djangocms-baseplugins

A common base for consistent djangocms plugin development. includes default plugins.

Framework

Can be used as plugin framework, developping your own plugins. Features an astract base class, that provides the following:

• published field (and some logic in the render method), for easily hiding/showing content
• css_class field, used as "layout" field in most cases
• anchor_name field, when you need to access content directly via #hashbang
• some more

Plugins included

Containers

• Section, allows columns or other content within
• Column, used with a section
• Slider, a slider, defaults to owl-carousel2 (not yet there is any js..), but use what you want

Content

• Richtext, using django-ckeditor
• Image, using django-filer, simple one image displaying plugin
• TextImage, using django-filer, combine text & image, if you have to
• Video, supports youtube and vimeo embeds
• Gallery, allowing multiple image plugins within

Setting up / using it

Dependencies

• Obviously, django-cms itself
• django-filer, if you use any of the plugins with a file field
• django-ckeditor if you use any of the plugins needing a ckeditor field
• django-mailprotector if you use any of the plugins needing a ckeditor field, with default templates, or the person plugin
• the great requests, when using the video plugin
• the experimental django-filer-addons.filer_gui, with an alternative filer file field, or when using inline_gallery
• other?!

Migrations

If you dont want to use filer_addons.filer_gui and it's filer fields, or if you want to have translated (modeltranslation) plugins, you'll need to specify the basegplugins in your MIGRATION_MODULES. An ImproperlyConfigured exception is raised otherwise, for your own sanity.

Settings

General

DJANGOCMS_BASEPLUGINS_ADVANCED_LABEL text (in locale) used to label advanced plugins (module attribute of CMSPlugin). defaults to _("z Advanced").

DJANGOCMS_BASEPLUGINS_CONTENT_LABEL same for normal content. defaults to _("Content")

DJANGOCMS_BASEPLUGINS_CONTAINER_LABEL same for container plugins. defaults to _("Containers")

DJANGOCMS_BASEPLUGINS_MODE some pre-configuration for fields and fieldsets. defaults to 'default'. possible options are 'full', 'minimal' and 'default'. depending on this setting, more or less advanced fields are shown.

BASEPLUGIN_ADVANCED_FIELDS own configuration of fields to be shown in the advanced fieldset. if not set, based on DJANGOCMS_BASEPLUGINS_MODE.

WIDTH_CHOICES width choices, used where widhts are needed. defaults to

('', _('Automatic')),
('w-100', _('100%')),
('w-66', _('66%')),
('w-50', _('50%')),
('w-33', _('33%')),

Per plugin type settings

All plugins share the same settings concept:

WHATEVERPLUGIN_CONTENT_FIELDS (default: title)
WHATEVERPLUGIN_DESIGN_FIELDS (default: layout)
WHATEVERPLUGIN_FIELDSETS (default: builds a fieldset with CONTENT_FIELDS, DESIGN_FIELDS and BASEPLUGIN_ADVANCED_FIELDS)
WHATEVERPLUGIN_WHATEVERSETTING

For container plugins:

.. code-block:: python

WHATEVERPLUGIN_CHILD_CLASSES (default depends on container)

You can easily find out about the settings available: Browse below, or have a look at the djangocms_baseplugins/whateverplugin/conf.py

Container plugins

Container plugins are made to be containers for other plugins. Be it just for defining sections, be it for defining sections with X columns, be it for defining a slider.

Section

Section container.

Settings

SECTIONPLUGIN_CHILD_CLASSES (default: ColumnPlugin)

Column

Slider

Content Plugins

Text

Simple Textplugin, using ckeditor. Obviously, adds django-ckeditor as dependency.

Use CKEDITOR_SETTINGS for configuring your ckeditor. For example, a rather simple one:

CKEDITOR_SETTINGS = {
    'toolbar': 'MINE',
    'toolbar_MINE': [
        ['Undo', 'Redo'],
        ['Link', 'Unlink', ],
        ['Bold', 'RemoveFormat', ],
        ['Format'],
        ['Cut', 'Copy', 'PasteText', ],
        ['cleanup', ],
        ['ShowBlocks', 'Source'],
    ],
    'format_tags': 'h1;h2;h3;p',
    'skin': 'moono',
}

Image

Image plugin. Reference one image, with a django-filer FilerImageField, add caption and alt text.