CMSSurveyReportDjango

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: 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

FeatureScore (0-3)Remarks
Anonymous open publishing2Doesn't log ips by default at the database level, but would need to be checked at the logging level (remove ip mod?)
easy mirroring capability1Has an extensive http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/cache/?
syndication -out/in  
search3build in modules for search object properties
The ability to create multiple instances3many projects can use the same django base. even apps inside a projects can be shared between projects.
Multimedia handling  
Categories  
Good performence on affordable hardware1it has good and flexible cache functions. the dynamic pages and the admin need mod_python
Customisability3 
internationalisation3full i18n support using gettext or flatfiles as fallback http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/i18n/
translation  
comments2built in threaded comment system which can be added to any object
anti-abuse measures  
easy moderation2it is easy to customize the admin interface
calendar  
features  
documentation3good 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

FeatureScore (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.

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