djangocms-timed-publishing 1.0.0

djangocms-versioning extension to time your publications

djangocms-timed-publishing

django CMS Timed Publishing extends django CMS Versioning to allow for planned or limited publication of content:

• New option to publish with beginning and end dates. By default this is done from the versioning menu and the "Publish" button does not change behavior. The menu brings up a modal allowing to select time limits for the visibility of the to-be-published version:

  Alternatively, with the setting DJANGOCMS_TIMED_PUBLISHING_BUTTON = True, the "Publish" button changes behavior and always opens the modal to ask for beginning and end dates.

  Publishing from the admin - be it the page tree or the version manager - is not affected.

• Technically, the time limits do not affect the published status but only the visibility. This means, dates on published versions cannot be changed any more. You need to create a new draft and publish that to make a change.

• Versioning menu shows pending or expired visibility dates. "pending" is a word for a published version that is not yet visible. "expired" is a word for a published version not visible any more:

• "View published" button for PageContents is only offered for pages which are currently visible (since otherwise they'll show a 404)

• Pending or expired aliases render empty.

Installation

1. Install the package using pip:

   pip install git+https://github.com/fsbraun/djangocms-timed-publishing
   

2. Add "djangocms_timed_publishing" after "djangocms_versioning" to your INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
        # ...
        "djangocms_versioning",
        "djangocms_timed_publishing",
        # ...
   ]
   

3. Run migrations:

   python manage.py migrate