Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: django-easy-faq
Version: 0.2
Summary: A Django app to add great faq functionality to website.
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Author: UNKNOWN
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License: BSD-3-Clause  # Example license
Description: ========
        easy-faq
        ========
        
        easy-faq is a Django app to allow for a simple yet feature rich faq app. with categories, commenting voting of questions and answers all as an optional part of the app.
        
        Detailed documentation is in the "docs" directory.
        
        Quick start
        -----------
        
        1. Add "easy-faq" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this::
        
            INSTALLED_APPS = [
                ...
                'faq',
            ]
        
        2. Include the easy-faq URLconf in your project urls.py like this::
        
            path('faq/', include('faq.urls')),
        
        
        3. Run ``python manage.py makemigrations`` to create the faq models migrations.
        4. Run ``python manage.py migrate`` to create the faq models.
        
        5. Start the development server and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/
           to create a category (you'll need the Admin app enabled).(categories part of the app can be disabled)
        
        6. Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/faq/ to see the categories.
        
        Settings
        --------
        
        you can change most things in settings below is a list of all settings
        add any or all to change to desired behavior::
        
        
            FAQ_SETTINGS = ['your_settings_here',]
        
        
        1. no_category_description                  - add if using categories but don't want descriptions for them
        2. no_category                              - add if don't want to use categories
        3. logged_in_users_can_add_question         - add if you want any logged in user to be able to ask a question
        4. logged_in_users_can_answer_question      - add if you want any logged in user to be able to answer a question
        5. allow_multiple_answers                   - add if you want a question to be able to be answered multiple times
        6. no_comments                              - add if don't want to use comments
        7. anonymous_user_can_comment               - add if you want any user to be able to comment including anonymous users
        8. view_only_comments                       - add if you want users to see posted comments but not be able to add any more
        9. no_votes                                 - add if don't want any voting for useful questions or answers
        10. no_answer_votes                         - add if only want question voting
        11. no_question_votes                       - add if only want answer voting
        
        Templates
        ---------
        
        all of the templates are meant to be overwritten
        to overwrite them create a faq directory inside of the templates directory and add a html file with the same name to it
        
        if this doesn't work make sure that the templates setting has 'DIRS': ['templates'], in it::
        
            TEMPLATES = [
                {
                    ...
                    'DIRS': ['templates'],
                    ...
                },
            ]
        
        here is a list of templates and there default template  you can overwrite
        
        1. categories_list.html - faq main view if using categories::
        
            <h1>select a FAQ category</h1>
            {% for category in categories %}
                <h3><a href="{% url 'faq:category_detail' category.slug %}">{{category.name}}</a></h3>
                {% if category.description %}
                    <p>{{category.description}}</p>
                {% endif %}
                <hr>
            {% endfor %}
        
        
        2. categories_detail.html - faq category detail view if using categories::
        
            <h1>choose a FAQ Question</h1>
            <h2>{{category}}</h2>
            {% if category.description %}
            <p>{{category.description}}</p>
            {% endif %}
            <hr>
            {% for question in category.question_set.all %}
                <h3><a href="{% url 'faq:question_detail' category.slug question.slug %}">{{question.question}}</a></h3>
            {% endfor %}
            <hr>
            <a href="{% url 'faq:index_view' %}">back</a>
            {% if can_add_question %}
                <a href="{% url 'faq:add_question' category.slug %}">add question</a>
            {% endif %}
        
        
        3. questions_list.html - lists all questions if not using categories::
        
            <h1>choose a FAQ Question</h1>
            {% for question in questions %}
                <h3><a href="{% url 'faq:question_detail' question.slug %}">{{question.question}}</a></h3>
            {% endfor %}
        
            {% if can_add_question %}
                <hr>
                <a href="{% url 'faq:add_question' %}">add question</a>
            {% endif %}
        
        
        4. question_detail.html - the question detail page::
        
            <h1>{{question.question|title}}</h1>
            {% if can_vote_question %}
                found this question helpful?
                <form style="display: inline;" action="{% if category_enabled %}{% url 'faq:vote_question' question.category.slug question.slug %}{% else %}{% url 'faq:vote_question' question.slug %}{% endif %}" method="post">
                    {% csrf_token %}
                    <input type="hidden" value=True name="vote">
                    <button type="submit">yes({{question.helpful}})</button>
                </form>
                <form style="display: inline;" action="{% if category_enabled %}{% url 'faq:vote_question' question.category.slug question.slug %}{% else %}{% url 'faq:vote_question' question.slug %}{% endif %}" method="post">
                    {% csrf_token %}
                    <input type="hidden" value=False name="vote">
                     <button type="submit">no({{question.not_helpful}})</button>
                </form>
            {% endif %}
            {% if question.category and category_enabled %}
                <p>category - <a href="{% url 'faq:category_detail' question.category.slug %}">{{question.category.name}}</a></p>
            {% endif %}
            <hr>
        
            {% if allow_multiple_answers %}
            <h3>answers</h3>
            <ul>
                {% for answer in question.answer_set.all %}
                    <li><b>{{answer.answer}}</b>
                        {% if can_vote_answer %}
                         | found this answer helpful?
                        <form style="display: inline;" action="{% if category_enabled %}{% url 'faq:vote_answer' question.category.slug question.slug answer.slug %}{% else %}{% url 'faq:vote_answer' question.slug answer.slug %}{% endif %}" method="post">
                            {% csrf_token %}
                            <input type="hidden" value=True name="vote">
                            <button type="submit">yes({{answer.helpful}})</button>
                        </form>
                        <form style="display: inline;" action="{% if category_enabled %}{% url 'faq:vote_answer' question.category.slug question.slug answer.slug %}{% else %}{% url 'faq:vote_answer' question.slug answer.slug %}{% endif %}" method="post">
                            {% csrf_token %}
                            <input type="hidden" value=False name="vote">
                            <button type="submit">no({{answer.not_helpful}})</button>
                        </form>
                        {% endif %}
                    </li>
                {% endfor %}
            </ul>
        
            {% else %}
                {% if question.answer_set.exists %}
                    <p>answer:</p>
                    <h3>{{question.answer_set.first.answer}}</h3>
                    {% if can_vote_answer %}
                     found this answer helpful?
                    <form style="display: inline;" action="{% if category_enabled %}{% url 'faq:vote_answer' question.category.slug question.slug question.answer_set.first.slug %}{% else %}{% url 'faq:vote_answer' question.slug question.answer_set.first.slug %}{% endif %}" method="post">
                        {% csrf_token %}
                        <input type="hidden" value=True name="vote">
                        <button type="submit">yes({{question.answer_set.first.helpful}})</button>
                    </form>
                    <form style="display: inline;" action="{% if category_enabled %}{% url 'faq:vote_answer' question.category.slug question.slug question.answer_set.first.slug %}{% else %}{% url 'faq:vote_answer' question.slug question.answer_set.first.slug %}{% endif %}" method="post">
                        {% csrf_token %}
                        <input type="hidden" value=False name="vote">
                        <button type="submit">no({{question.answer_set.first.not_helpful}})</button>
                    </form>
                    {% endif %}
                {% else %}
                    no answers yet
                {% endif %}
            {% endif %}
        
        
            {% if can_answer_question %}
                {% if category_enabled %}
                    <a href="{% url 'faq:answer_question' question.category.slug question.slug %}">answer question</a>
                {% else %}
                    <a href="{% url 'faq:answer_question' question.slug %}">answer question</a>
                {% endif %}
            {% endif %}
            <hr>
            {% if comments_allowed %}
            <h3>comments</h3>
                <ul>
                    {% for comment in question.faqcomment_set.all %}
                        <li><h4>{{comment.comment}}</h4>
                            posted by {% if comment.user%}{{comment.user}}{% else %}anonymous{% endif %} {{comment.post_time|timesince}} ago</li>
                    {% endfor %}
                </ul>
            {% if add_new_comment_allowed %}
                {% if category_enabled %}
                <form method="post" action="{% url 'faq:add_comment' question.category.slug question.slug %}">
                {% else %}
                <form method="post" action="{% url 'faq:add_comment' question.slug %}">
        
                {% endif %}
                <fieldset>
                    <legend>Post Your Comment Here:</legend>
                    {% csrf_token %}
                    {{comment_form}}
                    <input type="submit" name="post">
                </fieldset>
                </form>
                {% endif %}
            {% endif %}
        
        5. answer_form.html - form to add answer to question::
        
            <h1>Answer Question</h1>
            <a href="{{question.get_absolute_url}}"><h3>{{question.question}}</h3></a>
            <form method="post">
                {% csrf_token %}
                {{form}}
                <input type="submit">
            </form>
        6. comment_form.html - form to add comments to question (only shows up when form has error because view only gets posted to)::
        
            <h1>Post A Comment</h1>
            <a href="{{question.get_absolute_url}}"><h3>{{question.question}}</h3></a>
            <form method="post">
                {% csrf_token %}
                {{form}}
                <input type="submit">
            </form>
        
        7. question_form.html - form to add a new question::
        
            <h1>Add Your Question</h1>
            <form method="post">
                {% csrf_token %}
                {{form}}
                <input type="submit">
            </form>
        
        8. vote_form.html - form for voting questions and answers (only shows up when form has error because view only gets posted to)::
        
            <h1>vote</h1>
            <form method="post">
                {% csrf_token %}
                {{form}}
                <input type="submit">
            </form>
        
        
        Template Variables
        ------------------
        1. categories_list.html
            categories - all the categories (category queryset)
        
        2. categories_detail.html
            category - the category chosen (category object)
            can_add_question - bool if the user can add a question (depends on the settings)
        3. questions_list.html
            questions - all the questions (question queryset)
            can_add_question - bool if the user can add a question (depends on the settings)
        4. question_detail.html
            question - the question chosen (question object)
            can_vote_question - bool if the user can vote a question (depends on the settings)
            category_enabled - bool if category enabled in settings
            allow_multiple_answers - bool if multiple answers allowed in settings
            can_vote_answer - bool if the user can vote an answer (depends on the settings)
            can_answer_question - bool if current user can answer question (depends on the settings)
            comments_allowed - bool if using comments in settings
            add_new_comment_allowed - bool if current user can add comment (depends on the settings)
            comment_form - form to submit a new comment
        5. answer_form.html
            question - the question to add answer to (question object)
            form - form to add new answer
        6. comment_form.html
            question - the question to add comment to (question object)
            form - form to add new comment
        7. question_form.html
            form - form to add new question
        8. vote_form.html
            form - form to vote for a question or answer
        
        
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Classifier: Environment :: Web Environment
Classifier: Framework :: Django
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
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