When you extend Product as you did with your MultiColorProduct, it does not show up in options. You register it with the admin, and interact with it as you normally would the Product model.
e.g., go to /admin/store/multicolorproduct Or whatever the url would be for your app structure. On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Lagg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Read through it and cooked up something crazy simple (I see the > advantages to extending Product) > > made a new app called multicolor > > multicolor/models.py > -------------------------- > from django.db import models > from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _ > from product.models import Product, ProductManager > from satchmo_utils.thumbnail.field import ImageWithThumbnailField > > class MultiColorProduct(Product): > objects = ProductManager() > > def __unicode__(self): > return u'%s' % self.name > > class Meta: > verbose_name = _('MultiColor Product') > verbose_name_plural = _('MultiColor Products') > > ----------------------------------- > > I tried looking at the product options and seeing if "Multicolor > Product" was amoung the list, but I didn't see anything. (Tried it > with adding store.multicolor to INSTALLED_APPS and without) > > I'm starting to think I have a bigger problem, and that something > inside my settings.py is messed up. > > > Settings.py > ---------------------------------------------------- > > # Django settings for store project. > import os > DIRNAME = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) > LOCAL_DEV = False > > DEBUG = True > TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG > > ADMINS = ( > # ('Your Name', '[email protected]'), > ) > > MANAGERS = ADMINS > > DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3' # 'postgresql_psycopg2', > 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'. > DATABASE_NAME = os.path.join(DIRNAME,'database.db') # Or > path to database file if using sqlite3. > DATABASE_USER = '' # Not used with sqlite3. > DATABASE_PASSWORD = '' # Not used with sqlite3. > DATABASE_HOST = '' # Set to empty string for localhost. > Not used with sqlite3. > DATABASE_PORT = '' # Set to empty string for default. Not > used with sqlite3. > > # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here: > # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name > # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems. > # If running in a Windows environment this must be set to the same as > your > # system time zone. > TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago' > > # Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here: > # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html > LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us' > > SITE_ID = 1 > > # If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as > not > # to load the internationalization machinery. > USE_I18N = True > > # Absolute path to the directory that holds media. > # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/" > MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(DIRNAME, 'static/') > > # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use > a > # trailing slash if there is a path component (optional in other > cases). > # Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com";, "http://example.com/media/"; > MEDIA_URL = 'this works fine so I'm not worried about it' > > # URL prefix for admin media -- CSS, JavaScript and images. Make sure > to use a > # trailing slash. > # Examples: "http://foo.com/media/";, "/media/". > ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/' > > # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody. > SECRET_KEY = 'actual secret key' > > # List of callables that know how to import templates from various > sources. > TEMPLATE_LOADERS = ( > 'django.template.loaders.filesystem.load_template_source', > 'django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source', > # 'django.template.loaders.eggs.load_template_source', > ) > > MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = ( > 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', > 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', > 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', > 'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware', > 'threaded_multihost.middleware.ThreadLocalMiddleware', > 'satchmo_store.shop.SSLMiddleware.SSLRedirect', > ) > > ROOT_URLCONF = 'store.urls' > > TEMPLATE_DIRS = (This works fine, so I know it's right) > > TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = ( > 'satchmo_store.shop.context_processors.settings', > 'django.core.context_processors.auth', > ) > > INSTALLED_APPS = ( > 'django.contrib.sites', > 'satchmo_store.shop', > 'django.contrib.admin', > 'django.contrib.auth', > 'django.contrib.contenttypes', > 'django.contrib.comments', > 'django.contrib.sessions', > 'django.contrib.sitemaps', > 'registration', > 'keyedcache', > 'livesettings', > 'l10n', > 'sorl.thumbnail', > 'satchmo_store.contact', > 'tax', > 'tax.modules.no', > 'tax.modules.area', > 'tax.modules.percent', > 'shipping', > 'product', > 'payment', > 'payment.modules.giftcertificate', > 'satchmo_utils', > 'app_plugins', > 'store.custom_products', > 'store.multicolor', > ) > > AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ( > 'satchmo_store.accounts.email-auth.EmailBackend', > 'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend' > ) > > #### Satchmo unique variables #### > #from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include > SATCHMO_SETTINGS = { > 'SHOP_BASE' : '', > 'MULTISHOP' : False, > #'SHOP_URLS' : patterns('satchmo_store.shop.views',) > } > > # Load the local settings > from local_settings import * > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > On Aug 18, 12:12 pm, Bob Waycott <[email protected]> wrote: > > My method doesn't require much "hooking up" of anything other than admin > > site registration. > > Take a look at Part One. It's pretty easy to digest, I think. > > > > Let me know if you have any questions afterward. > > > > Best, > > > > Bob > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
