Message CMS presentation by Ben Weaver, Noah Burney, Rob Righter and Travis Dunn from BarCamp Chattanooga 2009

1. cms

2. INTRODUCTION
Ben Weaver Travis Dunn
http://benweaver.com http://blahed.com
@bwvr @blahed
Noah Burney Rob Righter
http://noahburney.com http://robrighter.com
@nwah @robrighter

3. WHY A CMS?
+ Web Content needs to be easily edited by everyone

4. WHY A CMS?
+ Web Content needs to be easily edited by everyone
+ Web Content is (usually) the unique part of the website

5. WHY MESSAGE?
“ There are 100’s of content management
systems out there, so why make
”
another one?

6. WHY MESSAGE?
+ Web content doesn’t map well to relational databases
Relational DB Sitemap: Object DB Sitemap:
Image
Home News Products Home News Products
Gallery
N I P N P P
N I P N
N
I P P
N I P N N I N I

7. WHY MESSAGE?
+ Web content doesn’t map well to relational databases
+ Web content doesn't do well in a single database
Web Developer’s DB Content Author’s DB

8. WHY MESSAGE?
+ Web content doesn’t map well to relational databases
+ Web content doesn't do well in a single database
+ Web content needs to be revertible

9. WHY MESSAGE?
+ Web content doesn’t map well to relational databases
+ Web content doesn't do well in a single database
+ Web content needs to be revertible
+ Web content editing needs a simple UI

10. WHY MESSAGE?
+ Web content doesn’t map well to relational databases
+ Web content doesn't do well in a single database
+ Web content needs to be revertible
+ Web content editing needs a simple UI
+ Web Developers need good programming practices
+ Don’t repeat the same work twice
+ Use sustainable programming languages
+ Model View Controller

11. MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION
“ ”
So how does this thing work?

12. MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION
Django
+ It’s easy to build things fast in Python
+ Pragmatic Community
+ Good Templates
+ We’re not trying to replace Django #thinksatchmo

13. MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION
Influenced by Google App Engine
+ Data is modeled more like documents less like tables
+ Real Python Data
+ Expando Properties

14. MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION
Versioned Datastore
+ Transactional Memory
+ Branches #thinkgit
+ Undo

15. MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION
+ Django
+ App Engine
+ Versioned Datastore
+ Speed and Simplicity #thinkfinder

16. MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION
“ Can you show me an
”
example?

17. MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION
+ Make Models
+ Make Forms
+ Make Templates
+ Enter Content
+ Preview
+ Merge Live

18. REAL WORLD
“ ”
What’s it like so far?

19. REAL WORLD
+ Starting out with Message

20. REAL WORLD
+ Starting with Message
+ Roadmap
+ More UI Work
+ Refining the Datastore
+ Built In Apps #thinkdjango.contrib
+ Open Source
+ Hosted Version

21. Q&A
http://messagecms.com
@messagecms