Thanks for the help, much appreciated.
On Jan 13, 1:28 pm, Brian Neal <bgn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 13, 12:06 pm, Ty <brownellty...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I've started creating a photo blog project to get familiar with Python
> > and Django. I'm using Python 2.6.1 and Django 1.0.2. I'm working on
> > the models and the administration first, before I tackle the front end
> > side of the site. I have everything working fine, for the exception of
> > an image upload field in the administration.
>
> > I assume I'm just going to have to add an "ImageField" in the model.
> > That I get, however, every time a new image is uploaded I want to
> > resize and save a few copies of the images for thumbnail use, and I
> > don't know how to go about extending an administration form like that.
>
> > I've been looking around and I've seen the save method in the model
> > class. For example I'm using this to come up with the post title slug:
>
> > def save(self):
> > self.name_slug = re.sub('[^a-zA-Z0-9]', '_', self.name).strip
> > ('_').lower()
> > self.name_slug = re.sub('[-]+', '_', self.name_slug)
> > super(Entry, self).save()
>
> > Should I add the image manipulation code in the save method? What is
> > the best way to go about this issue?
>
> Yeah I would (and have) done that type of stuff there. See also the
> documentation for the admin interface and overriding the save_model
> method on admin.ModelAdmin. You can hang custom behavior there also,
> if you only want that behavior when you save a model from the admin
> interface.
>
>
>
> > On another note, is there a good resource for image manipulation in
> > Python?
>
> I've used the PIL (Python Imaging Library) to manipulate images. Be
> aware that there are other django pluggable applications that you
> could use also: search for django Photologue, django-thumbs, and
> django-sorl. It is fairly easy to manipulate images with PIL so I just
> rolled my own. I used Photologue in a previous project, it is a
> fantastic full-blown gallery app for django.
>
> Have fun!
> BN
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