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  1. Merengue source code repository, wiki and bug report system
    1. Project Description
    2. Technologies
    3. Why another CMS?
    4. Features
      1. General features
      2. Deployment features
    5. Demo Site
    6. Documentation
    7. Test plan
    8. Contact Info
    9. More Info

Merengue source code repository, wiki and bug report system

Project Description

Django-based CMS on steroids.

Technologies

Based on these technologies:

  •  Python as programming language.
  •  Django as web framework.
  • Several database backends supported:
    • PostgreSQL.
    • Oracle.
    • MySQL.
    • SQLite.

Why another CMS?

Although the Django framework is amazing for creating web apps, with several flagship projects like  Pinax, we think there is no complete Django-based CMS comparable to Drupal, Plone,  ModX cms, etc. Merengue is a full-featured CMS useful for creating websites writing less code and mantaining it clean, elegant and reusable.

See  Merengue overview to get more info.

Features

General features

  • Cross platform.
  • Support for different DB engines.
  • Human readable URLs.
  • Multilingual content management.
  • Advanced custom searchers.
  • Sections (microsites) management.
  • Theme support.
  • Pluggable.
  • Extensible content types.
  • Collaborative editing.
  • Multithreaded comment system.
  •  See all features.

Deployment features

  • Caching system, with several backends like memcached:
    • Cache invalidation web interface for admins.
  • Schema migration, based on  South.

Demo Site

Documentation

See  official Merengue docs.

Test plan

See the QA team test plan, implemented with selenium tests

Contact Info

More Info

For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.