DjangoCMS Live-Draft Switch

Returns classic DjangoCMS-style live-draft switch to DjangoCMS.

Wait, what?

With 3.1 release, DjangoCMS crew decided to replace the fabulous live-draft toggle / switch with plain dumb boring buttons.

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I DON'T THINK SO!!!11number_one

This is a quick'n'dirty response to that change. It's a JavaScript (jQuery, what else?!) hack that replaces those new buttons with something resembling the old toggle.

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Oh common, that's not really a problem!

Well, it's not, really. But IMHO it's a step in the wrong direction, be it a tiny one. And anyways, I find it simpler to quickly whip up this app together then to explain to my clients that nothing has really changed.

But it's different then it was

It's improooooved :)

The differences are cosmetic. And I like to think this one is a bit better, because:

• User can see what mode they are in, as well as what mode they will be switching to. This is not a big deal, but it just might help a new user with their first edit ever.
• Orange Draft indicator is more visible then the classic gray dot.

Ok, how do I install this thing?

pip install djangocms-livedraftswitch

Add before cms app:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'djangocms-livedraftswitch',  # before cms app
    'cms',
    ...
)

If you don't like Pypi, you can dump djangocms-livedraftswitch directory somewhere in PYTHONPATH.

Compatibility?

Not tested much really...

Works with DjangoCMS 3.1.2 and Django 1.7.9.

Browsers:

• Google Chrome 64
• Firefox 38
• Safari 8.0.7 - animation is a bit jerky
• IE 10+
• IE 9 - no animation

Is that a demo project there?

If you clone this repo, you'll get a full demo project. Not much of one, though, just a default DjangoCMS setup with this app installed. But this repo includes a SQLite database, so you can test it right away. Login with admin and admin.