--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/articles/models.py	Sat Apr 14 16:40:29 2012 -0500
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+"""
+Models for the articles application.
+
+"""
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Article(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=64)
+    date = models.DateTimeField(db_index=True)
+    text = models.TextField()
+    source = models.TextField(help_text="Enter the source/author for the "
+            "article, copyright info, etc; it will appear under the article.")
+    url = models.URLField(blank=True,
+            help_text = 'Link to original article; optional')
+    pdf = models.FileField(upload_to = 'pdf/articles/%Y/%m/%d/', blank=True,
+            help_text="If you want to make the original article available as "
+            "a PDF download, you may upload it here.")
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return self.title
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ['-date']
+
+    @models.permalink
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return ('articles-item', [], {'pk': str(self.id)})