Settings¶
Available settings:
QA_SETTINGS
is dictionary type set of configurations to setting up django-qa, and it comes with the next structure:
QA_SETTINGS = {
'qa_messages': True,
'qa_description_optional': False,
'reputation': {
'CREATE_QUESTION': 0,
'CREATE_ANSWER': 0,
'CREATE_ANSWER_COMMENT': 0,
'CREATE_QUESTION_COMMENT': 0,
'ACCEPT_ANSWER': 0,
'UPVOTE_QUESTION': 0,
'UPVOTE_ANSWER': 0,
'DOWNVOTE_QUESTION': 0,
'DOWNVOTE_ANSWER': 0,
}
}
The dictionary must be declared inside the project’s settings file, and comes with the following keys to configure:
qa_messages
: Boolean type value. This flag enables thedjango.contrib.messages
functionality. The default behaviour is set toFalse
if not implemented accross the whole project and if not declared inside the settings dictionary.qa_description_optional
: Boolean type value. This flag disables the validation applied to the ‘description’ field, allowing title only questions. The default behaviour is set toFalse
, enforcing the need for a description. If set toTrue
, you will be able to create questions without descriptions.count_hits
: Boolean type value. This flag disables the Hit Counting behaviour on theQuestionDetailView
. The default behaviour is set toTrue
.reputation
: is a dictionary structure to define the different values for the concepts with access to the user reputation.'CREATE_QUESTION'
:Int
type positive value. Points given to the user when he creates a question.'CREATE_ANSWER'
:Int
type positive value. Points given to the user for answering a registered question.'CREATE_ANSWER_COMMENT'
:Int
type positive value. Points given to the user for commenting on an answer.'CREATE_QUESTION_COMMENT'
:Int
type positive value. Points given to the user for commenting on a question.'ACCEPT_ANSWER'
:Int
type positive value. Points given to the user when his answer is accepted as the prefered answer.'UPVOTE_QUESTION'
:Int
type positive value. Points given to the voter and to the user qho created the question for upvoting on that question.'UPVOTE_ANSWER'
:Int
type positive value. Points given to the voter and to the user who created the answer for upvoting on that answer.'DOWNVOTE_QUESTION'
:Int
type positive value. Points taken from the voter and from the user qho created the question for downvoting on that question (to be implemented soon).'DOWNVOTE_ANSWER'
:Int
type positive value. Points taken from the voter and from the user who created the answer for downvoting on that answer (to be implemented soon).
Django-QA uses django-hitcount . If you want to have a custom behaviour for the hitcounts feature, feel free to use django-hitcount settings.