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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
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| Score (0-3)
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| Anonymous open publishing
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| Doesn't log ips by default at the database level, but would need to be checked at the logging level (remove ip mod?)
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| easy mirroring capability
| 1
| Has an extensive caching api
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| syndication -out/in
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| search
| 3
| build in modules for search object properties
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| 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.
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| Multimedia handling
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| Categories
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| Good performence on affordable hardware
| 1
| it has good and flexible cache functions. the dynamic pages and the admin need mod_python
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| Customisability
| 3
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| internationalisation
| 3
| full i18n support using gettext or flatfiles as fallback http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/i18n/
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| translation
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| comments
| 2
| built in threaded comment system which can be added to any object
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| anti-abuse measures
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| easy moderation
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| it is easy to customize the admin interface
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| calendar
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| features
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| documentation
| 3
| good tutorial and good docs on most common tasks (i18n, cache)
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| user moderation - open editing
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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
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| Score (0-3)
| Remarks
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| User Logins
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| User Logins (network wide)
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| Access Controls
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| Notify Moderator Button
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| User Moderation - Open Editing
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| User Profiles
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| Podcasting/Vodcasting
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| Redundancy (DB content storage)
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| Version Control
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| User Notifications
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| Customizable skins by users
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| Accessibility
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| GIS
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| Photo Galleries
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| Licencing Options
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| Image Manipulation
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| P2P Integration
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| Social Networking - Filtering systems
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| WYSIWYG Editor
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| Tagging
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| Anti-bot Systems
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| Easy installation
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| Cross Site Search
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| Documented APIs
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| Software modularity
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| Healthy community behind
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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.
