Wagtail is a popular open-source content management system (CMS) that is built on Django, which is another popular web framework. This tutorial will guide you through the steps necessary to install Wagtail on a Windows 11 environment.
Before installing Wagtail, you must have the following prerequisites:
If you do not have Python, Pip or Git installed on your computer, please install them first. To install Python and Pip, you can download the official installer from https://www.python.org/downloads/. To install Git, you can download the installer from https://git-scm.com/download/win.
Open the Command Prompt as an administrator by right-clicking on the Start button and selecting "Command Prompt (Admin)."
Install virtual environment package via pip: pip install virtualenv
Create a new virtual environment with command python -m venv env and activate it by running .\env\Scripts\activate
Switch to the directory where you want to install your Wagtail project with cd path/to/your/project
Clone the Wagtail Git repository using the following command: git clone https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail.git
Enter the Wagtail directory by running cd wagtail
Run command pip install -r requirements/base.txt to install the required packages for the Wagtail project.
Run the command pip install -e . to install Wagtail in your virtual environment.
Run cd .. to move up to the root directory of your project.
Run the following command to create a new Wagtail project: wagtail start your_project_name
Run cd your_project_name to switch to the newly created project directory.
Run python manage.py runserver to start the development server.
You can now access the development server by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.
With the completion of this tutorial, you should now have a working installation of Wagtail on your Windows 11 machine. You can now start customizing your Wagtail project and adding content to it.
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