I'd suggest going through the Django documentation from top to bottom if you haven't already. Mezzanine is just a superset of Django and everything you've asked about is broadly applicable to Django in general.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 3:41 AM, David Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Well by the lack of responses I guess I need to reduce/clarify my question; > > If you can give me a high level: This is your best direction; I can take > it from there and get the grunt work done and come back with more specific > questions (ala code snippets) -- I just want to make sure I've not > completely thrown myself off track with the direction I'm taking. > > > On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 12:42:22 PM UTC-7, David Smith wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm looking to generate a web site that will help organize some database >> information and allow the users to run guided results reports. >> >> I have an existing database that is populated with data automatically >> from other sources. >> >> I've figured out the "model" portion of Django, I even got as far as >> creating a view with a form for POSTing data, but I can't really seem to >> pull together, despite a week or so of googling information, the >> information I need to create this simple page. (I got stuck at "not a >> valid choice" when sending post data, despite the drop-down lists showing >> valuable data) >> >> I've since discovered Mezzanine and I like the idea of being able to >> expand the site quickly with the tools it provides. >> >> That's the "background", here's what I'd like to accomplish; >> >> Create a page that contains several search fields from the database >> model; At least three; these should be populated by distinct() values in >> the database. >> On initial load, the page should load a table style view of database >> information, unfiltered. >> The user would then be able to use the prepopulated drop-downs to select >> "filters" or also use a generic "search" box to filter out data. >> >> Sound familiar? This is basically the admin view of the database, with >> filter filelds, I found the "list_display" "list_filter" and >> "search_fields" for use with ModelAdmin very close to exactly what I need. >> However, I can't for the life of me, figure out how to implement this in a >> user view. >> >> I also have several python scripts that pull data from the database and >> display counts of various bits of information in a tabular format, I'd like >> to either import that script or just use it as-is to create the same >> information display through mezzanine/django. >> >> Thanks for your time, >> David >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Mezzanine Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Stephen McDonald http://jupo.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mezzanine Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
