Thanks, That's not a helpful response-- as I've been reading the "django documentation" for over a week already, and was never able to find *any* full site examples that were helpful for what I want, only snippets all over the place.
I've moved on to drupal - *exit group* - Django by itself, and django/mezzanine, simply aren't mature enough CMS products, they require too much customization from ground zero to make work at all. On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Stephen McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
