1. A collection of Django applications which cover the common features of a variety of different types of sites, vetted for functionality/reusability/etc.
2. Some bits of glue to pull together the various applications for different types of sites.
So, for example, you want to build a social-networking site. Regardless of the specific focus of your site there's lots of infrastructure you're likely to need/want because it comes with that territory (user signups, "friending" and other relationships, profiles, ratings, etc., etc.). So Pinax offers a set of pre-vetted apps which provide that functionality, and some bits to make it easier to plug them all together.
1. A collection of Django applications which cover the common features of a variety of different types of sites, vetted for functionality/reusability/etc.
2. Some bits of glue to pull together the various applications for different types of sites.
So, for example, you want to build a social-networking site. Regardless of the specific focus of your site there's lots of infrastructure you're likely to need/want because it comes with that territory (user signups, "friending" and other relationships, profiles, ratings, etc., etc.). So Pinax offers a set of pre-vetted apps which provide that functionality, and some bits to make it easier to plug them all together.