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(zinnie) C:\Users\Dagon\zinnie>manage.py check Traceback (most recent call last): File “C:\Users\Dagon\zinnie\manage.py”, line 21, in <module> main() File “C:\Users\Dagon\zinnie\manage.py”, line 17, in main execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) File “C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django\core\management_init_.py”, line 401, in execute_from_co mmand_line utility.execute() File “C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django\core\management_init_.py”, line 377, in execute django.setup() File “C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django_init_.py”, line 24, in setup apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS) File “C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py”, line 114, in populate app_config.import_models() File “C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django\apps\config.py”, line 211, in import_models self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name) File “C:\Users\Dagon\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\importlib_init_.py”, line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File “<frozen importlib._bootstrap>”, line 1014, in _gcd_import File “<frozen importlib._bootstrap>”, line 991, in _find_and_load File “<frozen importlib._bootstrap>”, line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked File “<frozen importlib._bootstrap>”, line 671, in _load_unlocked File “<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>”, line 783, in exec_module File “<frozen importlib._bootstrap>”, line 219, in call_with_frames_removed File "C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\zinnia\models_init.py", line 2, in <module> from zinnia.models.author import Author File “C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\zinnia\models\author.py”, line 6, in <module> from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible ImportError: cannot import name ‘python_2_unicode_compatible’ from ‘django.utils.encoding’ (C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie \lib\site-packages\django\utils\encoding.py)

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[RduMarais]

Same here, Got it to work! let me add a bit more information :

• Django version : 3.0.6
• Zinnia version : django-blog-zinnia-0.20
• Python 3.7.6
• OS : MacOS

By going throungh the commits, I found the commit cb8283c that removes the cause of the error we have.

By installing the dev branch using pip install git+https://github.com/Fantomas42/django-blog-zinnia.git it worked

[elarroba]

@barneydesmond @Jonas-089 @RduMarais

I just created a fork of this project and updated the code to work with modern versions of Django (including 4.0+).

Please visit https://github.com/arrobalytics/django-blog-zinnia if you want to contribute. Don’t forget to star the project to show your support.

Visit the new site https://www.djangoblogzinnia.com for documentation, demo and other resources.