Wagtail
Tip
To log into the admin interface for our Wagtail sites,
append /cms/
e.g. https://www.hatherleigh.info/cms/
Tip
If the page fails to display (probably a 404 Page Not Found error), then try publishing the page again.
Configuration
Start by creating a home page.
Browse to Settings, Sites and delete the default site.
Create a new site and set the Root page to the home page you created in step 1.
Documents
We use SENDFILE
for documents…
settings/production.py
:
# https://docs.wagtail.io/en/stable/reference/settings.html#documents
WAGTAILDOCS_SERVE_METHOD = "direct"
Note
Really not sure what to do with WAGTAILDOCS_SERVE_METHOD
.
I tried to use serve_view
with django-sendfile
and couldn’t
get it to work.
Domain
This is the base URL used by the Wagtail admin site:
# settings/local.py
WAGTAILADMIN_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:8000/"
# settings/production.py
WAGTAILADMIN_BASE_URL = DOMAIN
Home
If your Django project is looking for project.home
, then try this:
from django.views.generic import RedirectView
url(
r"^project/home/redirect/$",
view=RedirectView.as_view(url="/", permanent=False),
name="project.home",
),
To get the home page and site menu:
class MenuContext:
def get_context(self, request):
context = super().get_context(request)
context["home_page"] = self.get_root()
context["site_menu"] = self.get_children().live().in_menu()
return context
# class ContactPage(MenuContext, Page):
# ...
#
# class DefaultPage(MenuContext, Page):
# ...
Editor Guide
A guide to using the Editor is here https://guide.wagtail.org/en-latest/
Tip
You can also access the guide through the CMS navigation bar. Go to Help > Editor Guide