Using the contrib.blog module

Complete blog system with posts, featured posts, and versioning.

Installation

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "djangocms_custom_content",
    "djangocms_custom_content.contrib.blog",
]

python manage.py migrate

Models

BlogPost - Groups all language versions of a blog post BlogPostContent - Language-specific post content (title, body, excerpt)

Fields: title, slug, excerpt, body, is_featured, published_at

Usage

from djangocms_custom_content.contrib.blog.models import BlogPost, BlogPostContent

post = BlogPost.objects.create()
BlogPostContent.objects.create(
    post=post,
    language="en",
    title="My First Post",
    slug="my-first-post",
    excerpt="Short summary...",
    body="Full content...",
)

# Access by language
english_version = post.get_content(language="en")

# Get featured posts
featured = BlogPostContent.objects.filter(is_featured=True)

Plugins

  • BlogPostTeaser - Display a single featured post

  • LatestBlogPosts - Display recent blog posts

  • BlogPostList - Display all blog posts

Admin

Registered with list display, filters, and search by title/slug.

Features

  • Multi-language support

  • Featured post highlighting

  • Publication date tracking

  • Admin-friendly interface

See Also