wesleyboar / Core-CMS-Plugin-Static-Article-List

A DjangoCMS plugin (for TACC Core CMS) to render a static list of article previews.

Texas Advanced Computing Center

Django CMS Plugin: "Article List (Static)"

This plugin renders a static list of article previews.

• __dist-name__: djangocms-tacc-static-article-list
• __package_name__: djangocms_tacc_static_article_list
• __ClassName__: TaccsiteArticleList
• "Plugin Name": "Article List (Static)"

Intent

This plugin only exists because of the unavailaibility of a solution to sync news between two TACC websites. To learn more, see TACC/Core-CMS wiki page "Static-Article-Plugins".

Quick Start

1. Follow https://github.com/tacc-wbomar/Core-CMS-Plugin/wiki/Core-CMS-Plugin-Usage-Quick-Start.

Usage

1. Add instance of plugin to a page.
2. Configure the plugin instance.
3. Add instance(s) of djangocms_tacc_static_article_preview within this plugin.
4. See plugin render content that matches configuration.

Features

1. Render a list container, optionally with title and/or "See All" link.

2. Renders supported, nested plugin instances of djangocms_tacc_static_article_preview.

   kind	description
   News	external news articles
   Documents	single-topic documents
   Allocations	date range for applications
   Events	learning opportunities

3. Uses supported, integrated plugin instances to incorporate extra features.

   feature	supported by
   a "See All" hyperlink	[djangocms_tacc_data_list][dcms-link]

Caveats

1. Requires [djangocms_link][dcms-link].*

* Support is optional but plugin is assummed, so plugin is required. This could change in a future release.