Upgrade to Django 1.8

.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs

 eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding//VIPSWeb/local_settings.py=UTF-8
 encoding//common/util.py=utf-8
 encoding//forecasts/models.py=utf-8

VIPSWeb/settings.py

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
     # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
     # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
     # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
-    os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'templates')
+    os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'templates'),
 )
 
 TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     # 'django.contrib.admindocs',
     'tinymce',
     'forecasts',
-    'messages',
+    'vips_messages',
     'organisms',
     'information',
     'cerealblotchmodels',

VIPSWeb/templates/index.html

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 							{% for message in messages_by_tag|lookup:message_tag.message_tag_id %}
 							<tr>
 								<td class="dateCell">{{ message.date_pub|date:"Y-m-d" }}</td>
-								<td><a href="{% url 'messages:detail' message.message_id %}">{{message.heading}}</a></td>
+								<td><a href="{% url 'vips_messages:detail' message.message_id %}">{{message.heading}}</a></td>
 							</tr>
 							{% endfor %}
 						</tbody>

VIPSWeb/urls.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     # url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
 
     url(r'^forecasts/', include('forecasts.urls', namespace = "forecasts")),
-    url(r'^messages/', include('messages.urls', namespace = "messages")),
+    url(r'^messages/', include('vips_messages.urls', namespace = "vips_messages")),
     url(r'^organisms/', include('organisms.urls', namespace = "organisms")),
     url(r'^information/', include('information.urls', namespace = "information")),
     url(r'^blotch/', include('cerealblotchmodels.urls', namespace = "cerealblotchmodels")),

VIPSWeb/views.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import translation
-from messages.models import Message, MessageTag
+from vips_messages.models import Message, MessageTag
 from organisms.models import CropGroup
 
 def index(request):

requirements.txt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # Please add requirements here
 # Read docs for how this works: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/cookbook.html
-Django==1.6.1
+Django==1.8
 Pillow
 requests==2.0.1
 django-tinymce

vips_messages/__init__.py

+default_app_config = 'vips_messages.apps.VIPSMessagesConfig'
\ No newline at end of file

vips_messages/apps.py

+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+class VIPSMessagesConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'vips_messages'
+    verbose_name = "VIPS messages"
\ No newline at end of file

messages/templates/messages/index.html → vips_messages/templates/messages/index.html

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		leadParagraph: "{{ message.lead_paragraph | escapejs }}",
 		body: "{{ message.body | escapejs }}",
 		createdBy:"{{ message.created_by }}",
-		url:"{% url 'messages:detail' message.message_id %}"
+		url:"{% url 'vips_messages:detail' message.message_id %}"
 	} {% if not forloop.last %},{% endif %}
 	{% endfor %}
 	];