contrib packages

This code lives in in the Django distribution. This documentgives a rundown of the packages in contrib, along with any dependenciesthose packages have.

Note

For most of these add-ons — specifically, the add-ons that include eithermodels or template tags — you'll need to add the package name (e.g.,'django.contrib.redirects') to your settingand re-run manage.py migrate.

• django.contrib.auth
• GeoDjango
• The messages framework
• The redirects app
• The "sites" framework

The automatic Django administrative interface. For more information, seeTutorial 2 and the.

Requires the auth and contrib packages to be installed.

auth

Django's authentication framework.

See .

contenttypes

A light framework for hooking into "types" of content, where each installedDjango model is a separate content type.

See the .

flatpages

See the .

Requires the sites contrib package to be installed as well.

A world-class geospatial framework built on top of Django, that enablesstorage, manipulation and display of spatial data.

See the documentation for more.

humanize

A set of Django template filters useful for adding a "human touch" to data.

See the .

messages

A framework for storing and retrieving temporary cookie- or session-basedmessages

See the .

postgres

A collection of PostgreSQL specific features.

A framework for managing redirects.

See the .

sessions

A framework for storing data in anonymous sessions.

See the .

sites

A light framework that lets you operate multiple websites off of the samedatabase and Django installation. It gives you hooks for associating objects toone or more sites.

See the .

sitemaps

A framework for generating Google sitemap XML files.

See the .

A framework for generating syndication feeds, in RSS and Atom, quite easily.

Other add-ons

If you have an idea for functionality to include in , let us know!Code it up, and post it to the mailing list.