wafer 0.2.1

A wafer-thin Django library for running small conferences.

wafer

A wafer-thin web application for running small conferences. Built using Django.

Licensed under the ISC License.

Documentation

Available on readthedocs.org.

Installation

1. TODO: Explain it all

2. If you don’t have one yet, create a superuser with manage.py createsuperuser.

3. Log in and configure the Site:

   • The domain will be used as the base for e-mails sent during registration.

   • The name will be the conference’s name.

4. Create the default ‘Page Editors’ and ‘Talk Mentors’ groups using manage.py wafer_add_default_groups.

5. Have a fun conference.

Running with Django 1.6

If you are running Django 1.6, please also install south for migrations:

pip install south

South 1.0 fails with python 3, described in this issue. To properly support python 3 and Django 1.6, you need to install a patched version. The following command should work:

pip install 'https://bitbucket.org/andrewgodwin/south/get/e2c9102ee033.zip#egg=South

Features

• Support for adding and editing sponsors via Django admin.

• Schedule can be created and updated via Django admin.

• Pages for static content, news and so forthe can be handled via Django admin.

  • Can be delegated to the ‘Page Editors’ group.

  • Pages can be updated via the web interface.

• Talk submissions and acceptance.

• Generate a static version of the site for archival.

TODO

• Make the code easier to use for other conferences (split out theming, etc).

• Improve the talk submission management module:

  • Better display of accepted talks.

• Make various messages easier to customise.

• Improve admin support for the schedule:

  • Show table of slots in admin interface.

  • Improve handling of moving talks around.

• Support for adding news (and other templated pages) via Django admin.

• Maybe add some cool visualizations with d3:

  • Number of people signed up in various categories.

  • Places remaining.

  • Sponsorship slots remaining.

  • Days until various deadlines.

• Other improvements

• Add many tests