Add support for custom user models

djangocms_blog/models.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from cms.models import PlaceholderField, CMSPlugin
 from cmsplugin_filer_image.models import ThumbnailOption
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ class Post(ModelMeta, TranslatableModel):
     """
     Blog post
     """
-    author = models.ForeignKey(User, verbose_name=_('Author'), null=True, blank=True,
+    author = models.ForeignKey(dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
+                               verbose_name=_('Author'), null=True, blank=True,
                                related_name='djangocms_blog_post_author')
 
     date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
@@ -217,11 +218,14 @@ class LatestPostsPlugin(CMSPlugin):
 
 
 class AuthorEntriesPlugin(CMSPlugin):
-    authors = models.ManyToManyField(User, verbose_name=_('Authors'),
+    authors = models.ManyToManyField(
+        dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, verbose_name=_('Authors'),
         limit_choices_to={'djangocms_blog_post_author__publish': True}
     )
-    latest_posts = models.IntegerField(_(u'Articles'), default=settings.BLOG_LATEST_POSTS,
-                                       help_text=_('The number of author articles to be displayed.'))
+    latest_posts = models.IntegerField(
+        _(u'Articles'), default=settings.BLOG_LATEST_POSTS,
+        help_text=_('The number of author articles to be displayed.')
+    )
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return u"%s latest articles by author" % self.latest_posts

djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		{% block blog_meta %}
             <ul class="post-detail">
                 <li>
-                    {% trans "by" %} <a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' post.author.username %}">{{ post.author.get_full_name }}</a>
+                    {% trans "by" %} <a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' post.author.get_username %}">{{ post.author.get_full_name }}</a>
                 </li>
                 <li>
                     {{ post.date_published|date:"M d, Y" }}

djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <h3>{% trans "Authors" %}</h3>
 	<ul class="blog-authors">
 		{% for author in instance.get_authors %}
-        <li><a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' author.username %}">
+        <li><a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' author.get_username %}">
 		    {{ author.get_full_name }}
             <span>(
                 {% if author.count > 0 %}

djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		{% block blog_meta %}
 			<ul class="post-detail">
 	            <li>
-	                {% trans "by" %} <a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' post.author.username %}">{{ post.author.get_full_name }}</a>
+	                {% trans "by" %} <a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' post.author.get_username %}">{{ post.author.get_full_name }}</a>
 	            </li>
 	            <li>
 	                {{ post.date_published|date:"M d, Y" }}

djangocms_blog/views.py

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from django.utils.translation import get_language
-from django.utils.timezone import now
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve
+from django.utils.timezone import now
+from django.utils.translation import get_language
 from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView
 
 from parler.views import ViewUrlMixin, TranslatableSlugMixin
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ from .models import Post, BlogCategory, BLOG_CURRENT_POST_IDENTIFIER
 from .settings import (BLOG_PAGINATION, BLOG_POSTS_LIST_TRUNCWORDS_COUNT,
                        BLOG_USE_PLACEHOLDER)
 
+User = get_user_model()
+
 
 class BaseBlogView(ViewUrlMixin):
 
@@ -107,11 +110,11 @@ class AuthorEntriesView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
     def get_queryset(self):
         qs = super(AuthorEntriesView, self).get_queryset()
         if 'username' in self.kwargs:
-            qs = qs.filter(author__username=self.kwargs['username'])
+            qs = qs.filter(**{'author__%s' % User.USERNAME_FIELD: self.kwargs['username']})
         return qs
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
-        kwargs['author'] = User.objects.get(username=self.kwargs.get('username'))
+        kwargs['author'] = User.objects.get(**{User.USERNAME_FIELD: self.kwargs.get('username')})
         return super(AuthorEntriesView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)