basic announcements functionality

rowers/models.py

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlite3 import OperationalError
+from django.utils import timezone
+import datetime
 
 user = settings.DATABASES['default']['USER']
 password = settings.DATABASES['default']['PASSWORD']
@@ -499,3 +501,16 @@ class RowerForm(ModelForm):
 	    raise forms.ValidationError("TR should be lower than AN")
 	if an>=max:
 	    raise forms.ValidationError("AN should be lower than Max")
+
+class SiteAnnouncement(models.Model):
+    created = models.DateField(default=timezone.now)
+    announcement = models.TextField(max_length=140)
+    expires = models.DateField(default=timezone.now)
+    modified = models.DateField(default=timezone.now)
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not self.id:
+            self.created = timezone.now()
+            self.expires = timezone.now()+datetime.timedelta(days=10)
+        self.modified = timezone.now()
+        return super(SiteAnnouncement,self).save(*args, **kwargs)