README.md

Django's built-in redirect app with some extras added.

Based on Django's built-in redirect app with some extras added. Starting point for this app was https://github.com/django/django/tree/master/django/contrib/redirects. Now with these extra features:

• Simple hit counter on each redirect rule

Installation

To get the latest stable release from PyPi

pip install django-redirect-plus

To get the latest commit from GitHub

pip install -e git+git://github.com/arteria/django-redirect-plus.git#egg=redirect_plus

Add redirect_plus to your INSTALLED_APPS

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...,
    'django.contrib.redirects',
    'redirect_plus',
)

Update your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES in your project settings

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    ...
    # 'django.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware' , # <= comment this 
	'redirect_plus.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware', # <= replace by /add this middleware
	...
    'redirect_plus.middleware.RedirectForceMiddleware', # <= add this to override specific URLs.
)

Don't forget to sync your database

./manage.py syncdb