ifsecure
In some cases we need to know if we were opened via https from template. Usage: {% ifsecure %}using https{% else %}not using https{% endifsecure %} If you use fastcgi fastcgi_param HTTPS must exists.
- templatetag
- is_secure
- https
Snippet List
freshdb management command
This is useful especially during the model-creation stage, when things are in constant flux. The `freshdb` command will drop the project's database, then create a new one. A common use case: manage.py freshdb manage.py syncdb
- db
- database
- management
Easier tags with parameters as dictionary values
This is just an example, **NOT any particular tag**. I was just tiered in examining every bits in list. I converted list to dictionary for easier manipulation of parameters. You can use this keeping in mind syntax: {% tag_name 1_key 1_value 2_key 2_value %} and so on...
- tag
Breadcrumbs for flatpages
Custom template filter to generate a breadcrumb trail for a flatpage. Say you have a series of flatpages with URLs like /trunk/branch/leaf/ etc. This filter looks at the URL of a given flatpage, figures out which of the leftwards text chunks correspond to other flatpages, and generates a string of anchored HTML. Usage: {% load make_breadcrumb_trail %} {{ flatpage.url|crumbs:flatpage.title }}
- filter
- templatetags
- breadcrumb
- flatpage
TableSelectMultiple Widget
A widget for selecting from a list of `Model` instances using `MultipleChoiceField` which renders a table row for each choice, consisting of a column for a checkbox followed by a column for each item specified in `item_attrs`, which must specify attributes of the objects passed as choices.
- forms
- table
- widget
- selectmultiple
Authenticate against a Windows domain controller
To activate, store this file as `mysite/winauth.py` and use in settings.conf: AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ('mysite.winauth.DomainControllerAuthBackend',) Needs [pywin32 extensions](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/) installed (and obviously only runs on Windows).
- authentication
- domain
- windows
- controller
- pdc
Create nice looking PDFs from developer documentation
You need htmldoc, rst2html, the Python Imaging Libraray, BeautfiulSoup and spoon. The Debian/Ubuntu-packages are called htmldoc, python-docutils, python-imaging and python-beautifulsoup You can get spoon.py http://beautifulspoon.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/spoon.py To create the pdf files you have to call the script from django_src/docs Here is an example output: http://henning.cco-ev.de/django/essential.pdf
- documentation
- docs
Movable Type Import
This is a quick and dirty way to import blog entries and comments from Movable Type. Sorry I don't have time to document it better. Hopefully it will help you get started if you're looking to move from MT to Django.
- type
- import
- movable-type
- movable
- mt
Little middleware that create a facebook user
**How to use**: 1. Install [**PyFacebook** package](http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/PythonPyFacebookTutorial). 2. After make all steps in tutorial above, put this code in your app's models.py module (you maybe prefer split it and put the middleware class in some other file). 3. Put the FacebookUserMiddleware python-path in the MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES in your settings.py (after facebook.djangofb.FacebookMiddleware). You probably will add some fields to FacebookUser model class :)
- middleware
- user
Pickled Object Field
*Incredibly useful for storing just about anything in the database (provided it is Pickle-able, of course) when there isn't a 'proper' field for the job:* A field which can store any pickleable object in the database. It is database-agnostic, and should work with any database backend you can throw at it. Pass in any object and it will be automagically converted behind the scenes, and you never have to manually pickle or unpickle anything. Also works fine when querying. **Please note that this is supposed to be two files, one fields.py and one tests.py (if you don't care about the unit tests, just use fields.py)**
- model
- db
- orm
- database
- pickle
- object
- field
- pickled
Automate unique slugs
If you want unique values for a slug field, but don't want to bother the user with error messages, this function can be put into a model's save function to automate unique slugs. It works by appending an integer counter to duplicate slugs. The item's slug field is first prepopulated by slugify-ing the source field. If that value already exists, a counter is appended to the slug, and the counter incremented upward until the value is unique. For instance, if you save an object titled Daily Roundup, and the slug daily-roundup is already taken, this function will try daily-roundup-2, daily-roundup-3, daily-roundup-4, etc, until a unique value is found. Call from within a model's custom save() method like so: `unique_slug(item, slug_source='field1', slug_field='field2')` where the value of field slug_source will be used to prepopulate the value of slug_field. Comments appreciated!
- slug
- save
Link filter
Almost too dumb to be worth posting but its saved me a lot of typing. Instead of: <div> <a href="{{ object.get_absolute_url }} class="object-icon">{{ object }}</a> </div> just put: <div>{{ object|link }}</div>
- filter
- links
URL redirects middleware
Sometimes you need to make redirects that involve domains, you can't define those on the site urls, this middleware lets you define multiple redirects on your site settings. Note: *You also can use the web server to do this, but I have found this middleware a useful tool to quickly or temporarily define redirects*. Depending on your needs you may also find useful [snippet 434](http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/434/).
- middleware
- url
- redirect
- domain
OwnerField
This is a little helper for associating an owner to a newly created object, in this case making the assumption that the current user is always the owner. It removes the necessity of adding a custom save hook to your model. get_current_user comes from this middleware trick to cache the current user: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/CookBookThreadlocalsAndUser
- model
- user
- field
- owner
- ownerfield
BirthYearField
A form field to prompt for a year of birth with suitable sanity checks. Usage eg: yob = BirthYearField(label="What year were you born?")
- form
- field
- year
- birth