Yep! The approach I mentioned should leave existing entries intact On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Pushkar Paranjpe <pushkarparan...@gmail.com > wrote:
> Hi Josh, > > Deleting the db and migrations each time I add fields to a core mezzanine > model did feel a bit drastic and was killing the idea of South. > Thanks for your corrections. I will use them right away! > > By using your approach, it looks like the old entries in the DB will still > be intact, right ? (awesome!) > > Cheers! > Pushkar > On Monday, 30 March 2015 21:09:16 UTC+5:30, Josh Cartmell wrote: >> >> Hi Pushkar, for you and anyone else who comes across this, you do not >> have to delete your db and migrations to add fields from EXTRA_MODEL_FIELDS >> >> The correct way to add the image field to BlogPost would be: >> >> python manage.py schemamigration mezzanine.blog --auto --stdout > >> path/to_store_the/migration_file.py >> python manage.py migrate app_migrations_were_stored_in >> >> Good luck! >> >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 3:26 AM, Pushkar Paranjpe <pushkar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Update: >>> >>> A cleaned-up work-flow: >>> >>> 1. Add custom fields using the EXTRA_MODEL_FIELDS in settings.py >>> 2. Update respective model's fieldsets in admin.py >>> 3. delete dev.db >>> 4. delete all migrations .py under your custom theme app >>> 5. python manage.py createdb --noinput >>> 6. python manage.py syncdb >>> 7. python manage.py migrate >>> 8. Login to admin and Go to blog posts section and add new post with >>> your custom fields :) >>> >>> *NOTE:* Of course, you will lose all previous blog posts, pages data >>> that was entered through the cms earlier. You will have to re-add that >>> stuff. >>> If anyone knows how to automate this part, given the data to be entered >>> that would be very valuable :) >>> >>> Cheers! >>> Pushkar >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 27 March 2015 05:09:40 UTC+5:30, Pushkar Paranjpe wrote: >>>> >>>> Correct me if I am missing something. Relatively new to Mezzanine and >>>> to Django :) >>>> >>>> I managed to add a custom field *header_image* to the BlogPost model >>>> using the EXTRA_MODEL_FIELDS approach. >>>> >>>> Just have to add one note in case someone else finds this useful: >>>> >>>> *If* the DB already exists and then the above extra field is injected, >>>> >>>> The following command *does not pick it up*: >>>> python manage.py schemamigration theme --auto >>>> >>>> I needed to delete the dev.db, clean-up the migration history and run >>>> the following command for the custom fields to be incorporated into the >>>> BlogPost model: >>>> python manage.py createdb --noinput >>>> >>>> (then ... >>>> python manage.py schemamigration theme --initial >>>> python manage.py migrate theme --fake ... ) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:29:07 UTC+5:30, wesley wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm a new mezzanine user (great framework !), I would like to create a >>>>> new class of BlogPost with some custom fields. >>>>> Can we just inherit from BlogPost class and create an admin class >>>>> (like Page in the documentation/tutorial) ? >>>>> >>>>> If not what is the best way to accomplish that ? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your help. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Mezzanine Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to mezzanine-use...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Mezzanine Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mezzanine-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mezzanine Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mezzanine-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
