README.markdown

   1 Philo is a foundation for developing web content management systems.
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   3 Prerequisites:
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   5  * [Python 2.5.4+ &lt;http://www.python.org&gt;](http://www.python.org/)
   6  * [Django 1.3+ &lt;http://www.djangoproject.com/&gt;](http://www.djangoproject.com/)
   7  * [django-mptt e734079+ &lt;https://github.com/django-mptt/django-mptt/&gt;](https://github.com/django-mptt/django-mptt/)
   8  * (Optional) [django-grappelli 2.0+ &lt;http://code.google.com/p/django-grappelli/&gt;](http://code.google.com/p/django-grappelli/)
   9  * (Optional) [south 0.7.2+ &lt;http://south.aeracode.org/)](http://south.aeracode.org/)
  10  * (philo.contrib.penfield) [django-taggit 0.9.3+ &lt;https://github.com/alex/django-taggit&gt;](https://github.com/alex/django-taggit)
  11  * (philo.contrib.waldo, optional) [recaptcha-django r6 &lt;http://code.google.com/p/recaptcha-django/&gt;](http://code.google.com/p/recaptcha-django/)
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  13 To contribute, please visit the [project website](http://project.philocms.org/) and/or make a fork of the git repository on [GitHub](http://github.com/ithinksw/philo) or [Gitorious](http://gitorious
  14 .org/ithinksw/philo). Feel free to join us on IRC at [irc://irc.oftc.net/#philo](irc://irc.oftc.net/#philo).
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  16 Using philo
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  18
  19 After installing philo and mptt on your python path, make sure to complete the following steps:
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  21 1. add 'philo.middleware.RequestNodeMiddleware' to settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES.
  22 2. add 'philo' and 'mptt' to settings.INSTALLED_APPS.
  23 3. include 'philo.urls' somewhere in your urls.py file.
  24 4. Optionally add a root node to your current Site.
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  26 Philo should be ready to go! All that's left is to [learn more](http://philo.readthedocs.org) and [contribute](http://philo.readthedocs.org/en/latest/contribute.html).