Create a Blog with Mezzanine CMS - The Best Django CMS

Like WordPress, but on Python! Learn to build websites with Mezzanine, utilize its tons of features, & deploy to prod!

4.75 (82 reviews)

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Web Development

What you will learn

Be able to work confidently with the Mezzanine CMS framework

Be able to create modern, responsive websites and apps with Mezzanine CMS

Why take this course?

Looking for a WordPress alternative? Enjoy programming in Python? Do you love Django but wish you could have the core features there already by default and with a friendlier interface?

Well Mezzanine might be exactly what you are looking for.

Mezzanine is a powerful Content Management System that is built using the Django framework, but differs in that instead of having to build out models/view/templates for basic features, Mezzanine provides many of them by default, including the ability to create pages and posts in the admin with a beautiful, user-friendly interface.

Mezzanine can also be added onto a Django project and can be extended with e-commerce functionality.

In this course, you will learn all about its features as we build out a clean, responsive blog with dynamic blog posts, custom hero images, a contact form, and much more using Mezzanine's tools and templates.

Why this class?

Because aside from the docs, there are hardly any tutorials out there for using Mezzanine, and any that you do find are from 4-5 years ago. Therefore, I decided to create one comprehensive, thorough course on it myself.

Also, it's common for clients to ask for blogs to be built, but are opposed to using WordPress for various reasons. Mezzanine offers the perfect alternative for them!

Requirements

This is a course on Mezzanine, not on HTML or CSS, so it would be good to have an understanding of the two. This will be assumed in the course.

Also, since Mezzanine is built with Python and on the Django framework, the student should have a basic understanding of those as well, however because of the dozens of templates shipped with Mezzanine, these can be picked up rather quickly as we use those as "guides."

Who should take this course?

Anyone who wants to learn more about Mezzanine
Anyone who is looking for a WordPress alternative for their blog
Anyone who finds Django overkill for creating blogs for their clients.
Anyone looking to add a new tool to their web development portfolio.

Whether you fit into these categories or not, Mezzanine is an excellent CMS and I am certain you will be as excited to use it as I am.

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Reviews

Racklab

October 9, 2019

I really liked the teacher's enthusiasm, however everything breaks once uploaded to the server most likely due to the 'fab file' and all the recent updates, dependencies, etc. etc.

Erh-Chiao

May 31, 2019

quite some good information and tips. thank you! no code sample to reference. please provide. probably could be a bit more smooth. seems to be unfinished - looking forward to see the payment setting lesson as mentioned in the lecture...

Rampal

May 20, 2019

Mezzanine is a powerful plate-form to work on. My ratings are about the contents of this course only. Best topics:- 1.) Customizing search, admin & tinymce. 2.) Three mezzanine homepage configuration. 3.) Cartridge install and set up. 4.) Adding an app and customizing all templates from that app. Missing:- 1. No form built for users to post blog:- Sir, user is not going to get into our admin login to post a blog. How about building a blog-post-form and then show it on our blog list page. 2. How to add mezzanine to an existing project or as an app to an existing project. 3.) Good Video Quality. Surprise Benefit:- I got the course completion certificate for an incomplete course. Yes, the e-commerce section is still incomplete. Hoping for new tutorials very soon.Thanks

George

April 9, 2019

Very happy with the whole experience, somehow, I followed every word, made every click, and can't believe that I was seeing the same thing. Mezzanine seems to me to be an absolute gang-buster combo of tools, and frankly, compared to the NPM world of version hurt, I am just really thankful to be back in a less insane world of Python where a couple of pip commands can get you into a whole virtual environment of tools that actually work together. (How many dependencies and sub-dependencies does npm bring in to handle ES6 for example? I think it was over 300, and surprise surprise, galloping cucumber needed a different version of crawling carat - give me a break!)

Adje

March 10, 2019

This was exactly the kind of crash course I was interested in. Thank you Travis for putting it together. It's definitely useful to have some understanding of django before starting. The course is generally logically structured and the fact that the example project is quite simple helps a lot.

AlexandraCzekaj

October 18, 2018

I greatly enjoy the course! Amazing tutor, helped me with suggestions on how to solve problems I had with running my project. It is so much fun and interesting! I did some courses on online platforms on Python and Django, this one is the best!

Rohit

September 25, 2018

Helped a lot. Was stuck wondering how i'm gonna style my mezzanine project. This tutorial gave me a broader idea about how the mezzanine package works , hands-on!

Mahmoud

September 16, 2018

Helpful Course, the only course I have ever seen about mezzanine The instructor is responsive and friendly

Michael

September 8, 2018

Everything is spot on. Its what I ever wanted to learn with Django and Python, something easier to digest. But I really love Python and Django though

Nick

August 31, 2018

One of the few Mezzanine courses I've been able to find and this course is a pretty comprehensive review of Mezzanine basics. Travis is a very engaging teacher and his explanations are easy to follow and through. Highly recommend the course.

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