ImportError for django.contrib.markup

Question

Hi all,

I am trying to enable markup app in django and added 'django.contrib.markup' to INSTALLED APPS and in my model i import it as "import markdown".. but when i go to db and try to add something, i always get importerror. i guess iit must be about app installation issue or am i missing something?

this is how i do it in models.py:

class Entry(...)
title = models.CharField(verbose_name="Title", max_length=255)
slug = models.SlugField(verbose_name="Slug")
content_markdown = models.TextField(verbose_name="Markdown Content",
                                    help_text="Use Markdown syntax here.")
content = models.TextField(verbose_name="Page content as HTML", 
                           help_text="You don't have to touch here.", 
                           blank=True, null=True)
date = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name="Date Published")
author = models.ForeignKey(User, verbose_name="Author")

def save(self):
    import markdown
    self.content = markdown.markdown(self.content_markdown)
    super(Page, self).save()

great thanks in advance..

Answer 1

I think that adding the django.contrib.markup app to your project gives you the ability to {% load markup %} in your templates (see the official Django docs). I think you'll still need to install Markdown from PyPI to use it (sudo easy_install Markdown).

Answer 2

You also have to make sure you have Markdown for Python installed on your Python path for this to work.

Answer 3

I have the very same problem as you had today. Your solution works, compile it from the source rather than using easy_install. But I still not satisfied with that answer, why easy_install not work? We know django shell server works, but not production server right? The solution is very simple, you must restart apache. I don't know why, but after you run service restart httpd (on centos), then the problem is gone.