Installation

Basic Installation

1. Make a directory (folder) for your project.

2. Create a virtual environment.

   Not sure how to create a virtual environment? Creating a virtual environment for your project only involves a few commands. See below:

   Windows (PowerShell):

   PS> python -m venv .\venv\
   PS> .\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
   

   macOS, Linux:

   $ python -m venv ./venv/
   $ source ./venv/bin/activate
   

   You can name your virtual environment anything you like. It is just for your use on your computer.

   Learn more about virtual environments by visiting the Python documentation on virtual environments here.

   Note

   You will need to be in the directory (folder) of your CodeRed CMS project and have your virtual environment activated to install dependencies and run your site.

3. Run pip install coderedcms

4. Run coderedcms start mysite --sitename "My Company Inc." --domain www.example.com

   Note

   --sitename and --domain are optional to pre-populate settings of your website.

5. Enter the mysite project with cd mysite/.

6. Run python manage.py migrate to create the core models.

7. Run python manage.py createsuperuser to create the initial admin user.

8. Run python manage.py runserver to launch the development server, and go to http://localhost:8000 in your browser, or http://localhost:8000/admin/ to log in with your admin account.

✨🎉 You now have CodeRed CMS up and running! 🎉✨

Follow the tutorial to build Tutorial Part 1: Site Name, Logo, and Basics

Installing with Sass Support

To create a project that is pre-configured to use Sass for CSS compilation:

1. Run pip install coderedcms

2. Run

   $ coderedcms start mysite --template sass --sitename "My Company Inc." --domain www.example.com
   

   Note

   --sitename and --domain are optional to pre-populate settings of your website.

3. Enter the mysite project with cd mysite/.

4. Install the development tooling with:

   $ pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
   

5. Run python manage.py migrate to create the core models.

6. Run python manage.py createsuperuser to create the initial admin user.

7. Compile the scss code into CSS:

   $ python manage.py sass website/static/website/src/custom.scss website/static/website/css/custom.css
   

   Note

   To build the Sass automatically whenever you change a file, add the --watch option and run it in a separate terminal. For more options, see django-sass.

8. Run python manage.py runserver to launch the development server, and go to http://localhost:8000 in your browser, or http://localhost:8000/admin/ to log in with your admin account.

When working with Sass, you will want to look at the base.html file provided at: mysite/website/templates/coderedcms/pages/base.html to load in any custom CSS or JavaScript as needed.

Starter Templates

You can start a new CodeRed CMS project with a custom template directory available on or at a URL using the --template option. Additionally, we provide some built-in templates:

Template	Description
basic	The default CodeRed CMS starter project. The simplest option, good for most sites.
sass	Similar to basic, but with extra tooling to support SCSS to CSS compilation.