--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/custom_search/forms.py	Sat May 05 17:10:48 2012 -0500
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+"""
+This module contains custom forms to tailor the Haystack search application to
+our needs.
+
+"""
+from django import forms
+from haystack.forms import ModelSearchForm
+
+
+MODEL_CHOICES = (
+    ('forums.topic', 'Forum Topics'),
+    ('forums.post', 'Forum Posts'),
+    ('news.story', 'News Stories'),
+    ('bio.userprofile', 'User Profiles'),
+    ('weblinks.link', 'Links'),
+    ('downloads.download', 'Downloads'),
+    ('podcast.item', 'Podcasts'),
+    ('ygroup.post', 'Yahoo Group Archives'),
+)
+
+
+class CustomModelSearchForm(ModelSearchForm):
+    """
+    This customized ModelSearchForm allows us to explictly label and order
+    the model choices.
+
+    """
+    q = forms.CharField(required=False, label='',
+            widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'text', 'size': 48}))
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(CustomModelSearchForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.fields['models'] = forms.MultipleChoiceField(choices=MODEL_CHOICES,
+                label='', widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple)