Integrating a CMS into an Askbot-powered site
I notice that Askbot's settings interface allows an administrator to add HTML content to a few static pages (namely, the About, FAQ and Privacy Policy pages).
However, it would be nice if this could be taken a step further:
- Allowing administrators to create any "static" page.
- Administrators could create feature- or topic-specific FAQ pages to help prune gigantic FAQ lists.
- Site- or topic-specific policy pages (such as a Terms of Use page) could be added where necessary.
- Administrators could create articles to supplement popular question topics on the site.
- The implementation of tag wiki pages would mitigate this need somewhat.
- And so on. See the top navigation bar on just about any Wordpress-powered site for additional examples.
- Allowing administrators to manage the links in the header/footer of the site.
- Note that administrators can already add static content (e.g., links) to the left/right sidebars.
- Some links would be more appropriate in the site header/footer, though.
There has been a little bit of discussion on this topic, but it seems like integrating a Django-based CMS into an Askbot-powered site (but not necessarily the reverse) could be manageable.
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Asked: 2012-05-04 11:22:11 -0500
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Last updated: Jun 24 '12
Is it possible to integrate the contrib.flatpages app into Askbot?! If that was possible then would help with the basic use cases of adding a page here or there. I thought I read somewhere on the Askbot QA forum that it was not possible because of the way Askbot uses skins, but can't find that piece of info again.
Basel Shishani ( 2012-06-24 03:26:33 -0500 )edit