Getting Started

[Ramdas S]

Hi,

I am trying out Pinax for the first time after making number of Django
web sites in the past.

I’ve some clarifications very specific to the project. I’m building a
social networking application for a bunch of Government officers, and
this can only be on special invite, or the user need to identify
themselves and the department. How do I customize that part? Build a
new form with details for profile. Do I go the normal django way, or
is there something you’re advising.

How do I add more features/functionalities to specific projects. Many
of them are rudimentary for example, I cannot expect the user to be
tech savvy to understand any of the markup, but they may need to use
some kind of Rich Text Mark-up.

There are several other areas, but some suggestions can help me take
this forward…..

Special thanks to brosner for all the help on IRC so far...

[ptone]

On Nov 9, 8:01 pm, Ramdas S <ram...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying out Pinax for the first time after making number of Django
> web sites in the past.
>
> I’ve some clarifications very specific to the project. I’m building a
> social networking application for a bunch of Government officers, and
> this can only be on special invite, or the user need to identify
> themselves and the department. How do I customize that part? Build a
> new form with details for profile. Do I go the normal django way, or
> is there something you’re advising.

There is a signup_codes app that works with pinax account app

I'm not aware that these are documented, but the code is readable if
you understand Django.

>
> How do I add more features/functionalities to specific projects. Many
> of them are rudimentary for example, I cannot expect the user to be
> tech savvy to understand any of the markup, but they may need to use
> some kind of Rich Text Mark-up.

Enhancing a pinax starting point is mostly just like like enhancing
any django project.

There are many places where there are hooks where you can pass in your
own formclass - with your own widgets. There are several django
projects out there to add wysiwyg editors.

Pinax is NOT a framework. It is a set of reusable Django *Projects*
that take advantage of a common set of reusable apps, template
structure, and set of conventions.

-Preston