Community news | November 13, 2014

A thank-you to Patrick Lauber

You're probably aware that Patrick Lauber was the original creator of django CMS, and has led its development for many years. He has poured thousands of hours of his time and vast quantities of effort into the project, and it owes a huge deal to him.

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Patrick has now left Divio for new adventures, so now seems a good time to thank him formally for his immense contribution. He'll continue to be involved with django CMS, as a member of the core team and also of the newly-formed technical board.

Release

django CMS 5.1 is here: easier setup, flexible deployments, and a fresh editing experience

This release reduces friction across the whole project lifecycle: creating a new project, adding django CMS to an existing Django application, configuring larger deployments, controlling which plugins editors can use, and working with the CMS every day.

Release

django CMS 5.0.9 released: security, accessibility, and stability improvements

This release addresses three medium-severity security vulnerabilities and includes improvements to accessibility, Django compatibility, permissions, Content Security Policy support, and general editor stability.

Case Studies

How we built our professional services digital platform using django CMS

Compound Partners is a UK digital consultancy specialising in audience-centric user experience and content architecture for professional services firms. Fifteen years ago, a developer's recommendation pointed us at django CMS. Today, our entire business is built on it.