This document assumes you are familiar with Python and Django. It should outline the steps necessary for you to follow the Introductory Tutorial.
Note
When installing the django CMS using pip, Django, django-mptt django-classy-tags, django-sekizai, south and html5lib will be installed automatically.
django-filer with its django CMS plugins, file and image management application to use instead of some core plugins
django-reversion 1.6.6 (with Django 1.4.5), 1.7 (with Django 1.5) to support versions of your content (If using a different Django version it is a good idea to check the page Compatible-Django-Versions in the django-reversion wiki in order to make sure that the package versions are compatible.)
Note
Since django CMS 2.4 we only save the latest 25 publish revisions anymore. You can change this behavior with CMS_MAX_PAGE_PUBLISH_REVERSIONS.
Warning
The instructions here install certain packages, such as PIL, Django, South and django CMS globally, which is not recommended. We recommend you use virtualenv instead. If you choose to do so, install Django, django CMS and South inside a virtualenv.
If you’re using Ubuntu (tested with 10.10), the following should get you started:
sudo aptitude install python2.6 python-setuptools python-imaging
sudo easy_install pip
sudo pip install Django==1.5 django-cms south
Additionally, you need the Python driver for your selected database:
sudo aptitude python-psycopg2
or
sudo aptitude install python-mysql
This will install PIL and your database’s driver globally.
You have now everything that is needed for you to follow the Introductory Tutorial.
TODO (Should setup everything up to but not including “pip install django-cms” like the above)
TODO.
We recommend using PostgreSQL or MySQL with django CMS. Installing and maintaining database systems is outside the scope of this documentation, but is very well documented on the systems’ respective websites.
To use django CMS efficiently, we recommend: