PyLucid

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PyLucid
screenshot "Edit a page, with preview."
screenshot "Edit a page, with preview."
Developed by Jens Diemer
Latest release 0.8.0 / February 14, 2008
Preview release 0.8.0RC2 / December 7, 2007
Written in Python
OS Cross-platform
Genre Content Management System
License GNU GPL
Website www.pylucid.org

PyLucid is a free content management system. It is written in Python using the Django Web framework. The first version of PyLucid released 2005. [1]

PyLucid has a web based installer, so the user need no shell account. It's works on a standard webserver with Python (at least v2.4) CGI and one of the supported database engines (MySQL, SQLite3, Postgre, Oracle and MS-SQL). It is highly customizable via the powerful django template engine and CSS. It support a Plugin API and has some interesting build in Plugins (a file manager, RSS etc.)

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[edit] Target audience

PyLucid is made for simple web pages like private homepage. The target audience is technically engaged users and less to "normal" final user. Differently than other CMS systems PyLucid offers only basic functions for that provides a web page, so it's simple to use. It does not make excessive demands of e.g. an unnecessary editorship system.

[edit] Features

Beside the basic features of a content management system, PyLucid offers some some interesting Features:

  • Web based installer [2]
  • TinyMCE WYSIWYG Editor + Markup: Textile, Markdown, ReStructuredText
  • Appearance freely formable [3]
  • Expandable through plugins
  • Wiki similar link / Permalink [4]
  • Administration of static files with the file manager Plugin [5]
  • Embed external websites and RSS feeds [6]
  • integrate local stored Source files into the CMS page and highlight with Pygments [7]
  • Generate RSS feeds of page changes. [8]
  • Built-in search engine

[edit] External links

[edit] references

  1. ^ Old packages at SourceForge
  2. ^ install guide
  3. ^ customise the look of your PyLucid installation
  4. ^ Internal links
  5. ^ Filemanager (en)
  6. ^ include RSS Feeds
  7. ^ include local stored source files
  8. ^ RSSfeedGenerator
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