Django applications
What we'd like to do here is collect a directory of the best Django applications for student news organizations, write a brief description as to what they're about, and list examples of places they're in use if you have questions about the plugin.
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Commenting
NewsMixer
A project sponsored by the Knight News Challenge, NewsMixer enables different types of commenting and is powered by Facebook Connect. The Populous Project will reportedly use NewsMixer.
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Misc Apps
Agro App
Agro App is a great application that allows for syncing with Twitter, Flickr, Delicious, Last FM and a few other social services. It will require some work to get it running, and the code requires a Flickr Pro account. It also needs some modification to work perfectly with the newest versions of Django. A version of it helps power Miles' blog.
Django-Cron
Many of the best Django Apps require things to be added to crontab, so they are run on a regular basis. This app makes it a little bit easier.
Ittybitty - Short URLs
Create tinyurl-like short URLs for the pages on your site while keeping your domain name in links posted on other websites or social networking tools (e.g., Twitter). Includes some simple analytics to see how many times a given shortened URL is used.
Photologue
Every news site is going to have photographs—and Photologue is an exceedingly powerful application that provides for image modification, cropping, and gallery views. It replaces the default ImageField in Django. It is built off of ImageKit, another app you might want to look at that provides the raw image-processing power and can be easily integrated into other projects.
Tagging
The standard for tagging in the Django universe, this app provides generic tags for any model in the app.
