Page Models

class x11x_wagtail_blog.models.ExtensibleArticlePage

ExtensibleArticlePage is the base class for blog articles. Inherit from ExtensibleArticlePage when and add your own body element. ExtensibleArticlePage are NOT creatable through the wagtail admin.

date: Date to appear in the article subheading.

summary: The article’s summary. summary will show up in index pages.

title_image: The image to use in the title header or section of the article.

authors: About the author sections to include with the article..

pre_body_content_panels = [<TitleFieldPanel 'title' with model=None>, <FieldPanel 'title_image' with model=None>, <FieldPanel 'summary' with model=None>]: Admin FieldPanels intended to be displayed BEFORE a body field.

post_body_content_panels = [<FieldPanel 'authors' with model=None>, <InlinePanel with model=None>]: Admin FieldPanel s intended to be displayed AFTER a body field.

has_authors(): Returns True if this article has one or more ‘about the authors’ snippet. False otherwise.

classmethod with_body_panels(panels)

A helper method that concatenates all the admin panels of this class with the admin panels intended to enter content of the main body.

Parameters:: panels – Panels intended to show up under the “Title” and “Summary” sections, but before the ‘trailing’ sections.

get_template(request, *args, **kwargs)

Returns the default template. This method will likely be removed in the (very) near future.

This method may be overridden (like all wagtail pages) to return the intended template.

Deprecated:

has_related_articles(): Returns True if this page has related articles associated with it. Returns False otherwise.

property related_articles: An iterable of related articles related to this one.

class x11x_wagtail_blog.models.AboutTheAuthor

A snippet holding the content of an ‘About the Author’ section for particular authors.

These snippets are intended to be organized by the various authors of a website. Individual users may have several ‘about’ blurbs that they can choose depending on what a particular article calls for.

author: A reference to the author this snippet is about.

body: A paragraph or two describing the associated author.

class x11x_wagtail_blog.models.RelatedArticles: You should never have to instantiate RelatedArticles directly. This is a model to implement the m2m relationship between articles.