zibmedia / django-fiber

Django Fiber - a simple, user-friendly CMS for all your Django projects

Django Fiber

Do you want to see a Django Fiber screencast, to get a feel for what it can do for you? Check it out here: http://vimeo.com/ridethepony/django-fiber

Or, if you want to quickly try out Django Fiber on your machine, install the Django Fiber example project: https://github.com/ridethepony/django-fiber-example

Convinced? Want to use Django Fiber in your own Django project? Then follow the instructions below:

Installation:

We're assuming you are using Django 1.3.x or 1.4.

$ pip install django-fiber

Requirements:

These dependencies are automatically installed:

Pillow==1.7.7
djangorestframework==0.3.3
django-mptt==0.5.1
django-compressor>=0.7.1

Settings:

settings.py

import django.conf.global_settings as DEFAULT_SETTINGS

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES + (
    'fiber.middleware.ObfuscateEmailAddressMiddleware',
    'fiber.middleware.AdminPageMiddleware',
)

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS + (
    'django.core.context_processors.request',
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'djangorestframework',
    'mptt',
    'compressor',
    'fiber',
    ...
)

import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_FINDERS = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.STATICFILES_FINDERS + (
    'compressor.finders.CompressorFinder',
)

urls.py

from django.conf import settings

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    ...
    (r'^api/v2/', include('fiber.rest_api.urls')),
    (r'^admin/fiber/', include('fiber.admin_urls')),
    (r'^jsi18n/$', 'django.views.i18n.javascript_catalog', {'packages': ('fiber',),}),
    ...
    (r'', 'fiber.views.page'),
)

Post-installation:

Create database tables:

$ python manage.py syncdb

All static Fiber files need to be symlinked in (or copied to) your media folder:

$ python manage.py collectstatic --link

Further documentation:

You can find usage instructions, and other documentation, in the docs folder.