Philo is a powerful content-management system built with Django. It manages web sites, simple and complex.
+Philo is designed by and for web developers. Web developers who don't like compromise.
+Initially developed for Oberlin College, Philo meets changing and complex needs gracefully. To learn more, read the documentation.
+Philo-Powered web sites
+Philo provides core web features—such as page editing, seen above—and a foundation for building complex web sites and applications.
+Batteries Included
-You can use also collections, redirects, files, content references (all included in the Philo core), as well as the Philo contrib apps and your own code to create and manage more powerful, complex websites.
- -Batteries Included
- -Following Python and Django’s “batteries included” philosophy, Philo includes a number of optional packages that simplify common website structures. These are stored in philo.contrib and include:
+Following Python and Django’s “batteries included” philosophy, Philo includes a number of optional modules that simplify common web site structures. These are located in philo.contrib
and include the following:
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- - Penfield - Blog and newsletter management. - -
- - Shipherd - Powerful site-navigation. - -
- - Sobol - Custom search-engines. - -
- - Waldo - Custom authentication systems. - -
- - (in development) - Gilbert - Alternative web-based admin. - -
- - (in development) - Julian - Calendar and events system. - -
- - (planned) - Forums. - -
- - (planned) - Wikis. - -
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- + Penfield + Blog and newsletter management. + +
- + Shipherd + Powerful site navigation. + +
- + Sobol + Custom web and database searches. + +
- + Waldo + Custom authentication systems. + +
- + (in development) + Gilbert + Alternative admin built on Ext JS. + +
- + (in development) + Julian + Calendar and events system. + +
- + (in development) + Edmonia + Asset management. + +
- + (in development) + Bartleby + Form generation and handling. + +
- + (planned) + Forums. + +
- + (planned) + Wikis. + +
Install Philo
+pip install philo
+ Get Involved
+Philo is still under heavy development. If you’re a Python/Django developer, help out by visiting the project website and/or forking Philo on GitHub, Gitorious, or Bitbucket to add features or fix bugs.
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