Make news date editable

mpicms/news/migrations/0018_newsentry_show_in_main_news.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.4 on 2019-09-11 09:06
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('news', '0017_auto_20190909_1515'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='newsentry',
+            name='show_in_main_news',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False),
+        ),
+    ]

mpicms/news/migrations/0019_auto_20190911_1119.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.4 on 2019-09-11 09:19
+
+import datetime
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('news', '0018_newsentry_show_in_main_news'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='newsentry',
+            name='date',
+            field=models.DateField(default=datetime.date.today, verbose_name='date'),
+        ),
+    ]

mpicms/news/models.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import date
+
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.core.paginator import EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger, Paginator
@@ -6,6 +8,7 @@
 from wagtail.search import index
 from wagtail.api import APIField
 from wagtail.images.edit_handlers import ImageChooserPanel
+from wagtail.admin.edit_handlers import FieldPanel
 
 from mpicms.base.models import CategoryMixin
 from mpicms.base.mixins import BasePage, BodyMixin
@@ -43,9 +46,12 @@ def is_news_root(self):
 
     @property
     def news_items(self):
+        items = NewsEntry.objects.child_of(self).live().order_by('-date')
         if self.is_news_root:
-            return NewsEntry.objects.live().order_by('-date')
-        return NewsEntry.objects.child_of(self).live().order_by('-date')
+            imported_news = NewsEntry.objects.live().filter(show_in_main_news=True)
+            combined_items = list(items) + list(imported_news)
+            items = sorted(combined_items, key=lambda x: x.date, reverse=True)
+        return items
 
 
     class Meta:  # noqa
@@ -54,21 +60,27 @@ class Meta:  # noqa
 
 
 class NewsEntry(CategoryMixin, BodyMixin, BasePage):
-    date = models.DateField(_("post date"), auto_now_add=True)
+    date = models.DateField(_("date"), default=date.today)
     header_image = models.ForeignKey(
         'wagtailimages.Image',
         null=True,
         blank=True,
         on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
         related_name='+'
     )
+    show_in_main_news = models.BooleanField(default=False)
 
     show_in_menus_default = False
 
     content_panels = Page.content_panels + BodyMixin.content_panels + [
+        FieldPanel('date'),
         ImageChooserPanel('header_image'),
     ]
 
+    promote_panels = Page.promote_panels + [
+        FieldPanel('show_in_main_news')
+    ]
+
     search_fields = Page.search_fields + BodyMixin.search_fields + [
         index.FilterField('date')
     ]