Versioning database content with django-reversion
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The following steps should be followed to integrate the page module with django-reversion:
- Add
'reversion'
to the list of installed applications. - Add
'reversion.middleware.RevisionMiddleware'
toMIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
. - Call
Page.register_with_reversion()
after all content types have been created (after allcreate_content_type
invocations).
Now, you need to create your own model admin subclass inheriting from both
FeinCMS’ PageAdmin
and from reversions VersionAdmin
:
from django.contrib import admin
from feincms.module.page.models import Page, PageAdmin
from reversion.admin import VersionAdmin
admin.site.unregister(Page)
class VersionedPageAdmin(PageAdmin, VersionAdmin):
pass
admin.site.register(Page, VersionedPageAdmin)
The VersionedPageAdmin
does not look like the ItemEditor – it’s
just raw Django inlines, without any additional JavaScript. Patches are
welcome, but the basic functionality needed for versioning page content
is there.
Finally, you should ensure that initial revisions are created using
django-reversion
‘s createinitialrevisions
management command.
Note
You should ensure that you’re using a reversion release which is compatible with your installed Django version. The reversion documentation contains an up-to-date list of compatible releases.
The reversion support in FeinCMS requires at least django-reversion 1.6.