I have built a django website, which requires blog functionality. Rather than roll my own, I have decided to use django-zinnia, to provide blog functionality for my site.
I have managed to change the template to integrate more closely, with the pages on my existing site - however, there are still things I haven't managed yet - to do.
I have come come across zinnia template tags, but they are not giving me the full level of access that I need.
Specifically, I need to do the following:
Access to properties of post (i.e. "entries" in Zinnia lingo) and comments so that I can display the following items on my home page:
- Show thumbnails of last N posts (or most popular posts for example)
- Show last X comments
Programatically create new posts - and specify the state of the post, i.e. draft/published
Restrict viewing certain posts to authenticated users belonging to a specific django user group.
Am I able to get this tight integration between Zinnia and my django website - or am I better of writing my own blog app, with the requested features?