Trying to find a way for using placeholder in place of content entry, add ZINNIA_WYSIWYG = 'placeholder' to your settings to see it in action

zinnia_cms_placeholder_settings.diff

diff --git a/zinnia/admin/entry.py b/zinnia/admin/entry.py
index 858ac76..435d713 100644
--- a/zinnia/admin/entry.py
+++ b/zinnia/admin/entry.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse, NoReverseMatch
 
 from tagging.models import Tag
+from cms.admin.placeholderadmin import PlaceholderAdmin
 
 from zinnia import settings
 from zinnia.managers import HIDDEN
@@ -20,12 +21,13 @@ from zinnia.ping import DirectoryPinger
 from zinnia.admin.forms import EntryAdminForm
 
 
-class EntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+class EntryAdmin(PlaceholderAdmin):
     """Admin for Entry model"""
     form = EntryAdminForm
     date_hierarchy = 'creation_date'
-    fieldsets = ((_('Content'), {'fields': ('title', 'content',
-                                            'image', 'status')}),
+    fieldsets = ((_('Content'), {'fields': ('title', 'image', 'status', 'content')}),
+                 (None, {'fields': ('placeholder',),
+                         'classes': ('plugin-holder', 'plugin-holder-nopage')}),
                  (_('Options'), {'fields': ('excerpt', 'template', 'related',
                                             'authors', 'creation_date',
                                             'start_publication',
@@ -141,19 +143,36 @@ class EntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
                {'url': short_url}
     get_short_url.allow_tags = True
     get_short_url.short_description = _('short url')
+    
+    def get_placeholder_content(self, entry):
+        """Use render_placeholder to parse placeholder content and give the
+        result to entry content field"""
+        content = render_placeholder(entry.placeholder, context)
 
     # Custom Methods
     def save_model(self, request, entry, form, change):
-        """Save the authors, update time, make an excerpt"""
+        """Save the authors, update time, make an excerpt.
+        If ZINNIA_WYSIWYG = 'placeholders' render placeholder to content."""
+        
+        if settings.WYSIWYG == 'placeholder' :
+            try:
+                from cms.plugin_rendering import render_placeholder
+            except ImportError:
+                raise ImproperlyConfigured, "Could not load cms.plugin_rendering"
+        
+            context = {}
+            context['request'] = request
+            entry.content = render_placeholder(entry.placeholder, context)
+        
         if not form.cleaned_data.get('excerpt') and entry.status == PUBLISHED:
             entry.excerpt = truncate_words(strip_tags(entry.content), 50)
 
         if entry.pk and not request.user.has_perm('zinnia.can_change_author'):
             form.cleaned_data['authors'] = entry.authors.all()
-
+            
         if not form.cleaned_data.get('authors'):
             form.cleaned_data['authors'].append(request.user)
-
+            
         entry.last_update = datetime.now()
         entry.save()
 
@@ -164,16 +183,16 @@ class EntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
             return queryset
         return request.user.entry_set.all()
 
-    def formfield_for_manytomany(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
-        """Filters the disposable authors"""
-        if db_field.name == 'authors':
-            if request.user.has_perm('zinnia.can_change_author'):
-                kwargs['queryset'] = User.objects.filter(is_staff=True)
-            else:
-                kwargs['queryset'] = User.objects.filter(pk=request.user.pk)
+#     def formfield_for_manytomany(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
+#         """Filters the disposable authors"""
+#         if db_field.name == 'authors':
+#             if request.user.has_perm('zinnia.can_change_author'):
+#                 kwargs['queryset'] = User.objects.filter(is_staff=True)
+#             else:
+#                 kwargs['queryset'] = User.objects.filter(pk=request.user.pk)
 
-        return super(EntryAdmin, self).formfield_for_manytomany(
-            db_field, request, **kwargs)
+#         return super(EntryAdmin, self).formfield_for_manytomany(
+#            db_field, request, **kwargs)
 
     def get_actions(self, request):
         """Define user actions by permissions"""
@@ -250,34 +269,34 @@ class EntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     ping_directories.short_description = _('Ping Directories for ' \
                                            'selected entries')
 
-    def get_urls(self):
-        entry_admin_urls = super(EntryAdmin, self).get_urls()
-        urls = patterns('django.views.generic.simple',
-                        url(r'^autocomplete_tags/$', 'direct_to_template',
-                            {'template': 'admin/zinnia/entry/autocomplete_tags.js',
-                             'mimetype': 'application/javascript'},
-                            name='zinnia_entry_autocomplete_tags'),
-                        url(r'^wymeditor/$', 'direct_to_template',
-                            {'template': 'admin/zinnia/entry/wymeditor.js',
-                             'mimetype': 'application/javascript'},
-                            name='zinnia_entry_wymeditor'),)
-        return urls + entry_admin_urls
-
-    def _media(self):
-        MEDIA_URL = settings.MEDIA_URL
-        media = super(EntryAdmin, self).media + \
-                Media(css={'all': ('%scss/jquery.autocomplete.css' % MEDIA_URL,)},
-                      js=('%sjs/jquery.js' % MEDIA_URL,
-                          '%sjs/jquery.bgiframe.js' % MEDIA_URL,
-                          '%sjs/jquery.autocomplete.js' % MEDIA_URL,
-                          reverse('admin:zinnia_entry_autocomplete_tags'),))
-
-        if settings.WYSIWYG == 'wymeditor':
-            media += Media(js=('%sjs/wymeditor/jquery.wymeditor.pack.js' % MEDIA_URL,
-                               reverse('admin:zinnia_entry_wymeditor')))
-        elif settings.WYSIWYG == 'tinymce':
-            from tinymce.widgets import TinyMCE
-            media += TinyMCE().media + Media(
-                js=(reverse('tinymce-js', args=('admin/zinnia/entry',)),))
-        return media
-    media = property(_media)
+#     def get_urls(self):
+#         entry_admin_urls = super(EntryAdmin, self).get_urls()
+#         urls = patterns('django.views.generic.simple',
+#                         url(r'^autocomplete_tags/$', 'direct_to_template',
+#                             {'template': 'admin/zinnia/entry/autocomplete_tags.js',
+#                              'mimetype': 'application/javascript'},
+#                             name='zinnia_entry_autocomplete_tags'),
+#                         url(r'^wymeditor/$', 'direct_to_template',
+#                             {'template': 'admin/zinnia/entry/wymeditor.js',
+#                              'mimetype': 'application/javascript'},
+#                             name='zinnia_entry_wymeditor'),)
+#         return urls + entry_admin_urls
+
+#     def _media(self):
+#         MEDIA_URL = settings.MEDIA_URL
+#         media = super(EntryAdmin, self).media + \
+#                 Media(css={'all': ('%scss/jquery.autocomplete.css' % MEDIA_URL,)},
+#                       js=('%sjs/jquery.js' % MEDIA_URL,
+#                           '%sjs/jquery.bgiframe.js' % MEDIA_URL,
+#                           '%sjs/jquery.autocomplete.js' % MEDIA_URL,
+#                           reverse('admin:zinnia_entry_autocomplete_tags'),))
+
+#         if settings.WYSIWYG == 'wymeditor':
+#             media += Media(js=('%sjs/wymeditor/jquery.wymeditor.pack.js' % MEDIA_URL,
+#                                reverse('admin:zinnia_entry_wymeditor')))
+#         elif settings.WYSIWYG == 'tinymce':
+#             from tinymce.widgets import TinyMCE
+#             media += TinyMCE().media + Media(
+#                 js=(reverse('tinymce-js', args=('admin/zinnia/entry',)),))
+#         return media
+#     media = property(_media)
diff --git a/zinnia/models.py b/zinnia/models.py
index 120c01b..3cd7f1a 100644
--- a/zinnia/models.py
+++ b/zinnia/models.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     MPTTModel = models.Model
 from tagging.fields import TagField
+from cms.models.fields import PlaceholderField
 
 from zinnia.settings import USE_BITLY
 from zinnia.settings import UPLOAD_TO
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ class Entry(models.Model):
 
     image = models.ImageField(_('image'), upload_to=UPLOAD_TO,
                               blank=True, help_text=_('used for illustration'))
-    content = models.TextField(_('content'))
+    content = models.TextField(_('content'), blank=True)
+    placeholder = PlaceholderField('content')
     excerpt = models.TextField(_('excerpt'), blank=True,
                                 help_text=_('optional element'))
 
diff --git a/zinnia/settings.py b/zinnia/settings.py
index 0eb8dfa..5685e72 100644
--- a/zinnia/settings.py
+++ b/zinnia/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ADVANCED_SEARCH = getattr(settings, 'ZINNIA_ADVANCED_SEARCH', True)
 
 WYSIWYG = getattr(settings, 'ZINNIA_WYSIWYG',
                   'tinymce' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS \
-                  and 'tinymce' or 'wymeditor')
+                  and 'tinymce' or 'wymeditor' or 'placeholder')
 
 MAIL_COMMENT = getattr(settings, 'ZINNIA_MAIL_COMMENT', True)
 MAIL_COMMENT_REPLY = getattr(settings, 'ZINNIA_MAIL_COMMENT_REPLY', False)
diff --git a/zinnia/templates/zinnia/_entry_detail.html b/zinnia/templates/zinnia/_entry_detail.html
index b90028c..9f6fd7f 100644
--- a/zinnia/templates/zinnia/_entry_detail.html
+++ b/zinnia/templates/zinnia/_entry_detail.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% load tagging_tags comments i18n %}
+{% load tagging_tags comments i18n placeholder_tags %}
 
 <div class="entry-header span-16 last">
   <h2 class="entry-title">
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
   </div>
   {% endif %}
   <div class="entry-content">
-    {{ object_content }}
+    {% comment %}{% render_placeholder object.content "640" %}{% endcomment %}
+	{{ object_content }}
   </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/zinnia/templatetags/zinnia_tags.py b/zinnia/templatetags/zinnia_tags.py
index 2b1752b..2558d93 100644
--- a/zinnia/templatetags/zinnia_tags.py
+++ b/zinnia/templatetags/zinnia_tags.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from zinnia.comparison import pearson_score
 register = Library()
 
 VECTORS = VectorBuilder({'queryset': Entry.published.all(),
-                        'fields': ['title', 'excerpt', 'content']})
+                        'fields': ['title', 'excerpt']})
 CACHE_ENTRIES_RELATED = {}