News app.

apps/news/models.py

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+from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+class NewsTopic(models.Model):
+   """
+   Represents a news topic.
+   """
+   name = models.CharField(maxlength=75, unique=True)
+   description = models.TextField(blank=True)
+   icon = models.ImageField(upload_to='newstopic_icons', default='newstopic_icons/default.png', blank=True, help_text="Image for the news topic.")
+
+   def __str__(self):
+      try:
+         return self.name
+      except:
+         return "Invalid"
+
+   class Meta:
+      ordering = ['name']
+
+   class Admin:
+      list_display = ('name', 'icon')
+
+class NewsEntry(models.Model):
+   """
+   An individual news entry.
+   """
+   author = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='author')
+   title = models.CharField(maxlength=255)
+   body = models.TextField()
+   topic = models.ForeignKey(NewsTopic, related_name='newstopic')
+   date_posted = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+   
+   def __str__(self):
+      return self.title
+
+   class Meta:
+      ordering = ('-date_posted',)
+
+   class Admin:
+      list_display = ('title', 'author', 'topic', 'date_posted')
+      list_filter = ('topic',)
+      search_fields = ['title']

apps/news/urls.py

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+from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+
+urlpatterns = patterns('apps.news.views',
+#    (r'^news/show/(?P<entry_id>\d+)/$', 'show_news'),
+#    (r'^news/categories/list/$', 'recent_kills'),
+)

apps/news/views.py

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+#
+# News display.
+#
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404
+from django.db import connection
+from django.template import RequestContext
+from django import newforms as forms
+from django.newforms.util import ValidationError
+import django.views.generic.list_detail as list_detail
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.utils import simplejson
+
+import frontier.settings as settings
+from frontier.apps.player.models import UserProfile
+from frontier.apps.news.models import NewsTopic, NewsEntry
+
+nav_block = """
+<div>
+</div>
+"""
+
+def index(request):
+   """
+   News index.
+   """
+   news_entries = NewsEntry.objects.all().order_by('-date_posted')[:10]
+
+   pagevars = {
+      "page_title": "Front Page",
+      "nav_block": nav_block,
+      "news_entries": news_entries,
+   }
+
+   context_instance = RequestContext(request)
+   return render_to_response('news/index.html', pagevars, context_instance)