wafer 0.3.6

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.

Supported Django versions

Wafer supports Django 1.7 and Django 1.8.

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. Wafer uses the Django caching infrastructure in several places, so the cache table needs to be created using manage.py createcachetable.

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

6. Have a fun conference.

Installing Bootstrap

The default templates and css files require jquery and bootstrap to work.

wafer provides a bower.json file to simplify the installation process. This requires a working nodejs installation.

1. Install bower npm install bower

2. Use bower to install appropriate versions of bootstrap and jquery $(npm bin)/bower install

3. Move files to the correct location manage.py collectstatic

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