Best way to change Site.__str__ to return name not domain

[Michael Jones]

Hi,

I am using the sites framework and finding it very useful but I would prefer the Site.__str__ method to return the site name instead of the domain. What is the best way of going about that? Is it reasonable to monkey patch it or do I need to make my own sites app with a copy of the code?

It is for situations that I don't control like the admin interface and 3rd party apps displaying the Site objects.

Any help would be much appreciated,

Michael

[Collin Anderson]

Hi Michael,

As you said, it sounds like monkey patching is your best option, besides re-writing the whole sites app.

You could, if you wanted to, explain your use-case on the django-developers mailing list and propose having "swappable" site models, which would help you out.

See this ticket: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/22779

Collin