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diff --git a/docs/faq.txt b/docs/faq.txt index a2c069f0ca..0749fb15b7 100644 --- a/docs/faq.txt +++ b/docs/faq.txt @@ -200,6 +200,23 @@ In the meantime, though, check out this `unofficial Django screencast`_. .. _unofficial Django screencast: http://www.throwingbeans.org/django_screencasts.html +Is Django a content-management-system (CMS)? +-------------------------------------------- + +No, Django is not a CMS, or any sort of "turnkey product" in and of itself. +It's a Web framework; it's a programming tool that lets you build Web sites. + +For example, it doesn't make much sense to compare Django to something like +Drupal_, because Django is something you use to *create* things like Drupal. + +Of course, Django's automatic admin site is fantastic and timesaving -- but +the admin site is one module of Django the framework. Furthermore, although +Django has special conveniences for building "CMS-y" apps, that doesn't mean +it's not just as appropriate for building "non-CMS-y" apps (whatever that +means!). + +.. _Drupal: http://drupal.org/ + When will you release Django 1.0? --------------------------------- @@ -222,7 +239,7 @@ How can I download the Django documentation to read it offline? --------------------------------------------------------------- The Django docs are available in the ``docs`` directory of each Django tarball -release. These docs are in ReST (restructured text) format, and each text file +release. These docs are in ReST (ReStructured Text) format, and each text file corresponds to a Web page on the official Django site. Because the documentation is `stored in revision control`_, you can browse |