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+====================
+``contrib`` packages
+====================
+
+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. This document
+gives a rundown of the packages in ``contrib``, along with any dependencies
+those packages have.
+
+.. admonition:: Note
+
+    For most of these add-ons -- specifically, the add-ons that include either
+    models or template tags -- you'll need to add the package name (e.g.,
+    ``'django.contrib.admin'``) to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` setting and re-run
+    ``manage.py syncdb``.
+
+.. _"batteries included" philosophy: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/stdlib.html#batteries-included
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   admin/index
+   auth
+   comments/index
+   contenttypes
+   csrf
+   databrowse
+   flatpages
+   formtools/index
+   gis/index
+   humanize
+   localflavor
+   markup
+   messages
+   redirects
+   sitemaps
+   sites
+   syndication
+   webdesign
+
+admin
+=====
+
+The automatic Django administrative interface. For more information, see
+:doc:`Tutorial 2 </intro/tutorial02>` and the
+:doc:`admin documentation </ref/contrib/admin/index>`.
+
+Requires the auth_ and contenttypes_ contrib packages to be installed.
+
+auth
+====
+
+Django's authentication framework.
+
+See :doc:`/topics/auth`.
+
+comments
+========
+
+.. versionchanged:: 1.0
+   The comments application has been rewriten. See :doc:`/ref/contrib/comments/upgrade`
+   for information on howto upgrade.
+
+A simple yet flexible comments system. See :doc:`/ref/contrib/comments/index`.
+
+contenttypes
+============
+
+A light framework for hooking into "types" of content, where each installed
+Django model is a separate content type.
+
+See the :doc:`contenttypes documentation </ref/contrib/contenttypes>`.
+
+csrf
+====
+
+A middleware for preventing Cross Site Request Forgeries
+
+See the :doc:`csrf documentation </ref/contrib/csrf>`.
+
+flatpages
+=========
+
+A framework for managing simple "flat" HTML content in a database.
+
+See the :doc:`flatpages documentation </ref/contrib/flatpages>`.
+
+Requires the sites_ contrib package to be installed as well.
+
+formtools
+=========
+
+A set of high-level abstractions for Django forms (django.forms).
+
+django.contrib.formtools.preview
+--------------------------------
+
+An abstraction of the following workflow:
+
+"Display an HTML form, force a preview, then do something with the submission."
+
+See the :doc:`form preview documentation </ref/contrib/formtools/form-preview>`.
+
+django.contrib.formtools.wizard
+--------------------------------
+
+Splits forms across multiple Web pages.
+
+See the :doc:`form wizard documentation </ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard>`.
+
+gis
+====
+
+A world-class geospatial framework built on top of Django, that enables
+storage, manipulation and display of spatial data.
+
+See the :doc:`/ref/contrib/gis/index` documentation for more.
+
+humanize
+========
+
+A set of Django template filters useful for adding a "human touch" to data.
+
+See the :doc:`humanize documentation </ref/contrib/humanize>`.
+
+localflavor
+===========
+
+A collection of various Django snippets that are useful only for a particular
+country or culture. For example, ``django.contrib.localflavor.us.forms``
+contains a ``USZipCodeField`` that you can use to validate U.S. zip codes.
+
+See the :doc:`localflavor documentation </ref/contrib/localflavor>`.
+
+markup
+======
+
+A collection of template filters that implement common markup languages
+
+See the :doc:`markup documentation </ref/contrib/markup>`.
+
+messages
+========
+
+.. versionchanged:: 1.2
+    The messages framework was added.
+
+A framework for storing and retrieving temporary cookie- or session-based
+messages
+
+See the :doc:`messages documentation </ref/contrib/messages>`.
+
+redirects
+=========
+
+A framework for managing redirects.
+
+See the :doc:`redirects documentation </ref/contrib/redirects>`.
+
+sessions
+========
+
+A framework for storing data in anonymous sessions.
+
+See the :doc:`sessions documentation </topics/http/sessions>`.
+
+sites
+=====
+
+A light framework that lets you operate multiple Web sites off of the same
+database and Django installation. It gives you hooks for associating objects to
+one or more sites.
+
+See the :doc:`sites documentation </ref/contrib/sites>`.
+
+sitemaps
+========
+
+A framework for generating Google sitemap XML files.
+
+See the :doc:`sitemaps documentation </ref/contrib/sitemaps>`.
+
+syndication
+===========
+
+A framework for generating syndication feeds, in RSS and Atom, quite easily.
+
+See the :doc:`syndication documentation </ref/contrib/syndication>`.
+
+webdesign
+=========
+
+Helpers and utilities targeted primarily at Web *designers* rather than
+Web *developers*.
+
+See the :doc:`Web design helpers documentation </ref/contrib/webdesign>`.
+
+Other add-ons
+=============
+
+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