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Lesson 1

Wagtail CMS

July 19, 2026 Gataya Med 18 min read

Wagtail Documents & Collections: File Management, Access Control, and Integration

Learn to manage PDFs, office documents, and downloadable files in Wagtail using Collections for organization, DocumentChooserBlock for page integration, privacy settings for access control, and the REST API for programmatic management.

Lesson 2

Wagtail CMS

July 18, 2026 Gataya Med 14 min read

Wagtail Testing & CI/CD: Automated Tests, GitHub Actions, and Deployment Pipelines

Learn to write comprehensive automated tests for Wagtail page models, REST APIs, StreamField validation, and image renditions, then set up a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline that runs tests on every push and deploys to staging automatically.

Lesson 3

Wagtail CMS

July 17, 2026 Gataya Med 16 min read

Wagtail Admin Customization & Branding: Custom CSS, Typography, Login Pages, Admin Views, and Editor Experience

Learn to customize the Wagtail admin interface — inject custom CSS and JavaScript, brand the login page, register custom admin views with ModelAdmin, add dashboard panels, and tailor the editor experience for your content team.

Lesson 4

Wagtail CMS

July 16, 2026 Gataya Med 17 min read

Wagtail REST API Deep Dive: Building Custom Endpoints, Pagination, Filtering, and API Authentication

Extend Wagtail's API framework with custom serializers, viewsets, filtering, pagination strategies, and token authentication. Learn to build endpoints that serve exactly the data your frontend needs.

Lesson 5

Wagtail CMS

July 15, 2026 Gataya Med 16 min read

Wagtail Deployment & Production Best Practices: Hosting, Static Files, Media Storage, and Performance Tuning

Learn to deploy Wagtail CMS to production with Docker, Gunicorn, Nginx, PostgreSQL, PgBouncer, S3 media storage, Redis caching, and CI/CD automation. A complete production deployment guide.

Lesson 6

Wagtail CMS

July 14, 2026 Gataya Med 18 min read

Wagtail Search & Site Navigation: Search Backends, Indexing, and Navigation Menus

Learn to configure Wagtail search backends (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, database), define search_fields with boosting, build faceted search views with autocomplete, and create dynamic navigation menus from Wagtail's page tree.

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Start with Lesson 1 and work your way down. Each lesson builds on previous knowledge. Take your time and practice each concept!

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📚 Wagtail CMS Curriculum

Wagtail Documents & Collections: File Management, Access Control, and Integration

Wagtail Testing & CI/CD: Automated Tests, GitHub Actions, and Deployment Pipelines

Wagtail Admin Customization & Branding: Custom CSS, Typography, Login Pages, Admin Views, and Editor Experience

Wagtail REST API Deep Dive: Building Custom Endpoints, Pagination, Filtering, and API Authentication

Wagtail Deployment & Production Best Practices: Hosting, Static Files, Media Storage, and Performance Tuning

Wagtail Search & Site Navigation: Search Backends, Indexing, and Navigation Menus

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