Recent django CMS updates you shouldn't miss
What's new: django CMS installer 2.0, djangocms-blog 1.2.1 and svg support for django filer soon.
This release adds support for djangocms 3.8 and Django 3.1, and also updates the packaging and the code formatting to make it easier to update it.
This release brings in a major feature to allow extending the post data with custom attributes for even greater flexibility, check the documentation for details. In terms of documentation we worked hard to improve the setup docs especially tailored for Django / django CMS newcomers.
The next major release of django-filer will support SVG images. This means that SVG images can be uploaded just like PNGs or JPEGs and used by existing templatetags such as thumbnail. The latter is important, because users of django-filer not always know where their uploaded images finally will be rendered. Therefore django-filer requires a new version of easy-thumbnails, which also will be released soon. This library will crop and scale SVG images, similar to pixel-based images. This can be done easily by changing the width, height and bounding box of an SVG image. In addition to this, the new version of django-filer will be shipped with nicer looking icons, of course also in SVG.
On behalf of the django CMS Association I would like to thank everyone involved in these releases and special shout outs to Iacopo and Jacob for their amazing contribtuition! You guys rock!
Nicolai Ridani
Growth Manager
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.