A modern, Django-based Content Management System (CMS) built to demonstrate real-world backend software engineering principles, scalable application architecture, and clean development practices.
Inkflow Publisher provides a complete editorial workflow for creating, reviewing, managing, and publishing digital content while showcasing modern Django development techniques including reusable components, role-based permissions, service-oriented architecture, and maintainable code organization.
- Create, edit, and delete articles
- Rich article metadata
- Featured images
- Categories
- SEO-friendly URLs using slugs
- Draft and Published article states
- Featured article support
- Review articles before publication
- Publish and unpublish content
- Article moderation
- Report inappropriate articles
- Editorial approval process
- Authentication
- Role-based permissions
- Author ownership
- Secure administrative functionality
- Bootstrap 5 UI
- Mobile-friendly layouts
- Reusable templates
- Shared components
- Consistent design system
- Modular Django applications
- Service layer architecture
- Reusable HTML components
- Clean URL routing
- Class and function separation
- Maintainable template structure
- Python
- Django
- SQLite (Development)
- MySQL (Production Ready)
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Bootstrap 5
- JavaScript
- Git
- GitHub
- Virtual Environment
- Django ORM
Inkflow Publisher
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├── accounts/
├── articles/
├── categories/
├── dashboard/
├── website/
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├── templates/
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├── static/
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├── media/
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├── config/
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├── manage.py
└── requirements.txt
- Create articles
- Edit articles
- Publish articles
- Draft articles
- Feature articles
- Category assignment
- Slug generation
- Rich metadata
- Create categories
- Organize content
- Article filtering
Users can report inappropriate or inaccurate articles.
Reports include:
- Report type
- Description
- Review workflow
Editors can review submitted reports directly from the article review page.
Inkflow Publisher was designed with maintainability as the primary objective.
Key principles include:
- Reusable templates
- Separation of concerns
- Modular applications
- Clean code
- Scalable architecture
- Consistent UI components
- Service-oriented business logic
Rather than duplicating templates across pages, common UI components are shared and reused throughout the project, reducing maintenance costs and improving consistency.
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/inkflow-publisher.gitNavigate into the project
cd inkflow-publisherCreate a virtual environment
python -m venv venvActivate the virtual environment
Windows
venv\Scripts\activateLinux / macOS
source venv/bin/activateInstall dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txtRun migrations
python manage.py migrateCreate an administrator account
python manage.py createsuperuserRun the development server
python manage.py runserverThe project roadmap includes:
- Rich text editor
- Image management
- Search functionality
- Tagging system
- Scheduled publishing
- Version history
- REST API
- Public API authentication
- Email notifications
- Analytics dashboard
- Comment moderation
- Multi-language support
- Docker deployment
- CI/CD pipeline
- Automated testing
This project showcases experience with:
- Django application architecture
- Database design
- Backend development
- Authentication and authorization
- CRUD application development
- Modular project organization
- Service layer implementation
- Bootstrap UI development
- Template inheritance
- Reusable frontend components
- Git version control
- Software maintainability
- Scalable application design
Screenshots of the application will be added as development progresses.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
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Python | Django | SQL | HTML | Bootstrap
Building maintainable software, one project at a time.