I see you created a urlconf for your app, but have you added it to your root urls.py? If so, is if above or below Mezzanine's catch-all pattern?
On Jul 6, 2017 9:12 PM, <marcusguttenp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, thanks for such a great resource! I have googled around for a few days > and have made some headway this problem, but have hit a wall. I'm trying to > use the Displayable model to create an easy way to add news stories and > have them displayed as a simple list view, which is very similar behavior > to the blog app. If there is a better solution using a ForeignKey, please > point me in the right direction! > > I read an older post > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mezzanine-users/HmNGXkf4m4k/FDJ1Rd-h1KsJ> > about > creating a new Displayable, and have used Mezzanine's source code to > successfully extend the Displayable model and have it appear correctly in > the admin. The issue now is that I can't seem to get the views (views.py) > and url patterns to work. When clicked "view on site" from the admin, the > url seems to grab the model's slug ("news"), but ends up linking to > http://localhost:8000/en/admin/<myapp>/news/%28u/, and doesn't work > linking directly to the actual item's slug. Exploring the source code for > Mezzanine's blog's urls and views, I'm unsure how to correctly refactor. I > understand that I will need to create my own templates to act as > blog_post_list.html > and blog_post_detail.html, but don't know how to create the super basic > views to point to them. > > models.py: > class News(Displayable, RichText): > > pagetitle = models.CharField('Title', max_length=255, blank=True) > url = models.CharField('Link', max_length=255, blank=True) > summary = models.CharField('Summary', max_length=255, blank=True) > date = models.DateField(_("Date"), default=datetime.date.today) > categories = models.ManyToManyField("NewsCategory", > verbose_name=_("Categories > (Magazine, Award, etc.)"), > blank=True, > related_name="newsitems") > related_news = models.ManyToManyField("self", > verbose_name=_("Related News"), > blank=True) > > class Meta: > verbose_name = _("News Item") > verbose_name_plural = _("News Items") > > def get_absolute_url(self): > url_name = 'news' > kwargs = { > 'slug': self.slug, > } > return (url_name, (), kwargs) > > > class NewsCategory(Slugged): > """ > A category for grouping news items into a series. > """ > > class Meta: > verbose_name = _("News Category") > verbose_name_plural = _("News Categories") > ordering = ("title",) > > @models.permalink > def get_absolute_url(self): > return ("news_item_list_category", (), {"category": self.slug}) > > admin.py > news_fieldsets = deepcopy(DisplayableAdmin.fieldsets) > news_fieldsets[0][1]["fields"].insert(1, "categories") > news_fieldsets[0][1]["fields"].extend(["pagetitle", "url", "summary", > "date"]) > news_fieldsets = list(news_fieldsets) > news_fieldsets.insert(1, (_("Other News"), { > "classes": ("collapse-closed",), > "fields": ("related_news",)})) > news_list_filter = deepcopy(DisplayableAdmin.list_filter) + > ("categories",) > > > class NewsAdmin(DisplayableAdmin): > """ > Admin class for news posts. > """ > > fieldsets = news_fieldsets > # list_display = news_list_display > list_filter = news_list_filter > filter_horizontal = ("categories", "related_news",) > > def save_form(self, request, form, change): > """ > Super class ordering is important here - user must get saved first. > """ > DisplayableAdmin.save_form(self, request, form, change) > return DisplayableAdmin.save_form(self, request, form, change) > > class NewsCategoryAdmin(BaseTranslationModelAdmin): > """ > Admin class for blog categories. Hides itself from the admin menu > unless explicitly specified. > """ > > fieldsets = ((None, {"fields": ("title",)}),) > > def has_module_permission(self, request): > """ > Hide from the admin menu unless explicitly set in > ``ADMIN_MENU_ORDER``. > """ > for (name, items) in settings.ADMIN_MENU_ORDER: > if "blog.BlogCategory" in items: > return True > return False > > > admin.site.register(News, NewsAdmin) > admin.site.register(NewsCategory, NewsCategoryAdmin) > > urls.py: > from .models import News > import .views > > _slashes = ( > "/" if settings.BLOG_SLUG else "", > "/" if settings.APPEND_SLASH else "", > ) > > urlpatterns = patterns( > 'news.views', > url("^%s(?P<slug>.*)%s$" % _slashes, "news", name="news"), > ) > > views.py: > from django.shortcuts import render > > def news(request, slug): > return HttpResponse('Test') > > The view is currently not even returning "Test." 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