Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-28 Thread Alan Gauld
"Richard Querin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > After reading it all I'm wondering if maybe a templating system like > Cheetah might be the way to go for us. For a simple CMS a templating system like Kid or Cheetah are probably all you need. If you want to include dynamic content add CherryPy or sim

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-28 Thread sa9k063
Richard Querin wrote: > - Python based - I have a rudimentary knowledge of Python and like it, so > I'd prefer to go this route > - Simple - Our needs are not very complex, we're really just thinking about > maintainability and expandability. > - We want to be able to customize the look and layout

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Scott SA
On 11/27/07, jim stockford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >I'd love to know scott's definition of "framework", especially >contrasting with full-blown CMS. Yes, when one compares something like Quixote to Zope, there is a _lot_ of middle-ground. They are all frameorks, just with incrementally lar

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Scott SA
On 11/27/07, Richard Querin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >After reading it all I'm wondering if maybe a templating system like >Cheetah might be the way to go for us. I'll have to do a lot more >reading and exploring. Sure. Be wary of any system that allows the template to freely call python i.e.

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread jim stockford
I'd love to know scott's definition of "framework", especially contrasting with full-blown CMS. Frameworks for Python: CherryPy · Django · Karrigell · Nevow · Porcupine · Pylons · Spyce · TurboGears · TwistedWeb · Webware · Zope per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_(web_framework)

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Kent Johnson
Richard Querin wrote: > While we have less than 50 entries at the moment, adding each one is > still quite a hack. I've written a small wxpython app to take away > some of the pain of it, but it's still prone to corruption and still > too much work. Have you looked at Firedrop2? It makes it prett

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Richard Querin
Whoa!. Lots of very good advice here. Thanks to all. After reading it all I'm wondering if maybe a templating system like Cheetah might be the way to go for us. I'll have to do a lot more reading and exploring. I'd love to learn something like Django but like it has been said, that's really a fram

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Scott SA
First-off, I have to appologize to the list for an accidental re-send of my original post. I didn't want to spam the list with an 'oops' message, but it seems appropriate now. If the other version gets caught by a moderator, it can be deleted - thanks! On 11/27/07, jim stockford ([EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread jim stockford
On Nov 27, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Scott SA wrote: > On 11/27/07, jim stockford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> IMO: >> my experience with cms systems is that there's a big >> learning curve. you might have more fun (and be more >> productive and maybe more creative) if you use the >> available appropr

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Scott SA
On 11/27/07, jim stockford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >IMO: >my experience with cms systems is that there's a big >learning curve. you might have more fun (and be more >productive and maybe more creative) if you use the >available appropriate python modules and cobble >together your own site. Woa

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Scott Sandeman-Allen
On 11/27/07, jim stockford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >IMO: >my experience with cms systems is that there's a big >learning curve. you might have more fun (and be more >productive and maybe more creative) if you use the >available appropriate python modules and cobble >together your own site. Woa

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Dave Kuhlman
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 09:52:26AM -0500, Richard Querin wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a site that is currently a static site. While not unmanageable at > the moment (it's still pretty young), we've been entertaining thoughts of > converting it to a CMS system. I'm looking for some good suggestions ba

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread jim stockford
IMO: my experience with cms systems is that there's a big learning curve. you might have more fun (and be more productive and maybe more creative) if you use the available appropriate python modules and cobble together your own site. maintenance, especially by some one else, would be an area t

[Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Richard Querin
Hi, I've got a site that is currently a static site. While not unmanageable at the moment (it's still pretty young), we've been entertaining thoughts of converting it to a CMS system. I'm looking for some good suggestions based on some simple criteria: - Python based - I have a rudimentary knowle