I worked my way through the first of these two issues. Your input was useful. And after a bit of reading, I am confident that the EXTRA_MODEL_FIELDS will be the solution to my second issue.
I am still a little peeved about how "filebrowser_safe" behaves. This is not related to any filesize issues or anything like that. It's just that it makes a pop-up to upload an image. Pop-ups are unpleasant on phones, and I have a feeling this will throw my non-tech savvy users for a loop. *Any way to circumvent this?* Either way, I appreciate the help you've given me thus far! Ryan On Friday, September 15, 2017 at 11:22:18 PM UTC-4, Melvyn Sopacua wrote: > > I don't know what the two columns are for. Generally if you need to do > more with a model, you should extend the model. But if you only need > more fields, there's also EXTRA_MODEL_FIELDS in the settings that does > all the work for you. It is explained in the comments of the settings > file. > > As far as the image upload blowing up on mobile, I think that's a red > herring. The default settings for upload size are conservative, so > perhaps what you're uploading is too big (generally, anything coming > from a decent mobile phone camera will be). > > This should point you in the right direction: > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#std:setting-FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE > > > (and read the linked refs) > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Ryan M <rmon...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Melvyn, > > > > This does help. Your input is very much appreciated! Since this is a > > "night-time" project for me, I will need to review my code within the > > context of the "widget" info you provided later tonight. I especially > look > > forward into reading about "filebrowser_safe", as that might be the key > to > > resolving my first issue. > > > > The main thing I wanted to resolve from my post is still a little > unclear to > > me though: > > > > To meet my two remaining "objectives", do I need to make my own blogPost > > model that extends the mezzanine built-in, or is it achievable with the > > built-in? > > > > I feel like knowing the answer to this will steer me in the direction > that I > > need to research. > > > > Thanks again, > > Ryan > > > > On Friday, September 15, 2017 at 11:38:01 AM UTC-4, Melvyn Sopacua > wrote: > >> > >> If you're failry strong in python, but not Django and are working with > >> Mezzanine, then you do need to do some digging into Django. And here's > >> the main pointers: > >> > >> - Models are classes that represent the database structure. They can > >> be extended, they can be marked abstract, but the primary thing to > >> remember is that model **fields** cannot be overwritten. Model fields > >> being attributes of the class that are extending > >> django.db.models.Field. The represent table fields and therefore are > >> actively prevented from being extended. > >> - Database tables are migrated using Django migrations. In general > >> it's not necessary to know the database structure let alone even touch > >> it. This is only needed for specialized cases, optimizations and > >> legacy databases. > >> - Django form fields have a widget kwarg in their __init__, which can > >> be used to override the widget at runtime. Additionally, the Django > >> Form class has a metaclass attribute "widgets" which is a dictionary > >> mapping field names to widgets. > >> > >> These points are all accessible from > >> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ and quite a bit of it covered > >> in the tutorial. > >> > >> Mezzanine: > >> - A blog image is already available, when the following is activated > >> in settings: > >> > >> # Setting to turn on featured images for blog posts. Defaults to False. > >> # > >> # BLOG_USE_FEATURED_IMAGE = True > >> - The default widget for a Mezzanine FileField is from > >> filebrowser_safe. It should be possible to set this to > >> django.forms.ClearableFileInput, though I've not tried it. > >> > >> Hope this helps. > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Ryan M <rmon...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > I have been migrating my existing blog to Mezzanine. It has been a > >> > great > >> > experience so far. Mezzanine has been able to accommodate all of the > >> > features on my "wish list" so far with the exception of the few > >> > "hiccups" > >> > below. Fortunately, I am positive that these outstanding problems > can > >> > be > >> > overcome, it's just a matter of me learning more about Mezzanine and > >> > Django. > >> > I'd appreciate your help! > >> > > >> > 1) > >> > I want to have a "create new post" button that links to a "form" for > >> > creating a blog post. The form will ask the user for a blog post > title, > >> > content, and an optional featured image. The featured image will > prompt > >> > an > >> > upload that must work on smartphones. > >> > So far I am able to get all of this to work except for the image > upload > >> > part. I've tried a few different ways of setting it up - in some > cases > >> > the > >> > upload image button doesn't do anything, in other cases it launches a > >> > new > >> > window with the admin content management gui, and with some tweaking > i > >> > can > >> > get the upload button to work but the site bombs when the > >> > "request.FILES" > >> > object is passed. The admin content management gui isn't really > ideal > >> > for > >> > my blog, i'd prefer for it to go directly to an upload prompt. > >> > > >> > 2) > >> > I added two new columns to my blog_blogPost table in the database, > but - > >> > unsurprisingly - these columns are not accessible when I refer to > them > >> > in > >> > the blog detail or blog list pages. I suspect they need to be added > to > >> > the > >> > model, not sure how to do that. > >> > > >> > > >> > I am thinking I need to ditch the standard "blog" app and instead > make > >> > my > >> > own blog app that somehow extends the default blog app. I am not > 100% > >> > sure > >> > about how to do this, but its on my short list of possible options > for > >> > resolving the issues above. > >> > > >> > I am fairly strong with python and web design, but I'm still learning > >> > django. If you steer me in the right direction, I think I can figure > it > >> > out. > >> > > >> > Thanks for the help! > >> > Ryan > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Melvyn Sopacua > > > > -- > > 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 <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Melvyn Sopacua > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mezzanine Users" group. 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