wiki:DeveloperGuidelines/Templates

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Templates

Introduction

You can set the which template Sahana Eden uses in /models/000_config.py with the line:

settings.base.template = "default"

Templates allow selecting alternate configuration sets.

This allows a separation between Core Code & Settings/Custom Code.

This helps prevent merge conflicts between different deployment branches & hence reduces the risk of forking.

Description

Configuration is done using these files:

  • /private/templates/000_config.py
  • /private/templates/default/config.py
  • /private/templates/<template>/config.py

During the 1st run, 000_config.py is copied to models/

000_config.py includes:

  • FINISHED_EDITING_CONFIG_FILE
  • VERSION
  • machine-specific configuration (Debug, Database, SMTP, API Keys, etc)
  • a setting to define which template folder to run
  • importing of settings from /private/templates/<template>/config.py
  • optional local overrides to the template's settings

Prepopulate Data

An empty database isn't terribly useful - e.g. maps won't display at all.

Options for how to Prepopulate the database are defined in the template's config.py (but can be overridden in the running 000_config.py):

If you need to tweak your menus of build completely new ones:

Theme

It is possible to develop a custom theme for the look & feel of your system:

Custom Pages

If you wish to add a new custom page without creating a new module:

References


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