Wagtail Content Platform
Modern CMS for technical publishing, documentation, and multi-page content delivery.
Production-ready platform demonstrating Django/Wagtail expertise, RESTful API design, user authentication, administrative dashboards, and containerized deployment.
Platform Capabilities
Content Management
Hierarchical page structure, custom page types, rich text editing, draft/publish workflows, and SEO optimization.
REST API
Django REST Framework with JSON endpoints for content distribution. List and detail views with serialization.
Try APIAuthentication
User registration, login, role-based permissions, staff-only access control, and profile management.
Sign UpStaff Dashboard
Administrative interface with content statistics, time-series data, recent activity, and publishing tools.
Log InSEO & Publishing
Meta tags, sitemap generation, robots.txt, canonical URLs, and social media preview support.
SitemapDevOps Ready
Docker containerization, nginx reverse proxy, PostgreSQL database, environment-based configuration.
Technical Overview
Backend Framework
- Django 5.2 with ORM, authentication, middleware
- Wagtail CMS with hierarchical page models
- Django REST Framework for API endpoints
Database & Storage
- PostgreSQL with Django ORM
- Optimized queries with select_related
- Migration-based schema management
Infrastructure
- Docker containerization
- nginx + gunicorn WSGI
- Environment-based settings (dev/prod)
Features
- Custom page models with SEO fields
- Role-based access control
- REST API with serializers
How This Platform Was Built
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A comprehensive demonstration of backend engineering capabilities in a production-ready CMS application.