Pinax is an open-source platform built on the Django Web Framework. It is an ecosystem of reusable Django apps, themes, and starter project templates. This collection can be found at https://pinaxproject.com.

symposion is a conference management solution from Eldarion. It was built with the generous support of the Python Software Foundation. See https://eldarion.com/symposion/ for commercial support, customization and hosting.

To install symposion, run:

pip install symposion

symposion is a Django app. You will need to create a Django project to customize and manage your Symposion installation. We have built a basic Django startproject template that includes symposion (https://github.com/pinax/pinax-project-symposion).

The symposion documentation is available at https://symposion.readthedocs.org/en/latest/. The Pinax documentation is available at https://pinaxproject.com/pinax/.

See this blog post https://blog.pinaxproject.com/2016/02/26/recap-february-pinax-hangout/ including a video, or our How to Contribute (https://pinaxproject.com/pinax/how_to_contribute/) section for an overview on how contributing to Pinax works. For concrete contribution ideas, please see our Ways to Contribute/What We Need Help With (https://pinaxproject.com/pinax/ways_to_contribute/) section.

In case of any questions, we recommend you join our Pinax Slack team (https://slack.pinaxproject.com) and ping us there instead of creating an issue on GitHub. Creating issues on GitHub is of course also valid but we are usually able to help you faster if you ping us in Slack.

We also highly recommend reading our Open Source and Self-Care blog post (https://blog.pinaxproject.com/2016/01/19/open-source-and-self-care/).

In order to foster a kind, inclusive, and harassment-free community, the Pinax Project has a code of conduct, which can be found here https://pinaxproject.com/pinax/code_of_conduct/. We ask you to treat everyone as a smart human programmer that shares an interest in Python, Django, and Pinax with you.

For updates and news regarding the Pinax Project, please follow us on Twitter at @pinaxproject and check out our blog https://blog.pinaxproject.com.