Added 'Is Django a content-management-system?' to the faq (64ebd1da) · Commits · Dom Sekotill / django

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		.. _unofficial Django screencast: http://www.throwingbeans.org/django_screencasts.html

		Is Django a content-management-system (CMS)?
		--------------------------------------------

		No, Django is not a CMS, or any sort of "turnkey product" in and of itself.
		It's a Web framework; it's a programming tool that lets you build Web sites.

		For example, it doesn't make much sense to compare Django to something like
		Drupal_, because Django is something you use to create things like Drupal.

		Of course, Django's automatic admin site is fantastic and timesaving -- but
		the admin site is one module of Django the framework. Furthermore, although
		Django has special conveniences for building "CMS-y" apps, that doesn't mean
		it's not just as appropriate for building "non-CMS-y" apps (whatever that
		means!).

		.. _Drupal: http://drupal.org/

		When will you release Django 1.0?
		---------------------------------

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		The Django docs are available in the ``docs`` directory of each Django tarball
		release. These docs are in ReST (restructured text) format, and each text file
		release. These docs are in ReST (ReStructured Text) format, and each text file
		corresponds to a Web page on the official Django site.

		Because the documentation is `stored in revision control`_, you can browse