aiky30/djangocms-alias

django CMS Alias

django CMS Alias replicates and extends the alias function of django CMS version 3 for django CMS version 4.

An alias is a collection of plugins that is managed centrally. A reference can be added to any placeholder using the Alias plugin. Since the Alias plugin creates a reference any changes to the alias are immediately reflected at all places it is used.

django CMS Alias supports versioning aliases by django CMS Versioning.

Warning

This is the development branch for django CMS version 4.1 support.

For django CMS V4.0 support, see support/django-cms-4.0.x branch

Installation

Requirements

django CMS Alias requires that you have a django CMS 4 (or higher) project already running and set up.

To install

Run:

pip install git+https://github.com/django-cms/djangocms-alias@master#egg=djangocms-alias

Add djangocms_alias and parler to your project's INSTALLED_APPS.

Run:

python manage.py migrate djangocms_alias

to perform the application's database migrations.

Usage

Static aliases

Static aliases appear in templates and replace static placeholders which were part of django CMS up to version 3.x.

Example:

{% load djangocms_alias_tags %}
...
<footer>
  {% static_alias 'footer' %}
</footer>

Alias plugin

Alternatively, aliases can be used with the Alias plugin. It allows to select which alias content is shown at the exact position the alias plugin is placed.