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This document is for Django's SVN release, which can be significantly different from previous releases. Get old docs here: Django 1.0
Django FAQ¶
- FAQ: General
- Why does this project exist?
- What does “Django” mean, and how do you pronounce it?
- Is Django stable?
- Does Django scale?
- Who’s behind this?
- Which sites use Django?
- Django appears to be a MVC framework, but you call the Controller the “view”, and the View the “template”. How come you don’t use the standard names?
- <Framework X> does <feature Y> – why doesn’t Django?
- Why did you write all of Django from scratch, instead of using other Python libraries?
- Is Django a content-management-system (CMS)?
- How can I download the Django documentation to read it offline?
- Where can I find Django developers for hire?
- FAQ: Installation
- How do I get started?
- What are Django’s prerequisites?
- Do I lose anything by using Python 2.3 versus newer Python versions, such as Python 2.5?
- Can I use Django with Python 3.0?
- Will Django run under shared hosting (like TextDrive or Dreamhost)?
- Should I use the official version or development version?
- FAQ: Databases and models
- How can I see the raw SQL queries Django is running?
- Can I use Django with a pre-existing database?
- If I make changes to a model, how do I update the database?
- Do Django models support multiple-column primary keys?
- How do I add database-specific options to my CREATE TABLE statements, such as specifying MyISAM as the table type?
- Why is Django leaking memory?
- FAQ: The admin
- I can’t log in. When I enter a valid username and password, it just brings up the login page again, with no error messages.
- 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 can I prevent the cache middleware from caching the admin site?
- How do I automatically set a field’s value to the user who last edited the object in the admin?
- How do I limit admin access so that objects can only be edited by the users who created them?
- My admin-site CSS and images showed up fine using the development server, but they’re not displaying when using mod_python.
- My “list_filter” contains a ManyToManyField, but the filter doesn’t display.
- How can I customize the functionality of the admin interface?
- The dynamically-generated admin site is ugly! How can I change it?
Questions/Feedback
Having trouble? We'd like to help!
- Try the FAQ — it's got answers to many common questions.
- Search for information in the archives of the django-users mailing list, or post a question.
- Ask a question in the #django IRC channel, or search the IRC logs to see if its been asked before.
- If you notice errors with this documentation, please open a ticket and let us know! Please only use the ticket tracker for criticisms and improvements on the docs. For tech support, use the resources above.
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