cmsplugin-css-background

django CMS plugin for configuring background images in edit mode via CSS rules.

Requirements

• Django 1.8+
• django CMS 3.3+

Installation

In your Python environment run

$ pip install cmsplugin-css-background

This will install the latest stable version of the plugin package. To install the package's latest repository snapshot run

$ pip install -e git+https://github.com/alexmalykh/cmsplugin-css-background.git@master#egg=cmsplugin-css-background

Then add the plugin to INSTALLED_APPS list:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...,
    'cmsplugin_css_background',
]

and finally, roll database migrations:

$ python manage.py migrate cmsplugin_css_background

Usage

1. Define a placeholder in your template like this:

   {% with css_selector='#some-element' %}
       {% placeholder 'Placeholder Name' %}
   {% endwith %}

   The placeholder can be anywhere but it is recommended to keep it near the element specified by the CSS selector. Note that the selector can be any valid CSS selector, not just an id.

2. Add an instance of CSS Background from the Generic plugin group to the created placeholder on your page in the CMS admin.

   Note

   This package is aware of cmsplugin-filer. If it is installed and enabled, then you also get extra CSS Background plugin available in the Filer plugins group. This allows you to use images managed by Filer.

3. Configure the required background CSS styling that will be applied to the element. All fields may be left blank if not required, but at least color or image must be provided. Omitted properties cascade down to corresponding lower-priority styling.

The CSS style definition is added to the sekizai css block in the <head/> element, in compliance with W3 specs:

<style type="text/css">
#some-element {
    /* here 'background-' CSS rules go */
    ...
}
</style>

The template used is cmsplugin_css_background/css-background.html.

By default, background properties are rendered as a list of separate rules (which are omitted if not specified), but there is a shorthand option too. To use it just override cmsplugin_css_background/css-background.html template somewhere in your project tree and replace

{{ instance.as_separate_rules }}

with

{{ instance.as_single_rule }}

Note

Using the shorthand property is not recommended because empty properties will fall back to default values defined in W3 specs, thus preventing cascading down to lower-priority rules (it they are defined). This is normal for CSS, but in some cases it might be not what you're expecting.