Use the forums as the source of news

local/views.py

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 import forms
 import models
 from forums.models import Forum
-from news.models import Post
 from minecraft.forms import ProfileForm
+from django.conf import settings
 
 @login_required
 def profile(request):
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ def list(request):
     return render_to_response('local/list.html', {'profiles': profiles}, context_instance = RequestContext(request))
 
 def index(request):
-    latestNews = Post.objects.all()[0]
+    newsForum = Forum.objects.get(id=settings.CAMINUS_NEWS_FORUM_ID)
+    try:
+        latestNews = newsForum.topic_set.order_by('-created')[0]
+    except IndexError, e:
+        latestNews = None
     forums = Forum.objects.filter(parent=None)
     return render_to_response('local/index.html', {'news': latestNews, 'forums': forums}, context_instance = RequestContext(request))

settings.py

@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'api',
     'django.contrib.markup',
     'south',
-    'news',
     'django.contrib.flatpages',
     'minecraft',
     'petition',

templates/local/index.html

@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@
 {%block title %}Caminus{% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
+{% if news %}
 <div class='item news-item'>
 <h2><a href="{{news.get_absolute_url}}">{{news.title}}</a></h2>
-<div class="byline">By <span itemprop="author">{{news.author}}</span> <div class="avatar">{% avatar news.author %}</div></div>
+<div class="byline">By <span itemprop="author">{{news.rootPost.user}}</span> <div class="avatar">{% avatar news.rootPost.user %}</div></div>
 <div class="dateline">Posted {{news.created|timesince}} ago</div>
 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody">
-    {{news.body|truncatewords:"100"|markdown}}
+    {{news.rootPost.body|truncatewords:"100"|markdown}}
 </div>
-<div class="commentcount"><a href="{{news.get_absolute_url}}"><span itemprop="interactionCount">{{news.comments.all|length}} comment{{news.comments.all|length|pluralize}}</span> &raquo;</a></div>
+<div class="commentcount"><a href="{{news.get_absolute_url}}"><span itemprop="interactionCount">{{news.rootPost.get_descendant_count}} comment{{news.rootPost.get_descendant_count|pluralize}}</span> &raquo;</a></div>
 <br style="clear:both"/>
-<a href="{% url news.views.index %}">News Archive &raquo;</a>
+<a href="{{ news.forum.get_absolute_url }}">News Forum &raquo;</a>
 </div>
+{% endif %}
 <div class="item">
 <h2>Forums</h2>
 {%include "forums/_forum_table.html" with forums=forums%}

urls.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^$', 'local.views.index', name='home'),
     url(r'^petitions/', include('petition.urls')),
     url(r'^comments/', include('django.contrib.comments.urls')),
-    url(r'^news/', include('news.urls')),
     url(r'^minecraft/', include('minecraft.urls')),
     url(r'^mail/', include('messages.urls')),
     url(r'^profiles/', include('local.urls')),