Hi Rainell,
Thanks for replying. Still learning Mezzanine. Where do I access the
database table?
On Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 6:28:11 AM UTC-5, Rainell Dilou Gómez wrote:
>
> Hello Tom,
> I have not understood your question well, but I will try to help you
> understand how works your example.
>
> 1. Your model inherits the Displayable class, therefore there will be a
> slug field in the respective database table. Take a look at the table of
> your model in the database and you can see the slug field.
>
> 2. In the model you have declared the absolute url, where you specify the
> name of the urlpattern (project_detail) that must be used and the parameter
> that must be passed to it (slug).
>
> 3. In the urlpattern you have specified the view that must be called to
> process that request.
>
> 4. Then, in the view method (def project_detail(...)) called through the
> urlpatthern, you have declared that this method expects the slug parameter
> and you have declared the template that will be used
> (template="projects/project_detail.html").
>
> 5. Queryset is created through get_object_or_404, which in this case would
> be something like this:
>
> "SELECT * FROM yourapp_projectlinkpage WHERE slug='some-slug' AND status=2"
>
> 6. The view gives the specified template the context with the instance
> obtained through the queryset.
>
> 7. Template render the page with the instance that has been passed in the
> context.
>
> An observation about the view method. In the templates variable
> declaration you should substituting "projects/project_detail /% s.html"
> with "projects/project_detail_% s.html"
>
> 8. The content you have written when you have created a project through
> the admin interface, will be rendered by the template through the tag {{
> project.content }}
>
>
> Il giorno domenica 5 novembre 2017 00:35:50 UTC+1, Tom Tanner ha scritto:
>>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> When I go to `http://127.0.0.1:8000/projects/some-slug`
>> <http://127.0.0.1:8000/projects/some-slug>, I want Mezzanine to fetch
>> the `project_detail.html` template, which would include `some-slug.html`.
>> How do I do this?
>>
>> Here's `urls.py`.
>> url("^projects/(?P<slug>.*)%s$" % _slash, project_detail, name=
>> "project_detail"),
>>
>>
>>
>> `models.py`.
>> class ProjectLinkPage(Displayable)
>> '''
>> A page representing the format of the page that
>> has links to standalone, projectlink projectlinks
>> '''
>>
>>
>> # Fields and `class Meta`, etc...
>>
>>
>> @models.permalink
>> def get_absolute_url(self):
>> return ("project_detail", (), {"slug": self.slug})
>>
>>
>> `views.py`
>> def project_detail(request, slug, template="projects/project_detail.html"
>> , extra_context=None):
>> '''
>> Custom templates are checked for by using the name
>> `projects/project_detail/XXX.html`` where `XXX` is the project slug.
>> '''
>>
>>
>> project = get_object_or_404(Project, slug=slug, status=2)
>> context = {
>> "project": project,
>> "editable_obj": project
>> }
>> context.update(extra_context or {})
>> templates = [u"projects/project_detail/%s.html" % str(slug), template]
>> return TemplateResponse(request, templates, context)
>>
>> `project_detail.html`
>> {% extends "base.html" %}
>> {% load mezzanine_tags keyword_tags %}
>>
>>
>> {% block meta_title %}
>> {{ project.meta_title }}
>> {% endblock %}
>>
>>
>> {% block meta_keywords %}
>> {% metablock %}
>> {% keywords_for project as tags %}
>> {% for tag in tags %}{% if not forloop.first %}, {% endif %}{{ tag }}{%
>> endfor %}
>> {% endmetablock %}
>> {% endblock %}
>>
>>
>> {% block meta_description %}
>> {% metablock %}{{ project.description }}{% endmetablock %}
>> {% endblock %}
>>
>>
>> {% block title %}
>> {{ project.title }}
>> {% endblock %}
>>
>>
>> {% block main %}
>> {{ project.content }}
>> {% endblock %}
>>
>> But I'm not sure where to go from here. How do I transfer the slug to
>> `project_detail.html` so it knows where to look? In this case, I'd have a
>> folder named `slugs` in the same directory as `project_detail.html`. And
>> `slugs` would have templates named after slugs.
>>
>
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