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Making the jquery tabbed version of the messages app the current version and removing the old. Also figured out how to dynamically update the base template's count of unread messages when messages are read.
author | Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com> |
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date | Tue, 03 May 2011 02:56:58 +0000 |
parents | dbd703f7d63a |
children | ae89ba801e8b |
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""" pick_potd is a custom manage.py command for the POTD application. It is intended to be called from a cron job at midnight to pick the new POTD. """ import random from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand from potd.models import Current from potd.models import Sequence from potd.models import Photo def get_sequence(): try: s = Sequence.objects.get(pk=1) if s.seq: return [int(x) for x in s.seq.split(',')] except: pass return [] def new_sequence(): the_ids = Photo.objects.values_list('id', flat=True).order_by('id') ids = [] for id in the_ids.iterator(): ids.append(int(id)) random.shuffle(ids) try: s = Sequence.objects.get(pk=1) except Sequence.DoesNotExist: s = Sequence() s.seq = ','.join([str(id) for id in ids]) s.save() return ids class Command(NoArgsCommand): help = "Chooses the next POTD. Run this command at midnight to update the POTD." #requires_model_validation = False def handle_noargs(self, **options): try: c = Current.objects.get(pk=1) current = c.potd.pk except Current.DoesNotExist: c = Current() current = None seq = get_sequence() if current is None or len(seq) == 0 or current == seq[-1]: # time to generate a new random sequence seq = new_sequence() # set current to the first one in the sequence if len(seq) > 0: try: c.potd = Photo.objects.get(pk=seq[0]) c.potd.potd_count += 1 c.potd.save() c.save() except: pass else: # find current in the sequence, pick the next one try: i = seq.index(current) c.potd = Photo.objects.get(pk=seq[i + 1]) c.potd.potd_count += 1 c.potd.save() c.save() except: pass