PyLucid is currently not under active development!

PyLucid is an Open Source web content management system written in Python using Django-CMS.

It's more a alternative for djangocms-installer

The goal is to simplify the Django-CMS setup.

PyLucid delivers ready-to-use compiled Twitter Bootstrap v4 (Licensed under MIT) with some simple templates directly.

PyLucid is licensed under GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)

Try, fork and contribute! ;)

# download bootstrap file:
/home/FooBar$ wget https://github.com/jedie/PyLucid/raw/master/pylucid/pylucid_boot.py
# Create virtualenv with all needed packages:
/home/FooBar$ python3 pylucid_boot.py boot ~/PyLucid-env

# Go into created virtualenv:
/home/FooBar$ cd ~/PyLucid-env
# activate the env:
~/PyLucid-env $ source bin/activate
# Start the interactive admin shell:
(PyLucid-env) ~/PyLucid-env $ pylucid_admin
pylucid_admin.py shell v3.0.0
Type help or ? to list commands.
pylucid_admin.py>

A page instance is a django project with own settings, for easy start a own web page. Create a page instance in the interactive admin shell:

pylucid_admin.py> create_page_instance ~/page_instance you_project_name
...
pylucid_admin.py> quit
# Go into created page instance
(PyLucid_env) ~/PyLucid_env $ cd ~/page_instance/
# Create cache tables
(PyLucid_env) ~/page_instance $ ./manage.py createcachetable
# init database
(PyLucid_env) ~/page_instance $ ./manage.py migrate
# Create a super user
(PyLucid_env) ~/page_instance $ ./manage.py createsuperuser
# Copies all static files together:
(PyLucid_env) ~/page_instance $ ./manage.py collectstatic
# run developer server:
(PyLucid_env) ~/page_instance $ ./manage.py runserver

A general overview:

• update environment
• migrate database
• collect static files
• Update you own templates/styles (not always needed)

Looks like this:

# Go into created virtualenv:
/home/FooBar$ cd ~/PyLucid-env
# activate the env:
~/PyLucid-env $ source bin/activate
# Start the interactive admin shell and update environment:
(PyLucid-env) ~/PyLucid-env $ pylucid_admin
pylucid_admin.py shell v3.0.0
Type help or ? to list commands.
pylucid_admin.py> update_env
...
pylucid_admin.py> quit
# Go into created page instance
(PyLucid_env) ~/PyLucid_env $ cd ~/page_instance/
# init database
(PyLucid_env) ~/page_instance $ ./manage.py migrate
# Copies all static files together:
(PyLucid_env) ~/page_instance $ ./manage.py collectstatic

Note: Check 'Backward-incompatible changes' below!

You can run a test project with the django developer server:

(PyLucid-env) ~/PyLucid-env $ pylucid_admin run_test_project_dev_server

Note: You can install PyLucid manually via PyPi package:

• create virtualenv
• install pylucid via pip from PyPi
• run pylucid_admin update_env

pylucid_boot.py is a interactive shell with command completion. You can just start it and do this:

/home/FooBar$ python3 pylucid_boot.py
pylucid_boot.py shell v0.2.0
Type help or ? to list commands.
pylucid_boot.py> ?
Hint: All commands can be called directly from commandline.
e.g.: $ ./pylucid_boot.py help
Use <tab> to command completion.
Documented commands (type help <topic>):
========================================
boot boot_developer help quit

pylucid_admin.py is a interactive shell with command completion, e.g.:

(PyLucid_env) ~/PyLucid_env $ pylucid_admin
Activated virtualenv detected: '/home/foobar/PyLucid-env' (/home/foobar/PyLucid-env/bin/python3)
pylucid_admin.py shell v0.2.0
Type help or ? to list commands.
pylucid_admin.py> ?
Hint: All commands can be called directly from commandline.
e.g.: $ ./pylucid_admin.py help
Use <tab> to command completion.
Documented commands (type help <topic>):
========================================
change_editable_address pip_freeze run_test_project_dev_server
create_page_instance pytest update_env
help quit upgrade_requirements

Dependency applications may need configuration to work properly.

Please, refer to each application documentation on details.

• djangocms-blog: https://djangocms-blog.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#minimal-configuration
• django-filer: https://django-filer.readthedocs.io
• django-meta: https://github.com/nephila/django-meta#installation
• django-meta-mixin: https://github.com/nephila/django-meta-mixin#installation
• django-parler: https://django-parler.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.html#configuration
• django-taggit-autosuggest: https://bitbucket.org/fabian/django-taggit-autosuggest
• aldryn-search: https://github.com/aldryn/aldryn-search#usage
• haystack: http://django-haystack.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
• twitter bootstrap: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/

On every update: Run the steps from section 'update': see above.

update your page instance urls.py e.g.:

- url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
+ url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),

Twitter bootstrap updated from v3 to v4: update you own templates/styles.

Create a new, fresh PyLucid environment and a new page instance. See "install" section above. Transfer settings e.g.: Database connection information.

Just run "migrations" and "collectstatic" and update you own templates/styles.

Older changes are here: https://www.pylucid.org/de/blog/tag/backward-incompatible/

• compare v3.2.0...master - dev
  • TBC
• 16.02.2020 - v3.2.0:
  • Update to Django v2.2.10 and Django-CMS v3.7.1
  • Use https://github.com/pawelmarkowski/cmsplugin-filer fork
• 03.10.2019 - v3.1.5:
  • Update requirements
• 11.06.2019 - v3.1.4:
  • Update requirements, e.g.: django==1.11.21, djangocms-blog==0.9.9, djangocms-history==1.1.0
  • Bugfix: include missing pylucid installer in PyPi package
• 19.09.2018 - v3.1.3:
  • Update requirements, e.g.: django==1.11.15, djangocms-blog==0.9.5
  • Bugfix 'run_test_project_dev_server'
  • setup warnings
  • updates for new bootstrap_env API
• 03.04.2018 - v3.1.2:
  • Update requirements, e.g.: Django v1.11.12, Django-CMS v3.4.6, Django-CMS-Blog v0.9.3
  • Update bootstrap file (via 'update_own_boot_file' in dev. mode)
• 09.03.2018 - v3.1.1:
  • reactivate django-processinfo
• 09.03.2018 - v3.1.0:
  • colorize pylucid boot/admin output
  • update twitter bootstrap v3 with v4
  • create dummy pages while running "run_test_project_dev_server"
  • requirement updates
• 06.03.2018 - v3.0.2:
  • update requirements (django v1.11.11 and others)
  • pylucid boot/admin: Better 'help' list: print first DocString line, too.
• 05.03.2018 - v3.0.1:
  • Activate CurrentSiteMiddleware and use request.site.name in footer
• 03.03.2018 - v3.0.0:
  • Update to Django-CMS v3.4.x LTS, Django v1.11 LTS
  • rewrite bootstrap
  • NEW: interactive shell pylucid_admin
• 12.Sep.2016 - v2.1.2:
  • Changed to official https://pypi.org/project/djangocms-htmlsitemap/ PyPi Package.
• 04.Sep.2016 - v2.1.1:
  • Update: pillow, django-debug-toolbar, django-compressor, sqlparse
• v2.1.0.beta.0:
  • switch from django-cms v3.2 to v3.3
  • move from cmsplugin-htmlsitemap to djangocms-htmlsitemap
    • WARNING: A migration will not be done! You have to migrate by hand and delete the database table cmsplugin_htmlsitemap_htmlsitemap ;)
• 28.Dec.2015 - v2.0.x beta:
  • rewrite to use Django-CMS
• 12.Feb.2015 - v1.6.x:
  • v1.6.x is the last PyLucid release that doesn't based on Django-CMS
  • switch from django 1.4 to 1.6
• 18.Jun.2012 - v1.0.x:
  • switch from django 1.3 to 1.4
• 22.Sep.2007 - v0.8.0.beta:
  • PyLucid.org used the first v0.8 Beta Version who used django
• 21.Apr.2005 - v0.0.1:
  • first Version, only CGI script ListOfNewSides for lucidCMS (PHP based)

(Not all old releases are listed.)

For older PyLucid history, look at:

• http://www.pylucid.org/permalink/30/development-history#genesis

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