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The "contrib" add-ons
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Django aims to follow Python's "batteries included" philosophy. It ships with a
variety of extra, optional tools that solve common Web-development problems.

This code lives in ``django/contrib`` in the Django distribution. Here's a
rundown of the packages in ``contrib``:

admin
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The automatic Django administrative interface. For more information, see
`Tutorial 3`_.

.. _Tutorial 3: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial2/

comments
========

A simple yet flexible comments system. This is not yet documented.

flatpages
=========

A framework for managing simple "flat" HTML content in a database.

See the `flatpages documentation`_.

.. _flatpages documentation: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/flatpages/

markup
======

A collection of template filters that implement these common markup languages:

    * Textile
    * Markdown
    * ReST (ReStructured Text)

redirects
=========

A framework for managing redirects.

See the `redirects documentation`_.

.. _redirects documentation: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/redirects/

syndication
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A framework for generating syndication feeds, in RSS and Atom, quite easily.

See the `syndication documentation`_.

.. _syndication documentation: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/syndication/

Other add-ons
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If you have an idea for functionality to include in ``contrib``, let us know!
Code it up, and post it to the `django-users mailing list`_.

.. _django-users mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/django-users
