That would be great, Bob! Before I went the documented Custom Product route, I wished I could've just sub-classed Product, but I figured it wasn't possible, so I didn't bother trying. The one-to-one method is working, but it's much more complicated than I'd like it to be.
Looking forward to your write-ups. On Mar 23, 12:46 pm, Bob Waycott <[email protected]> wrote: > No problem. I hope to set aside some time this week to complete a couple of > write-ups regarding subclassing Satchmo models and grafting custom behaviors > on to the shop via signals. > I'll try and post a note to the list if/when I get them done. > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Bob Waycott <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can only speak from my experience of having a very similar need. > > Rather than go the route suggested by custom product modules and having the > > one-to-one headache, I subclass Satchmo's Product model, thus ensuring a > > Satchmo product is added/updated with each add/update in my custom model via > > model inheritance. It works wonderfully thus far. > > > Bob > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Udbhav <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> This is mostly a general question. I'm just looking for some > >> guidelines on the best way of accomplishing my particular task. > > >> I have an existing Django project, with a pretty large database. This > >> single project also runs 7 different sites. Most of the content is > >> shared across the sites with slight differences in templating etc. > >> I've used Django's sites framework along with a Many-To-Many > >> relationship to the Site object in the bulk of my models, thus > >> allowing the site admins to choose what content shows up where. > >> Anyway, I was planning on using Satchmo's multiple store option to set > >> up 7 different stores, but I was hoping to find a relatively easy way > >> to incorporate all the pre-existing content into Satchmo. The > >> majority of the models I've defined are now going to be products that > >> are sold through Satchmo. > > >> My first impulse was to attach a particular model to Satchmo using the > >> Custom Product Module, which I managed to do successfully. For now, > >> let's call my model Paint. Now, as there is a One-To-One relationship > >> between Paint and Satchmo's Product model, all my existing Paint > >> objects don't show in the admin until I assign them a product id that > >> corresponds to an existing Product. This is kind of painful, and > >> requires that I manually change my MySql database, forcing me to do > >> data entry...sigh. > > >> My second idea was to export my existing Paint tables, reformat them > >> to fit Satchmo's expectations, then import them as straight up Satchmo > >> products, and possibly extend them with a custom product module > >> later. The only drawback to this that I can foresee is that I'll be > >> forced to rewrite my views and templates. > > >> Which route would all of you experienced users suggest, or is there a > >> third option I'm missing? > > >> Thanks in advance for your time and patience! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
