Hi David, The Mezzanine documentation makes it clear early that a working understanding of Django and Python will be required to get anywhere with Mezzanine.
Did you do the official Django tutorial? It is world class. In fact, much of the appeal of Django, Python, and Mezzanine is the high quality documentation (and support) the community provides. I hope you consider continuing your exploration of Mezzanine, though it sounds like Drupal is satisfying your needs. - ken On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 8:23 PM, David Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
