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Review report of [=Django=]

Person(s) reviewing it: johm, occam

More information about it: http://www.djangoproject.com

Software version(s): 0.9.5

Demo URL: none atm

Demo users and passwords:

Status of the report: %red% DRAFT %%

A subjective evaluation can be found here: http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-cms/2007-January/0129-1y.html

What We Have

The original feature list is available at CMSWhatWeHave


Feature Score (0-3) Remarks
Anonymous open publishing 2 Doesn't log ips by default at the database level, but would need to be checked at the logging level (remove ip mod?)
easy mirroring capability 1 Has an extensive caching api
syndication -out/in
search 3 build in modules for search object properties
The ability to create multiple instances 3 many projects can use the same django base. even apps inside a projects can be shared between projects.
Multimedia handling
Categories
Good performence on affordable hardware 1 it has good and flexible cache functions. the dynamic pages and the admin need mod_python
Customisability 3
internationalisation 3 full i18n support using gettext or flatfiles as fallback http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/i18n/
translation
comments 2 built in threaded comment system which can be added to any object
anti-abuse measures
easy moderation 2 it is easy to customize the admin interface
calendar
features
documentation 3 good tutorial and good docs on most common tasks (i18n, cache)
user moderation - open editing

Legend: 0, feature not present at all - 1, the feature exists but is poor and doesn't suit to our goals - 2, the feature isn't as complete as we want but we can use it - 3, the feature is fully functional

What We Want

The original feature list is available at CMSWhatWeWant

Feature Score (0-3) Remarks
User Logins
User Logins (network wide)
Access Controls
Notify Moderator Button
User Moderation - Open Editing
User Profiles
Podcasting/Vodcasting
Redundancy (DB content storage)
Version Control
User Notifications
Customizable skins by users
Accessibility
GIS
Photo Galleries
Licencing Options
Image Manipulation
P2P Integration
Social Networking - Filtering systems
WYSIWYG Editor
Tagging
Anti-bot Systems
Easy installation
Cross Site Search
Documented APIs
Software modularity
Healthy community behind

Legend: 0, feature not present at all - 1, the feature exists but is poor and doesn't suit to our goals - 2, the feature isn't as complete as we want but we can use it - 3, the feature is fully functional

What We Could Also Have

Other interesting things this software provides and we can use.

Name Description