Wagtail
Web and SaaS
content management system
SHOW HN2014
Wagtail
Wagtail is a new, open-source Django CMS focused on flexibility and user experience.
news.ycombinator.com166points
95comments
#138of 2,272 in 2014
Top 7%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
14 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 52 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Execution: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 6 for, 1 againstDesign: 6 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Admin UI and design look polished
From 4 comments
I did the whole vagrant setup demo thing - this CMS looks unbelievably nice. Kudos to the design team. Stock Django admin (even with Grappelli) is kinda ugly now. Like others…
waterside81 on HNCongrats on open sourcing this. It looks great! I'm very pleased to see a Django app where the design hasn't come as an afterthought. I'm just about to test it out but I have a…
jordn on HNJust tested out the demo site on local machine. The admin pages look gorgeous!!! Great work!
abhimskywalker on HNWow, this is really beautiful. Just in time for my next project: a tiny ERP to manage my sister's bakery. Thanks for open sourcing this. :)
felipebueno on HN
Good that it is open sourced and a Python CMS
From 2 comments
Thanks for the hard work. We need more CMSs in Python!
dangayle on HNBrilliant name! Good work chaps!
bencollier49 on HN
Objections
No tests or too few tests
From 3 comments
Looks great. One thing that I find not so good is: There are no tests. It would be hard to convince anyone to contribute without some unit tests.
humanfromearth on HNThis looks interesting, but I can't take it seriously. From what I can tell, you haven't written any tests at all.
jlafon on HNYeah, it's probably a developer focused mindset, but I'm a developer. Without a test suite, it makes it very difficult for anyone to contribute, because there isn't a clear way…
jlafon on HN
LESS dependency on npm is a hassle; SASS preferred
From 2 comments
SASS for sure. I've used sass in development for years now, and I prefer to not use LESS. Having LESS as a requirement was an immediate read flag for me :)
dangayle on HNIt would be great if you would switch it to SASS in the future. Although for me personally its not the npm dependency but that i like SASS much better then LESS.
kall on HN
No live demo yet
From 2 comments
The first thing I look for on a marketing site for a CMS is the link to the demo, which isn't there. Generally, I think demo videos don't fill this void and this one does a…
yaph on HNNice presentation on the marketing side. Is there a live demo anywhere or plans for one? In particular to try out the admin functionality.
djm_ on HN
Demo video too fast
From 1 comment
Quick tip on the video: I felt it moved a little too quickly. I tried keeping up with the text, and it seemed to get pulled away from me as I was about 2/3rds through each time.…
Ricapar on HN
Requests
Live demo site
From 2 comments
The first thing I look for on a marketing site for a CMS is the link to the demo, which isn't there. Generally, I think demo videos don't fill this void and this one does a…
yaph on HNNice presentation on the marketing side. Is there a live demo anywhere or plans for one? In particular to try out the admin functionality.
djm_ on HN
Better documentation and tutorials
From 2 comments
Very nice! Thanks for the good work! Will check it out. Feedback: I hope for some good documentation like a starter tutorial and video screencast so more people can understand…
acd on HNAre there any developer docs? How extensible is it? How we do integrate 3rd party apps into the wagtail admin?
andybak on HN
Python 3 support
From 1 comment
Python 2 or 3?
yen223 on HN
Multi-language support
From 2 comments
Nice! I was just reevaluating the django cms world and happened to stumble on this post. Any support for multiple languages, yet?
eknuth on HNDoes it support content in two languages?
leo_santagada on HN
API support such as Django REST Framework
From 1 comment
What's API support like? IE if I wanted to create a search widget that uses JSON. Have you considered something like Django REST Framework?
antihero on HN
Questions
Python 2 or 3 support
From 1 comment
Python 2 or 3?
yen223 on HN
How to integrate into an existing Django project
From 1 comment
Congrats on open sourcing this. It looks great! I'm very pleased to see a Django app where the design hasn't come as an afterthought. I'm just about to test it out but I have a…
jordn on HN
Multi-site support
From 1 comment
Does it support handling multiple sites? If not, do you have any plans for adding multi site feature?
adamlj on HN
Alternatives named
Django CMS
From 1 comment
Seems really good! Are you planning to compare it with other CMS (especially Django-CMS)? I would like to see its performances (with or without varnish). Would you like to add…
Cynddl on HN