Dynamic Site Generation with Markdown & Django

Start Date: June 23, 2026
Status: Running

This course teaches you the essentials of making your first Django-powered blog. Drawing on inspiration from static site generators and the markdown standard, we add capabilities only possible from an active server to help you build your next markdown-powered super-site.

Topics include:

  • The basics of Django -- models, views, templates, url mappings, and everything else you need to configure a basic blog.
  • CSS, theming, and external css/javascript libraries essential for creating a changeable website theme
  • Additional functionality useful for any site: tags, breadcrumbs, pagination, and search
  • Creating an import script to update your blog externally
  • How to use your existing folder structure to define your new website's navigation
  • Common approaches for running your site locally on your development computer and remotely on a server.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with Python is preferred but not required. I will point you to external Python resources if you need to catch up.

Note: To get the most out of this course, I recommend paying for an external server to host your site. This is not required but is essential if you want to deploy your new site to the internet with a domain name

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Course created by:

  • Daniel Aukes (danaukes@danaukes.com)

Instructors:

  • Daniel Aukes (danaukes@danaukes.com)

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