Michael Riley

2 videos · 2 events · 2024–2025 · 1h 25m of video

Talks

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Entering the World of CMS with Wagtail

DjangoCon US 2025 · November 6, 2025

Wagtail is a Django-based CMS that favors programmatic modeling and a smaller, more controlled extension ecosystem over the interface-driven customization common in WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla. Developers define models, fields, templates, workflows, and editor interfaces, so they must consider carefully how those choices affect content…

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Upgrading EOL Django: A Journey from V1 to V5

DjangoCon US 2024 · December 6, 2024

Michael Riley explains how he upgraded three legacy Django applications from Django 1 to Django 5, using Donation Store as the example. He recommends staying calm, creating reproducible local environments with Docker Compose, checking the existing application before changing it, upgrading incrementally, and using Django’s…

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