From ce73f33a115e6028bef65c9c9b6c312afd51c2e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Holovaty Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:19:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Made some changes to the FAQ git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@51 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/faq.txt | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/faq.txt b/docs/faq.txt index e58fa03ea1..2410e48cc4 100644 --- a/docs/faq.txt +++ b/docs/faq.txt @@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ Why does this project exist? ---------------------------- Django grew from a very practical need: in our fast-paced newsroom, we often -have only a matter of hours to take a complicated web application from +have only a matter of hours to take a complicated Web application from concept to public launch. Django was designed to not only allow us to -build web applications quickly, but to allow us to build them right. +build Web applications quickly, but to allow us to build them right. Django would not be possible without a whole host of open-source projects -- Apache, Python, and PostgresSQL to name a few -- and we're thrilled to be -able to give something back to the open source community. +able to give something back to the open-source community. How do you pronounce "Django"? ------------------------------ @@ -27,32 +27,40 @@ According to Wikipedia_, "Django is pronounced **zhane**-go (with a long 'a')." Is Django stable? ----------------- -We've been using Django for almost two years. Sites built on Django have +We've been using Django for almost two years. Sites built on Django have weathered traffic spikes of over one million hits an hour, and at least -one slashdotting. Yes; it's quite stable. +one Slashdotting. Yes, it's quite stable. Does Django scale? ------------------ -Yes. Compared to development time, hardware is cheap, and so Django is +Yes. Compared to development time, hardware is cheap, and so Django is designed to take advantage of as much hardware as you can throw at it. -Django ships with clean separation of the database layer from the -application layer and a simple yet powerful `cache framework`_. +Django ships with clean separation of the database layer from the +application layer and a simple-yet-powerful `cache framework`_. .. _`cache framework`: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/cache/ Who's behind this? ------------------ +Django was developed at `World Online`_, the Web department of a newspaper in +Lawrence, Kansas, USA. + `Adrian Holovaty`_ Adrian is a gypsy-jazz virtuoso, an amateur Beatles historian and a proud Chicagoan. He's also a pretty decent programmer, with a knack for whipping data into shape and putting it to work for the good of his fellow man. Adrian is the lead developer at World Online and the man behind the code at - chicagocrime.org. + `chicagocrime.org`_. `Simon Willison`_ - XXX + Simon is a well-respected Web developer from England. He had a one-year stint + at World Online, during which time he and Adrian developed Django from scratch. + He's enthusiastic, he's passionate about best practices in Web development, and + he really likes squirrels. Probably to a fault. He went back to England to + finish his degree and is poised to continue doing big, exciting things on the Web. + Read his weblog at `simon.incutio.com`_. `Jacob Kaplan-Moss`_ Jacob is a whipper-snapper from California who spends equal time coding and @@ -65,10 +73,13 @@ Who's behind this? Wilson's design-fu makes us all look like rock stars. When not sneaking into apartment complex swimming pools he is the Commercial Development Director for World Online, which means he makes the money that pays all our - paychecks. - + paychecks. + +.. _`World Online`: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/WorldOnline .. _`Adrian Holovaty`: http://www.holovaty.com/ +.. _`chicagocrime.org`: http://www.chicagocrime.org/ .. _`Simon Willison`: http://simon.incutio.com/ +.. _`simon.incutio.com`: http://simon.incutio.com/ .. _`Jacob Kaplan-Moss`: http://www.jacobian.org/ .. _`Wilson Miner`: http://www.wilsonminer.com/live/ @@ -78,18 +89,18 @@ Using Django How do I get started? --------------------- -... +We're working on this documentation as you read this. The admin interface =================== -The admin site is ugly! How can I change it? +The dynamically-generated admin site is ugly! How can I change it? --------------------------------------------- -We think it's very purty, but if you don't agree you can modify the admin site's -presentation by editing the CSS stylesheet and/or associated image files. The +We think it's very purty, but if you don't agree, you can modify the admin site's +presentation by editing the CSS stylesheet and/or associated image files. The site is built using semantic HTML, so any changes you'd like to make should be -possible by editing the CSS stylesheet. We've got a `guide to the CSS used +possible by editing the CSS stylesheet. We've got a `guide to the CSS used in the admin`_ to get you started. .. _`guide to the CSS used in the admin`: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/admin_css/