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Python Django Forms More on Models Abstract Model

We want to have multiple types of Articles so we need to make our existing Article model abstract.

I'm not sure if I'm doing this right and kinda confused

articles/models.py
from django.db import models


class Article(models.Model):
    headline = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    publish_date = models.DateTimeField()
    content = models.TextField()
    writer = models.ForeignKey('Writer')

    def __str__(self):
        return self.headline


class Writer(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    email = models.EmailField()
    bio = models.TextField()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

    def mailto(self):
        return '{} <{}>'.format(self.name, self.email)

class Article(models.Model):
    total_article = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)

2 Answers

Stuck on this same challenge...

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

The answer to the first Task can be found at 0:55 in the video on Abstract Inheritance

Hint: You have to add the class Meta with the attribute abstract set to True

Post back if you need more help. Good Luck