Make sure to install these packages prior to installation :
The packages below are optionnal but needed for run the full test suite.
Note that all the dependencies will be resolved if you install Zinnia with pip or easy_install, excepting Django.
You could retrieve the last sources from http://github.com/Fantomas42/django-blog-zinnia and run the installation script
$ python setup.py install
or use pip
$ pip install -e git://github.com/Fantomas42/django-blog-zinnia.git#egg=django-blog-zinnia
For the latest stable version use easy_install
$ easy_install django-blog-zinnia
Then register zinnia, and these following applications in the INSTALLED_APPS section of your project’s settings.
INSTALLED_APPS = (
# Your favorite apps
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.comments',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.admin',
'tagging',
'mptt',
'zinnia',)
Add these following template context processors if not already present.
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
'django.core.context_processors.auth',
'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
'django.core.context_processors.request',
'django.core.context_processors.media',
'zinnia.context_processors.version', # Optional
'zinnia.context_processors.media',)
You have to make a symbolic link from zinnia/media/zinnia directory to your media directory or make a copy named zinnia, but if want to change this value, define ZINNIA_MEDIA_URL in the settings.py as appropriate.
And don’t forget to serve this URL.
Add the following lines to your project’s urls.py in order to display the blog.
url(r'^weblog/', include('zinnia.urls')),
url(r'^comments/', include('django.contrib.comments.urls')),
Note that the default zinnia URLset is provided for convenient usage, but you can customize your URLs if you want. Here’s how :
url(r'^', include('zinnia.urls.capabilities')),
url(r'^search/', include('zinnia.urls.search')),
url(r'^sitemap/', include('zinnia.urls.sitemap')),
url(r'^trackback/', include('zinnia.urls.trackback')),
url(r'^weblog/tags/', include('zinnia.urls.tags')),
url(r'^weblog/feeds/', include('zinnia.urls.feeds')),
url(r'^weblog/authors/', include('zinnia.urls.authors')),
url(r'^weblog/categories/', include('zinnia.urls.categories')),
url(r'^weblog/discussions/', include('zinnia.urls.discussions')),
url(r'^weblog/', include('zinnia.urls.quick_entry')),
url(r'^weblog/', include('zinnia.urls.entries')),
url(r'^comments/', include('django.contrib.comments.urls')),