Substitute Category model

[apsl]

Substitute Category model

[marctc]

Yeah, It can be done without many problems. However, you have to consider that you will need to modify the default templates and the entries filters in routes.py

[fab10m]

Thanks for your prompt reply!
So, in order leave the snippet category as in puput, but pointing to "my" category, I only need to modify:

• routes.py (where?)
• default templates (which one?)
• models.CategoryEntryPage?

Best,
Fabio

[marctc]

routes.py (where?)

   @route(r'^category/(?P<category>[-\w]+)/$')
    def entries_by_category(self, request, category, *args, **kwargs):
        self.search_type = _('category')
        self.search_term = category
        self.entries = self.get_entries().filter(entry_categories__category__slug=category)
        return Page.serve(self, request, *args, **kwargs)

default templates (which one?)

templates/puput/tags/categories_list.html

models.CategoryEntryPage?

class CategoryEntryPage(models.Model):
    category = models.ForeignKey(Category, related_name="+", verbose_name=_('Category'))

[fab10m]

Thank you very much Marc!
Do you plan to make the category customizable by the developers without edit your core code?

Fabio

[marctc]

Yeah, why not? I have to study this feature and implement it in the cleaner way.

[fab10m]

Great! I stay tuned then :-)

[fab10m]

Hi Marc,

I made the following patches and anything seems to work:

• I create an entry for the setings.py file PUPUT_CATEGORY_MODEL;
• I commented the statement @register_snippet over the "Category" definition;
• I changed the name of Category in CategoryDefault
• I added this code under CategoryDefault definition

CategoryModel = import_model(getattr(settings, 'PUPUT_CATEGORY_MODEL', CategoryDefault))

@register_snippet
class Category(CategoryModel):
    objects = CategoryManager()

    class Meta:
        proxy = True

• I made the following change the categories_list inclusion_tag (because I don't need nested Categories)

        if hasattr(Category, 'parent'):
            categories = Category.objects.with_uses(blog_page).filter(parent=None)
        else:
            categories = Category.objects.with_uses(blog_page).all()

Do you have any kind of suggestions?

Fabio

[marctc]

I create an entry for the setings.py file PUPUT_CATEGORY_MODEL;

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I made the following patches and anything seems to work:

• I create an entry for the setings.py file PUPUT_CATEGORY_MODEL;
• I commented the statement @register_snippet over the "Category" definition;
• I changed the name of Category in CategoryDefault
• I added this code under CategoryDefault definition

Nice approach, but I think it will be better a pattern like EntryAbstract. You can define the default Category model in abstracts and define the actual Category in models.py like EntryPage.

• I made the following change the categories_list inclusion_tag (because I don't need nested Categories)

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[fab10m]

Thanks Mark!
I'm going to try to follow the approach suggested by you.

[marctc]

@fab10m any news regarding this issue?

[fab10m]

Hi, @marctc I've no news. I'm stiill in the same situation of 5 months ago. Allora works fine, so I decided not to touch anything :-)