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Wagtail CMS
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Wagtail is a content management system built on Django. It's focused on user experience,
and offers precise control for designers and developers.

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Features
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* A fast, attractive interface for authors and editors
* Complete control over design with standard Django templates
* Configure content types through standard Django models
* Fast out of the box. Cache-friendly if you need it
* Tightly integrated search
* Strong document and image management
* Wide support for embedded content
* Straightforward integration with existing Django apps
* Simple, configurable permissions
* Workflow support
* An extensible `form builder `_
* Multi-site and multi-language support
* Excellent `test coverage `_

Find out more at `wagtail.io `_.

Getting started
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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pip install wagtail
wagtail start mysite
cd mysite
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser
python manage.py runserver

then sign in at http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/

For detailed installation and setup docs, see `docs.wagtail.io `_.

Who's using it?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
`madewithwagtail.org `_ lists some of the public Wagtail sites we know about; please `add your own `_.

Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
`docs.wagtail.io `_ is the full reference for Wagtail, and includes guides for developers, designers and editors, alongside release notes and our roadmap.

Community Support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There is an active community of Wagtail users and developers responding to questions on `Stack Overflow `_. When posting questions, please read Stack Overflow's advice on `how to ask questions `_ and remember to tag your question with "wagtail".

For topics and discussions that do not fit Stack Overflow's question-and-answer format, there is also a `Wagtail Support mailing list `_.

Commercial Support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wagtail is sponsored by `Torchbox `_. If you need help implementing or hosting Wagtail, please contact us: hello@torchbox.com.

Thanks
~~~~~~
We thank `BrowserStack `_, who provide the project with free access to their live web-based browser testing tool, and automated Selenium cloud testing.

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Compatibility
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Wagtail supports Django 1.8.x, 1.10.x and 1.11.x, on Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6. Supported database backends are PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite.

Contributing
~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you're a Python or Django developer, fork the repo and get stuck in! We run a separate group for developers of Wagtail itself at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/wagtail-developers (please note that this is not for support requests).

You might like to start by reviewing the `contributing guidelines `_ and checking issues with the `difficulty:Easy `_ label.

We also welcome translations for Wagtail's interface. Translation work should be submitted through `Transifex `_.