site [6]
  • L'Oréal on their site Men Expert l site

    • References

    Django CMS Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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