django CMS 3.1
We're thrilled to announce the release of django CMS 3.1, a significant update to our software. We're proud of the huge collaborative effort that has gone into this release, and very grateful to the community that has contributed it.
django CMS 3.1 is a consolidation release, building on the progress made in 3.0 and establishes a safe, solid base for more ambitious work in the future.
In this release we have tried to maintain maximum backwards-compatibility, particularly for third-party applications, and endeavoured to identify and tidy loose ends in the system wherever possible.
django-treebeard
The most relevant change is the switch from django-mptt to django-treebeard to handle the tree structure of pages and plugins: this will greatly benefit users with large number of pages and issues with concurrent editing. Testers have reported significantly improved reliability as well as a noticeable increase in tree-related performance. Included migrations will take care of migrating the existing data to the new structure.
Migrations
Django 1.7 is now the primary Django supported version, so South is now an optional dependency and the migration modules has been renamed to conform to a more standard layout. The djangocms_text_ckeditor (v2.5) plugin has already been renamed and the remaining "core" plugins will follow suit in the coming days/weeks.
Goodbye Django 1.4, 1.5, Hello The Future
This release drops support for older Django's which allows use to simplify and improve much of the code-base and prepare for Django 1.8 support. This is planned to come soon.
Much more
There are many other changes and improvements! Please read the release notes for a more complete list and detailed instructions on upgrading to 3.1 from previous releases.
Daniele Procida
Release
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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.
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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.