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New 1.0.0 Install, No Meta Tags Rendered (meta is empty)

See original GitHub issue

Goal

Primarily, only one feature from this plugin:
- “Twitter cards, Open Graph and Google+ snippets meta tags”
Possibly, other features from this plugin.

Problem

The {% include "meta/meta.html" %} (in my base.html) does not render anything.
The meta variable is empty. Tested via:
- {% debug %} in my site’s base.html template
- {% debug %} in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/meta/templates/meta/meta.html
I am new to much of Python, Django, and Django CMS.

Notes

This plugin supports the desired feature via django-meta, which does not officially support Django 3.1+.
All other basic blog features seem to be working.

Environment

OS Name: Linux (via Docker Image python:3.6-buster)
OS Version: Unknown
Python Version: 3.6.10
Django CMS Version: 3.6.0

Installation

`requirements.txt`

...
djangocms-blog==1.0.0
...

`settings.py`

    ...
    'filer',
    'easy_thumbnails',
    …

    # Support `djangocms-blog`
    # 'filer',              # Already added
    # 'easy_thumbnails',    # Already added
    'aldryn_apphooks_config',
    'parler',
    'taggit',
    'taggit_autosuggest',
    'meta',
    'sortedm2m',
    'djangocms_blog',

    ...

`urls.py`

...

# Support `djangocms-blog`
urlpatterns += [
    url(r'^taggit_autosuggest/', include('taggit_autosuggest.urls')),
]

...

`base.html`

{% load cms_tags staticfiles menu_tags sekizai_tags meta cache i18n %}
<!doctype html>
<html>

<head {% meta_namespaces %}>
  <title>{% block title %}This is my new project home page{% endblock title %}</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
  {% include "meta/meta.html" %}

  <link rel="icon" href="{% static 'site_cms/images/favicons/favicon.ico' %}" type="image/x-icon" />
  ...
</head>
...

Runtime

`{% debug %}`

This is just the beginning of the output from a test blog page.

{'cms_edit_off': 'edit_off', 'cms_edit_on': 'edit', 'cms_renderer': , 'cms_structure_on': 'structure', 'cms_toolbar': , 'cms_version': '3.6.0', 'django_version': '1.11.22', 'login_form': , 'python_version': '3.6.10'}{'instant_article': False, 'meta': , 'object': , 'post': , 'use_placeholder': True, 'view': }{}{'CMS_MEDIA_URL': '/media/cms/', 'CMS_TEMPLATE': . at 0x7faf58478c80> …

Blog Config

It is the default automatic entry.
I have added useless values to the “Open Graph”, “Twitter”, and “Google+” entries, like FB_APP_ID, TW_AUTHOR_HANDLE, etc.

Blog Category/Post

Inside a solitary test category with descriptive test text for all text entry fields.
A default blog page with descriptive test text for all text entry fields.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:10 (10 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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wesleyboarcommented, Jun 25, 2020

Thank you for your patience. I was multitasking on too many issues, and did not confirm that I had followed all the setup steps. (I was missing the {% include "meta/meta.html" %}, this time, and confused by newly-reported issue #613).

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yakkycommented, May 4, 2020

@tacc-wbomar yay! Hopefully this project will be useful for you and your team 🎉 We’d love to hear feedback from you 😃

Thanks for the time spent reporting this issue and checking it