Django FAQ

• FAQ: General
  • What does “Django” mean, and how do you pronounce it?
  • Does Django scale?
  • How is Django licensed?
  • Which sites use Django?
  • <Framework X> does <feature Y> – why doesn’t Django?
  • Is Django a content-management-system (CMS)?
  • How do I cite Django?
• • How do I get started?
  • What Python version can I use with Django?
• FAQ: Using Django
  • I can’t stand your template language. Do I have to use it?
  • How do I use image and file fields?
• FAQ: Getting Help
  • Why hasn’t my message appeared on django-users?
  • I think I’ve found a bug! What should I do?
• FAQ: Databases and models
  • Can I use Django with a pre-existing database?
  • Do Django models support multiple-column primary keys?
• FAQ: The admin
  • I can’t log in. When I enter a valid username and password, it brings up the login page again, with a “Please enter a correct username and password” error.
  • How do I limit admin access so that objects can only be edited by the users who created them?
  • My “list_filter” contains a ManyToManyField, but the filter doesn’t display.
  • How can I customize the functionality of the admin interface?
  • What browsers are supported for using the admin?
• • How can I get started contributing code to Django?
  • When and how might I remind the team of a patch I care about?
  • I’m sure my ticket is absolutely 100% perfect, can I mark it as “Ready For Checkin” myself?
• • Problems running django-admin