djangocms_blog/README.rst

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djangocms-blog
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A djangoCMS 3 blog application.

Supported Django versions:

* Django 1.6
* Django 1.7
* Django 1.8

Supported django CMS versions:

* django CMS 3.x


.. warning:: Version 0.6 changes the field of LatestPostsPlugin.tags field.
             A datamigration is in place to migrate the data, but check that
             works ok for your project before upgrading, as this might delete
             some relevant data.

.. warning:: Starting from version 0.5, this package does not declare dependency
             on South anymore; please install it separately if using this
             application on Django 1.6.


Quickstart
----------

Install djangocms-blog::

    pip install djangocms-blog

Add ``djangocms_blog`` and its dependencies to INSTALLED_APPS::

    INSTALLED_APPS = [
        ...
        'filer',
        'easy_thumbnails',
        'cmsplugin_filer_image',
        'parler',
        'taggit',
        'taggit_autosuggest',
        'meta',
        'meta_mixin',
        'admin_enhancer',
        'djangocms_blog',
        ...
    ]

Then sync and migrate::

    $ python manage.py syncdb
    $ python manage.py migrate

External applications configuration
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Dependency applications may need configuration to work properly.

Please, refer to each application documentation on details.

* django-filer: http://django-filer.readthedocs.org
* django-meta: https://github.com/nephila/django-meta#installation
* django-parler: http://django-parler.readthedocs.org/en/latest/quickstart.html#configuration
* django-taggit-autosuggest: https://bitbucket.org/fabian/django-taggit-autosuggest

Quick hint
++++++++++

The following are minimal defaults to get the blog running; they may not be
suited for your deployment.

* Add the following settings to your project::    

    SOUTH_MIGRATION_MODULES = {
        'easy_thumbnails': 'easy_thumbnails.south_migrations',
        'taggit': 'taggit.south_migrations',
    }
    THUMBNAIL_PROCESSORS = (
        'easy_thumbnails.processors.colorspace',
        'easy_thumbnails.processors.autocrop',
        'filer.thumbnail_processors.scale_and_crop_with_subject_location',
        'easy_thumbnails.processors.filters',
    )
    META_SITE_PROTOCOL = 'http'
    META_USE_SITES = True
    
* If you are using Django 1.7+, be aware than ``filer`` < 0.9.10, ``cmsplugin_filer``
  and ``django-cms`` < 3.1 currently requires you to setup ``MIGRATION_MODULES`` in settings::
  
    MIGRATION_MODULES = {
       'cms': 'cms.migrations_django', # only for django CMS 3.0
       'menus': 'menus.migrations_django',  # only for django CMS 3.0
       'filer': 'filer.migrations_django',  # only for django filer 0.9.9 and below
       'cmsplugin_filer_image': 'cmsplugin_filer_image.migrations_django',
    }
    
  Please check
  `django CMS installation <http://django-cms.readthedocs.org/en/support-3.0.x/how_to/integrate.html#installing-and-configuring-django-cms-in-your-django-project>`_,
  `cmsplugin-filer README <https://github.com/stefanfoulis/cmsplugin-filer#installation>`_
  for detailed information.

* Configure parler according to your languages::

    PARLER_LANGUAGES = {
        1: (
            {'code': 'en',},
            {'code': 'it',},
            {'code': 'fr',},
        ),
    }

* Add the following to your ``urls.py``::

    url(r'^taggit_autosuggest/', include('taggit_autosuggest.urls')),

* To start your blog you need to use `AppHooks from django CMS <http://django-cms.readthedocs.org/en/support-3.0.x/how_to/apphooks.html>`_ 
  to add the blog to a django CMS page:
 
  * Create a new django CMS page
  * Go to Advanced settings and select Blog from the Application selector;
  * Eventually customise the Application instance name;
  * Publish the page
  * Restart the project instance to properly load blog urls.

* Add and edit blog by creating them in the admin or using the toolbar,
  and the use the `django CMS frontend editor <http://django-cms.readthedocs.org/en/support-3.0.x/user/reference/page_admin.html#the-interface>`_
  to edit the blog content:
  
  * Create a new blog entry in django admin backend or from the toolbar
  * Click on "view on site" button to view the post detail page
  * Edit the post via djangocms frontend by adding / editing plugins
  * Publish the blog post by flagging the "Publish" switch in the blog post admin

Templates
+++++++++

To ease the template customisations a ``djangocms_blog/base.html`` template is used by all the blog templates;
the templates itself extends a ``base.html`` template; content is pulled in the ``content`` block.
If you need to define a different base template, or if your base template does not defines a ``content`` block,
copy in your template directory ``djangocms_blog/base.html`` and customise it according to your
needs; the other application templates will use the newly created template and will ignore the bundled one.

Features
--------

* Placeholder content editing
* Frontend editing using django CMS 3.0 frontend editor
* Multilingual support using django-parler
* Support for Twitter cards, Open Graph and Google+ snippets meta tags
* Optional support for simpler TextField-based content editing
* Multisite support (posts can be visible in one or more Django sites on the same project)

Import from Wordpress
+++++++++++++++++++++

If you want to import content from existing wordpress blog, check
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/the-real-django-wordpress and
this gist https://gist.github.com/yakky/11336204 as a base.


Settings
--------
* BLOG_ENABLE_COMMENTS: Whether to enable comments by default on posts;
  while ``djangocms_blog`` does not ship any comment system, this flag can be used
  to control the chosen comments framework; (default: True)
* BLOG_USE_PLACEHOLDER: Post content is managed via placeholder; if ``False`` a
  simple HTMLField is used; (default: True)
* BLOG_USE_ABSTRACT: Use an abstract field for the post; if ``False`` no abstract field
  is available for every post; (default: True)
* BLOG_IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_SIZE: Size of the main image when shown on the post lists;
  it's a dictionary with ``size``, ``crop`` and ``upscale`` keys;
  (default: ``{'size': '120x120', 'crop': True,'upscale': False}``)
* BLOG_IMAGE_FULL_SIZE: Size of the main image when shown on the post detail;
  it's a dictionary with ``size``, ``crop`` and ``upscale`` keys;
  (default: ``{'size': '640x120', 'crop': True,'upscale': False}``)
* BLOG_PAGINATION: Number of post per page; (default: 10)
* BLOG_LATEST_POSTS: Default number of post in the **Latest post** plugin; (default: 5)
* BLOG_POSTS_LIST_TRUNCWORDS_COUNT: Default number of words shown for abstract in the post list; (default: 100)
* BLOG_MULTISITE: Add support for multisite setup
* BLOG_AUTHOR_DEFAULT: Use a default if not specified; if set to ``True`` the
  current user is set as the default author, if set to ``False`` no default
  author is set, if set to a string the user with the provided username is
  used; (default: True)

Social media tags settings
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
* BLOG_TYPE: Generic type for the post object; (default: Article)
* BLOG_FB_TYPE: Open Graph type for the post object; (default: Article)
* BLOG_FB_APPID: Facebook Application ID
* BLOG_FB_PROFILE_ID: Facebook profile ID of the post author
* BLOG_FB_PUBLISHER: Facebook URL of the blog publisher
* BLOG_FB_AUTHOR_URL: Facebook profile URL of the post author
* BLOG_FB_AUTHOR: Facebook profile URL of the post author
* BLOG_TWITTER_TYPE: Twitter Card type for the post object; (default: Summary)
* BLOG_TWITTER_SITE: Twitter account of the site
* BLOG_TWITTER_AUTHOR: Twitter account of the post author
* BLOG_GPLUS_TYPE: Google+ Snippet type for the post object; (default: Blog)
* BLOG_GPLUS_AUTHOR: Google+ account of the post author


Known djangocms-blog websites
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

* http://nephila.co.uk/blog
* https://blog.ungleich.ch/