Philo is a powerful content-management system built with Django. It manages websites, simple and complex.
+Philo was developed by a team of developers working for Oberlin College to meet their needs for flexible, manageable website development and maintenance. To learn more about Philo’s features and functionality read the documentation.
+Philo-Powered Websites
+You can use collections, redirects, files, content references (included in the Philo core), as well as the Philo contrib apps and your own code to create and manage more powerful, complex websites. Learn more in the documentation.
+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 the following:
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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
+git clone git://git.ithinksw.org/philo.git
+ python philo/setup.py install
+ rm -rf philo
+ Get Involved
+Philo is still under heavy development. If you’re a Python/Django developer, help out by forking Philo on GitHub to add features or fix bugs.
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