Stars-CMS is a content management system designed specifically for use with/as a STARS SLC website. The CMS is written in Python using Django and includes the following features:

• management of member profiles, SLC projects, and member blogs;
• cross-referencing of related content for current academic (e.g., projects automatically link to participating members);
• generation of longitudinal project histories for members;
• online editing of profiles, projects, and blogs;
• differing levels of access for member, project coordinators, and SLC leaders; and
• use of Django's admin interface for low-level database manipulation.

The CMS is packaged as a Django app but may be deployed as a full website. This software currently runs the STARS SLC website at North Carolina State University.

There are two solutions:

1. Download the application by running https://github.com/ncsu-stars/Stars-CMS.git in your project directory.

2. Run pip install stars-cms and add cms to your INSTALLED_APPS

Make sure you have pip and virtualenv installed on your system already

1. Change into the cloned project directory (where this README is contained)
2. Run the following: virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute ve
3. Active the virtual environment by running: source ve/bin/activate
4. Install the requirements by running: pip install -r requirements.txt

Take a look at settings.py.example for example project settings.

Use (r'^', include('cms.urls', namespace='cms')) to forward all URLs to the CMS.

You can run the development server inside the virtual environment: python manage.py runserver

There should be no errors and you should be able to visit the website at: http://localhost:8000

Feel free to fork the project and add features you feel are necessary. We will consider any bug-fixes or feature implementations for merging.