Features

• "Pagelets" for adding small pieces of content to otherwise static templates
• CMS "pages" which include any number of pagelets and, if needed, attachments
• Different pagelet content types including HTML and Markdown
• An integrated WYSIWYG editor (WYMeditor) which can be selectively enabled/disabled

Required Dependencies

• Django admin site
• The django.core.context_processors.request context processor

Optional Dependencies

• jQuery 1.3
• WYMeditor (included in pagelets media)

Installation and Setup

1. django-pagelets is available on PyPI, so the easiest way to install it is to use pip:

   pip install django-pagelets
   

2. Add pagelets to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py and run syncdb:

   INSTALLED_APPS = (
       ...,
       'pagelets',
       ...
   )
   

3. Add django.core.context_processors.request to TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS:

   TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
       "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
       "django.core.context_processors.debug",
       "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
       "django.core.context_processors.media",
       "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
       "django.core.context_processors.request", # <----
   )
   

4. Add the pagelets URLs to urls.py, e.g.:

   urlpatterns += patterns('',
       (r'^pagelets-management/', include('pagelets.urls.management')),
       (r'^', include('pagelets.urls.content')),
   )
   

5. In development, you can serve pagelet's static media in urls.py:

   import pagelets
   path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(pagelets.__file__), 'media')
   
   urlpatterns += patterns('',
       (
           r'^%spagelets/(?P<path>.*)' % settings.MEDIA_URL.lstrip('/'),
           'django.views.static.serve',
           {'document_root': path, 'show_indexes': True}
       ),
   )
   

6. Visit the admin site, add and save a new page, and click the View on site link. If everything is setup correctly, you should be able to see and edit the content you just added.

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