Question: How is the default template loaded?

[antoinebis]

Hi,

This is not really an issue but more of a question. (I am kind of new to Django...) I can't find anywhere in your code where the template "picture_form.html" is loaded... I don't understand how it does it?!

Also, why do you need super() here?

 super(Picture, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

Thanks a lot,

Antoine

[sigurdga]

You can set the template to run with the template_name variable in the class, or it will use the lowercased class name with a "_form" suffix for create and update views. I often make the models first, then the views, and then see what template name Django is missing, as it will always try to load a template.

super is needed to run the save-method on the superclass (models.Model is the superclass, and should be for all Django models).

[antoinebis]

Cool! And I assume that when you call save, it also calls the save on each of your field (kind of). Therefore, there is a FileField.save() being done somewhere?!

[sigurdga]

When you save, you save a record (or row). And all changed fields will be part of the save. All you need to know is how to set the location or choose a storage backend. And the documentation is very good at explaining that. I think https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/files/ is a good starting point.

[chriscamplin]

Hi, i am trying to adapt your delete file page to be an external share link page to photos in the gallery, but am also new to Django & was struggling to create a view for this using the same methods you have. if you have a second could explain your template method a little further? Or if i used the generic View what might the default template name be?

Thanks so much for this project, it has been really useful.