django-flatpages-i18n

Translatable version of django.contrib.flatpages with menu support.

Requirements

Django
django_modeltrans
django_mptt
django-pragmatic

Tested with Django 1.8.

Installation

Install python library using pip: pip install django-flatpages-i18n
Add mptt, modeltrans and flatpages_i18n to INSTALLED_APPS in your Django settings file
Migrate your database

Specify desired languages in your Django settings file:

from django.utils.translation import gettext

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en'
LANGUAGES = (
    ('en', gettext('English')),
    ('de', gettext('German')),
)

Addd 'flatpages_i18n.urls' to your urls.py:

if 'flatpages_i18n' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
    urlpatterns += i18n_patterns(
        path(pgettext_lazy('url', 'pages/'), include('flatpages_i18n.urls')),
    )

Usage

To get all flatpages:

In your HTML template:

{% load i18n flatpages_i18n %}
{% get_flatpages_i18n as flatpages_i18n %}

<ul>
    {% for flatpage in flatpages_i18n %}
        <li><a href="{{ flatpage.get_absolute_url }}">{{ flatpage }}</a></li>
    {% endfor %}
</ul>

To get flatpage by its PK:

{% get_flatpage_i18n 123 as my_flatpage %}
{{ my_flatpage.content_i18n }}

or by its machine_name:

{% get_flatpage_i18n 'my-flatpage' as my_flatpage %}

Menu system:

To print all menu items:

<div id="navigation">
    {% menu_i18n %}
</div>

to get only children of menu item identified by its PK:

<div id="navigation">
    {% menu_i18n 2 %}
</div>

or by its machine_name:

<div id="navigation">
    {% menu_i18n 'footer-menu' %}
</div>

You can also assign menu items into variable:

{% get_menu_i18n 'my-menu' as my_menu %}
{% for item in my_menu %}
    <a href="{{ item.get_absolute_url }}" target="{{ item.target }}">{{ item }}</a>
{% endfor %}